It's finally here! I've finally found time to write it up! Have a read and see what you think...(all Bible quotes from the NCV or NIV). Also, yes, it is a rather long post, but bear with me, it's well worth it!
Top 10 Things About Heaven
- Seeing the Lord face to face. See 1 Thessalonians 4v16-17: the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a loud command...and those who have died believing in Christ will rise first. After that, we...will be gathered up...to meet the Lord in the air. And we will be with the Lord forever.
- Worshiping and serving God for eternity. See Revalation 21v3: ..."now God's presence is with people, and He will live with them, and they will be His people. God himself will be with them and He will be their God.
- No sin --> We will finally be perfected! See Revelation 21v27: Nothing unclean and no one who does shameful things or tells lies will ever go into (heaven). Only those written in the Lamb's book of life will enter the city.
- No more effects of sin, eg. sadness, tears, pain, etc. See Revelation 21v4: He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death, sadness, crying or pain, because all the old ways are gone.
- Seeing other Christians. Departed family members, church founders (We can meet Paul and Peter and Thomas and Mark and John...), role models (We can meet Relient K, Steven Curtis Chapman, Michael W Smith...) etc. See Daniel 7v18: But the saints of the Most High will receive the kingdom and will possess it forever—yes, for ever and ever.
- The light from God. Seriously. We don't need any bulbs or suns or fires. We got God's light. See Revelation 22v5: There will never be night again. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, because the Lord God will give them light. Also see Revelation 21v23: The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, because the glory of God is its light, and the Lamb is the city's lamp.
- The pure construction of the place. Man, the passage is a biggie, so I won't post it up here, but I recommend you go and read it. Phew, the place sounds amazing! But then again, could we expect any less from such a God as ours?! See Revelation 21v10-21. Also, Revelation 21v1-2.
- Our new bodies; whole, flawless and unspoilt by the ravages of sin. See Philippians 3v21: By His power to rule all things, He will change our simple bodies and make them like his own glorious body.
- Seeing the other wonderful creations of God that we have only read about in His Word, like angels and cherubims and archangels and the beasts that worship at His throne. That'll be some great things to behold, I tell you what!
- The knowledge that God's gracious and almighty plan is finished, and His work completed. It'll be all over guys...and we'll praise Him for all eternity for it!
Tell me what else YOU think will be absolutely splendid when we reach our final destination. Destination: Beautiful.
Sean
2 comments:
There's going to be tonnes of great stuff about heaven that I can't even imagine yet, even with my active imagination.
Since I know I can't possibly fathom the greatest things about heaven, I often wonder about stuff we have on earth and if it will be in heaven, or will there be something better in its place?
For instance: transport. Heaven is going to be a mighty big place, with a stack of people. Don't worry, we have forever to meet them all. But how exactly are we going to get around? Will we just walk? Will we ride horses? Will there finally be an envirmentally sound car type thing?
Will we have electricity? I know we won't need lights, because its daytime all the time, but what about other stuff? I think God likes electric guitars, and hot showers and stuff like that. I don't know, all this thinking is making my brain perspire on the inside.
Good food for thought though Pony.
Man heaven sounds so awesome eh...
I also love how its described in the bible as in visually... especially in the king jimmie... like with the crystal river and gold and all that shiny lookin stuff... its rockin!
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