Heaven. What will it be like?

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I have read in Scriptures where it says in a parable that Heaven will be like a mustard seed that when it blooms many birds will reside there. I have an image of Heaven being like nothing we have ever encountered. So beautiful and perfect. As Catholics we believe that heaven would be like this in the other world. My question is in what other passages can we find examples of what heaven looks like and/or where have we got the idea of Heaven being a beautiful and perfect place. Was it something we were told as a child? Opinions? Thanks
 
I have read in Scriptures where it says in a parable that Heaven will be like a mustard seed that when it blooms many birds will reside there. I have an image of Heaven being like nothing we have ever encountered. So beautiful and perfect. As Catholics we believe that heaven would be like this in the other world. My question is in what other passages can we find examples of what heaven looks like and/or where have we got the idea of Heaven being a beautiful and perfect place. Was it something we were told as a child? Opinions? Thanks
But as it is written:

“What eye has not seen, and ear has not heard,

and what has not entered the human heart,

what God has prepared for those who love him.

1 Corinthians: Chapter 2 Verse 9
 
I have read in Scriptures where it says in a parable that Heaven will be like a mustard seed that when it blooms many birds will reside there. I have an image of Heaven being like nothing we have ever encountered. So beautiful and perfect. As Catholics we believe that heaven would be like this in the other world. My question is in what other passages can we find examples of what heaven looks like and/or where have we got the idea of Heaven being a beautiful and perfect place. Was it something we were told as a child? Opinions? Thanks
Heaven is the restoration of the fullness of life that was lost in Original Sin.

As such, there is no reference for it in our experience.

ICXC NIKA
 
I have read in Scriptures where it says in a parable that Heaven will be like a mustard seed that when it blooms many birds will reside there. I have an image of Heaven being like nothing we have ever encountered. So beautiful and perfect. As Catholics we believe that heaven would be like this in the other world. My question is in what other passages can we find examples of what heaven looks like and/or where have we got the idea of Heaven being a beautiful and perfect place. Was it something we were told as a child? Opinions? Thanks
Read the book of revelation, it describes the inside of Heaven!
Streets paved with gold, walls like crystal glass covered with jewels, no more night because the Light of God fills the whole of Heaven, no more pain/ tears/ sickness or old age. Everyone will be like Jesus in the Transfiguration or resurrection, young and in their prime. We will be given a new body. We will be given new names. the highest point of Heaven is the Throne Room of God, angels, everyone dressed in robes, the martyrs wearing white robes, a heavenly banquet will be prepared , no more temptations, unbelievable music to God,

Some of the saints had visions of heaven if you google it:
St. John Bosco, the visionaries of Medjugorje, blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich,
 
Read the book of revelation, it describes the inside of Heaven!
Streets paved with gold, walls like crystal glass covered with jewels, no more night because the Light of God fills the whole of Heaven, no more pain/ tears/ sickness or old age. Everyone will be like Jesus in the Transfiguration or resurrection, young and in their prime. We will be given a new body. We will be given new names. the highest point of Heaven is the Throne Room of God, angels, everyone dressed in robes, the martyrs wearing white robes, a heavenly banquet will be prepared , no more temptations, unbelievable music to God,

Some of the saints had visions of heaven if you google it:
St. John Bosco, the visionaries of Medjugorje, blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich,
Revelation is the one book I haven’t read til the end. Maybe it’s time for me to read it all the way through:)
 
But as it is written:

“What eye has not seen, and ear has not heard,

and what has not entered the human heart,

what God has prepared for those who love him.

