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Pat_Payne
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I saw what you did there
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TheLittleLady
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I believe that Earth will be renewed to it’s state before the Fall.
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Inquiry
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So one of the ways I’ve heard sin describes is that Man tries to carve out a place and a time that is his own and not God’s. But everything belongs to God.
So no, there will be no free time in heaven, It will all belong to God. And we will be thankful.
So no, there will be no free time in heaven, It will all belong to God. And we will be thankful.
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LovelyLadybug
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I think we would be so in love with God that we wouldn’t want to do anything else. 
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tafan2
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This is very perceptive.
We will not be truly eternal as others have implied, only God exists in true eternity.
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We will exit time completely, as time is part of the created universe. But we will be able to experience change, so there must be something else. That would be the aeviternity.
http://www.newadvent.org/summa/1010.htm#article5
And while we will have no toil, we will have work.
We will not be truly eternal as others have implied, only God exists in true eternity.
We
We will exit time completely, as time is part of the created universe. But we will be able to experience change, so there must be something else. That would be the aeviternity.
http://www.newadvent.org/summa/1010.htm#article5
And while we will have no toil, we will have work.
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MNathaniel
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With affection, OP, I laughed.
As Jesus says, eye has not seen nor ear heard what the Father has in store for those who love Him.
But trust that it will be waaaaaay better than any of our limited pleasures here on earth. And remember that everything in this life is only a pale shadow forecasting what’s to come. E.g. marriage between man and woman in this life, isn’t continued in Heaven/the next life… Because in the next life our communion is directly with God Himself, the fullness of the reality towards which marriage/sex only faintly pointed! We don’t need the icon anymore once we have the real thing.
Rest peacefully knowing that the beatific vision, contact with Truth Himself, will be far more genuinely engaging and satisfying than any pleasant activity in this life that stops and starts.
PS I imagine it’s safe to say that ALL time will be “free time”… doing exactly what we like… which will happen to be perfectly aligned with God’s will.
Whatever heaven and eternal life involves, it will be the fulfilment of both God’s perfect will for us, and our perfected will for ourselves.
As Jesus says, eye has not seen nor ear heard what the Father has in store for those who love Him.
But trust that it will be waaaaaay better than any of our limited pleasures here on earth. And remember that everything in this life is only a pale shadow forecasting what’s to come. E.g. marriage between man and woman in this life, isn’t continued in Heaven/the next life… Because in the next life our communion is directly with God Himself, the fullness of the reality towards which marriage/sex only faintly pointed! We don’t need the icon anymore once we have the real thing.
Rest peacefully knowing that the beatific vision, contact with Truth Himself, will be far more genuinely engaging and satisfying than any pleasant activity in this life that stops and starts.
PS I imagine it’s safe to say that ALL time will be “free time”… doing exactly what we like… which will happen to be perfectly aligned with God’s will.
Whatever heaven and eternal life involves, it will be the fulfilment of both God’s perfect will for us, and our perfected will for ourselves.
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JanR
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Quite possible, and probably much better. It will be complete in its newness.
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JanR
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I was JOKING – which I thought was obvious.JanR:
You can have your twilight zone. I’ll take the real world.
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