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prodigalson12
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I know more about hell then I do about Heaven, sadly, most Christians are the same boat, no wonder we have so many misconceptions about the fire and brimstone perspectives we often get tagged with by non believers.
There is some details about the 1000 reign of Christ, speaking much about how things are going to be far better then now, basically a return of Eden, but Heaven, that’s something else all together, it’s far different of an event, place, and state of being, and it’s often misrepresented by that 1000 year reign, time frame wise.
What I do know is more abstract detail wise, the essence of it all, but not the details of it all, and this clearly is something lacking, for it’s more real, then this finite, limited universe we live in now., why don’t we take more stock into knowing what it’s like then simply focusing on the advantages of following God’s ways in the here and now., and pointing out how the here and now benefits.
When I look at it in the here and now, I think, yes, I’ll be in a state of total happiness and bliss, but will I still keep my identity in tact, such as I’m an artist and musician, I’d like to continue to learn, advance, and express myself through that, not just have it all known, all figured out for me and the living element of this persons being having no more reason for being the way I am., I was born an artist, that is what I do now, and it’s a big part of me., I wouldn’t want to give that up since it defines my character just as I wouldn’t want any of my cats to give up any of their identities since it makes them unique and endears them to me more.
We can speculate as to what it will be like and come up with a giant range of things, we even have the Mormon religion taking that element to total extremes which shows this topic can become dangerous if we don’t have our facts biblical and completely accurate. I for one would rather not speculate if there is correct knowledge to draw upon. So, out of curiosity, I started this thread to start a dialog about it and to ask the question, what would it be like.
There is some details about the 1000 reign of Christ, speaking much about how things are going to be far better then now, basically a return of Eden, but Heaven, that’s something else all together, it’s far different of an event, place, and state of being, and it’s often misrepresented by that 1000 year reign, time frame wise.
What I do know is more abstract detail wise, the essence of it all, but not the details of it all, and this clearly is something lacking, for it’s more real, then this finite, limited universe we live in now., why don’t we take more stock into knowing what it’s like then simply focusing on the advantages of following God’s ways in the here and now., and pointing out how the here and now benefits.
When I look at it in the here and now, I think, yes, I’ll be in a state of total happiness and bliss, but will I still keep my identity in tact, such as I’m an artist and musician, I’d like to continue to learn, advance, and express myself through that, not just have it all known, all figured out for me and the living element of this persons being having no more reason for being the way I am., I was born an artist, that is what I do now, and it’s a big part of me., I wouldn’t want to give that up since it defines my character just as I wouldn’t want any of my cats to give up any of their identities since it makes them unique and endears them to me more.
We can speculate as to what it will be like and come up with a giant range of things, we even have the Mormon religion taking that element to total extremes which shows this topic can become dangerous if we don’t have our facts biblical and completely accurate. I for one would rather not speculate if there is correct knowledge to draw upon. So, out of curiosity, I started this thread to start a dialog about it and to ask the question, what would it be like.