1 Corinthians: Chapter 2 Verse 9
Beautiful!!! Thanx.
 
It also says in Revelation that after the end of the world, and Final Judgement after the End Times, all the souls in Heaven will be given resurrected bodies, but glorious like Our Lord’s, no more old age, we will all be young forever, and that the New Jerusalem will come down from Heaven, and God will make ALL of Creation new. No more winter, no more leaves falling off trees, the whole of the earth will be made glorious, there will be no more sea it says (because the population of Heaven will need more land to live on earth). There will be beautiful trees. We will need no churches because God will live will live with us and we will be able to adore Him directly. The light of God will fill up the whole world and there will be no more night because of the light of God.
Jesus did say Himself, ‘There are many rooms in my Father’s house, if it was not so I would have told you, I go to prepare a place for you.’ Some have interpreted it as meaning there are many mansions in Heaven. And there are near death experiences that Pope Gregory the Great recorded back in the 3rd century AD where a man who died but was ‘sent back’ said he saw houses being built in Heaven. And I heard a talk in church once where the speaker said we all get a mansion in Heaven. Jesus is still preparing a place for us right now and will be until our last breaths because each of our deeds earn us more or less glorious rewards in Heaven. In Revelation Jesus says, ‘Behold I am coming soon! I come to reward each according to what he has done.’

Each of our rewards will be different because we each earned particular rewards from our earthly lives. So, some of us may earn to be as close to God in the highest point of Heaven.
I read a book about Maria Simma (a chosen soul who had a charism to help the souls in purgatory). She said heaven is divided into 7 parts. The highest part is where God lives and is the most beautiful joyful glorious part of Heaven with the best rewards. The lowest level is still brilliant but not as good as the highest part of Heaven. The higher in Heaven you reach the higher your joy, peace, rewards. St Paul even wrote in the bible that heaven is divided into parts, ‘I know a man, who whether in soul or body I do not know, was taken up into the Third of Heaven, and heard and saw things unspeakable…’ Heaven is divided into realms closer to God -I’d love to reach the highest realm, because whatever realm we reach will be our reward for all eternity , it is on earth that we earn an eternal reward unique to our own life
Peter was told by Jesus, ‘I will give you the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven’. In Medjugorje two of the visionaries were taken into heaven in the body for 20mins, they saw St Peter standing at the doors to admit people entry. They saw young beautiful people, everyone was aged between 18 -22 years of age, no glasses or ailments from earth. The meadows and trees were incredibly beautiful. Everyone was dressed in robes from the time of Jesus. They said the peace and joy was out of this world, it was something you could never experience on the earth. There were angels flying. The light of God filled everything. St Faustina was told by Jesus, ‘You will be the secretary to My Divine Mercy in this life and the next.’ So it appears we each get a mission in Heaven. St Peter is the gatekeeper. St Faustina is Our Lord’s secretary to His Divine Mercy.
I read some Catholic Near death experiences, they all said once outside the body -they knew everything, -so we will have all knowledge and talents in Heaven. As Jesus said in the bible to those who asked about husbands and wives in Heaven, ‘You will be like the angels.’

Sounds awesome! Can’t wait.
Read the book of revelation, it describes the inside of Heaven!
Streets paved with gold, walls like crystal glass covered with jewels, no more night because the Light of God fills the whole of Heaven, no more pain/ tears/ sickness or old age. Everyone will be like Jesus in the Transfiguration or resurrection, young and in their prime. We will be given a new body. We will be given new names. the highest point of Heaven is the Throne Room of God, angels, everyone dressed in robes, the martyrs wearing white robes, a heavenly banquet will be prepared , no more temptations, unbelievable music to God,

Some of the saints had visions of heaven if you google it:
St. John Bosco, the visionaries of Medjugorje, blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich,
 
It also says in Revelation that after the end of the world, and Final Judgement after the End Times, all the souls in Heaven will be given resurrected bodies, but glorious like Our Lord’s, no more old age, we will all be young forever, and that the New Jerusalem will come down from Heaven, and God will make ALL of Creation new. No more winter, no more leaves falling off trees, the whole of the earth will be made glorious, there will be no more sea it says (because the population of Heaven will need more land to live on earth). There will be beautiful trees. We will need no churches because God will live will live with us and we will be able to adore Him directly. The light of God will fill up the whole world and there will be no more night because of the light of God.
Jesus did say Himself, ‘There are many rooms in my Father’s house, if it was not so I would have told you, I go to prepare a place for you.’ Some have interpreted it as meaning there are many mansions in Heaven. And there are near death experiences that Pope Gregory the Great recorded back in the 3rd century AD where a man who died but was ‘sent back’ said he saw houses being built in Heaven. And I heard a talk in church once where the speaker said we all get a mansion in Heaven. Jesus is still preparing a place for us right now and will be until our last breaths because each of our deeds earn us more or less glorious rewards in Heaven. In Revelation Jesus says, ‘Behold I am coming soon! I come to reward each according to what he has done.’

