One night, when you are out getting the mail, someone rapes and murders you brutally. When you die, you are taken to heaven to spend eternity with Jesus. Some time later, you meet the assailant in heaven.
You learn that he was caught and convicted. Five minutes before his death, he remembered all he had learned about Jesus in his childhood Bible readings. He begs for forgiveness just as the switch is pulled on the electric chair.
You and him get a chance to sit down and talk. What would you talk about? I think I would want to hear his story of how he found Jesus again. He obviously knew Jesus as a kid, so I would wonder what made him walk away and back again.
As a human being, I would probably be very angry with him to think he has the right to decide when I live and die. But in heaven, there is no sin or pain; God would make us by default be incapable of hate. I would probably cry and give him a hug and congratulate him for making it.
What conversation would you have with him?
2007-11-26 15:59:52 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Mammon, I'm sure my family will make it to heaven with me. We are all Christians. I'm sure God will not make me suffer so much and play what seems like a practical joke on me. I'm sure that my family and I will all be there, singing hymns with the ex-criminal.
2007-11-26 16:28:39 · update #1
As God would judge with perfect justice, if my killer had later truly repented of his sins and was forgiven, I would be truly happy.
2007-11-26 23:52:55 · answer #1 · answered by pete the pirate 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Indeed. Out of curiosity, lets say that your family is brutally raped and murdered, not you. You go to heaven and find out, through some twist of fate that they didn't make it, although their murderer did. From your comfy little cloud in the sky you have to deal with the cries of your families eternal torment echoing from the bowels of hell. Meanwhile, you are forced to play chess with your families killer.
Or, lets just say that your family makes it, but some people do not. Would their wailing and gnashing of teeth not interrupt your heavenly bliss?
Or, to take it even further and inject a grain of fairness - Assume that hell is simply the grave. Would you still find heaven to be as sweet, knowing that many of your fellow humans are six feet under?
2007-11-27 00:14:19 · answer #2 · answered by mam2121 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can be happened.According to hadith of Muhammad pbuh there was a story,a man who had killed 99 persons and he asked to a priest whether he would be forgiven or not by God.The priest told him that God would not forgive you.Then he killed the priest.and then he met another person and he asked the same question.This man said that he would be forgiven by God if he asked a taubatan nashuha (really asked God's forgiveness and vowed to God that he would not do to kill any person).After taubatan nashuha he died and the angel brought him to heaven.So the persons who had been killed by him will meet him in heaven,because all his sins had been forgiven by God.
2007-11-27 00:35:56 · answer #3 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question and the story might be real in life.This two sided answer and should be answer by Christian .Yes and no depend on forgiveness.As for me ,i will forgive him and thank him.Without him i might not be in heaven.Again heaven is not my home,if not the Christians' neighbour will to tell me their never ending stories about God even there is doubt about him.i believe only Christians like heaven best.No more argument about God .i can visit you when you are in heaven.
2007-11-27 01:15:00 · answer #4 · answered by Jason Koh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When we are in heaven, we will all be worshiping Christ together- if i was killed and my murderer is there, I would be praising God with Him- What I would say to him, welcome to the place where there will be no pain, sin or death again.
2007-11-27 04:22:02 · answer #5 · answered by AdoreHim 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, in heaven there will be no tears, sin, sufferings and grief..
we will worship Him, sing "How great thou art" enjoy the day!
2007-11-27 00:38:55 · answer #6 · answered by ♠ jhun ♠ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would want to thank him for killing me cuz if it wasn't for him i wouldn't be experiencing heaven then.. =) i would congratulate him too because he was saved and that he's experiencing heaven too
spending eternity with Jesus is incomparable!
2007-11-27 00:09:41 · answer #7 · answered by jemimah08keren 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I do not believe in forgiveness. So if he's in heaven, heaven is hell to me. I think I better go to hell.
2007-11-27 00:05:57 · answer #8 · answered by landzai 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sounds about right.
2007-11-27 00:39:54 · answer #9 · answered by cheir 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shove his harp up his ***!!!
2007-11-27 00:09:24 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