Each of our rewards will be different because we each earned particular rewards from our earthly lives. So, some of us may earn to be as close to God in the highest point of Heaven.
I read a book about Maria Simma (a chosen soul who had a charism to help the souls in purgatory). She said heaven is divided into 7 parts. The highest part is where God lives and is the most beautiful joyful glorious part of Heaven with the best rewards. The lowest level is still brilliant but not as good as the highest part of Heaven. The higher in Heaven you reach the higher your joy, peace, rewards. St Paul even wrote in the bible that heaven is divided into parts, ‘I know a man, who whether in soul or body I do not know, was taken up into the Third of Heaven, and heard and saw things unspeakable…’ Heaven is divided into realms closer to God -I’d love to reach the highest realm, because whatever realm we reach will be our reward for all eternity , it is on earth that we earn an eternal reward unique to our own life
Peter was told by Jesus, ‘I will give you the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven’. In Medjugorje two of the visionaries were taken into heaven in the body for 20mins, they saw St Peter standing at the doors to admit people entry. They saw young beautiful people, everyone was aged between 18 -22 years of age, no glasses or ailments from earth. The meadows and trees were incredibly beautiful. Everyone was dressed in robes from the time of Jesus. They said the peace and joy was out of this world, it was something you could never experience on the earth. There were angels flying. The light of God filled everything. St Faustina was told by Jesus, ‘You will be the secretary to My Divine Mercy in this life and the next.’ So it appears we each get a mission in Heaven. St Peter is the gatekeeper. St Faustina is Our Lord’s secretary to His Divine Mercy.
I read some Catholic Near death experiences, they all said once outside the body -they knew everything, -so we will have all knowledge and talents in Heaven. As Jesus said in the bible to those who asked about husbands and wives in Heaven, ‘You will be like the angels.’

Sounds awesome! Can’t wait.
Sounds Heavenly:thumbsup:
 
‘“Come, ye blessed of My Father: possess you the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world,” (St. Matt. xxv. 34). Then indeed shall the voice of joy and salvation dwell in the tabernacle of the just; then shall the Lord lift up the heads of the lowly, who now refuse not to be the vile and the outcast for His sake. He will heal the contrite of heart, and console with unending joys, according to their desire, those who now sorrow in their pilgrim age. Then will be seen the ineffable reward of those who held it joy to have thrown away their own wills from love of their Creator. In that day He will wreathe the heads of His obedient ones with a heavenly crown, and the glory of those who suffered shall shine forth with unutterable brightness. Then shall charity enrich her vassals with the society of all the angels, and purity of heart beatify her lovers with the all-happy vision of their Creator. Then shall God Himself reveal Himself to all who love Him, and raise them up for ever to enduring resting places and perpetual peace. Then in its truth shall this song be sung by all the elect: “Blessed are they that dwell in Thy house; they shall praise Thee for ever and ever.” (Ps. Ixxxiii. 3)’

St. Anselm of Canterbury
 
Hi Wilt,

We were created to enjoy God for all eternity. Heaven is the contemplation of God “face to face”, i.e. as He is, not as we might imagine Him. As of now, Heaven is not a place, but when we resurrect, it will be a place. This place may be a “renewed” earth, such as is spoken of in Revelation. There will be no suffering, no death, no hatred, no sin. Everything that we might desire will be given us. But what might we desire if we have God. ?

Verbum
 
Hi Wilt,

We were created to enjoy God for all eternity. Heaven is the contemplation of God “face to face”, i.e. as He is, not as we might imagine Him. As of now, Heaven is not a place, but when we resurrect, it will be a place. This place may be a “renewed” earth, such as is spoken of in Revelation. There will be no suffering, no death, no hatred, no sin. Everything that we might desire will be given us. But what might we desire if we have God. ?

Verbum
Sounds nice. I hope to see His face one day. :extrahappy:
 
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