This may be a silly question but---

[oneofmany]

I have been wondering lately what heaven will be like. What do you think?

I read all of those who get to heaven will be constantly worshiping God and completely happy but that is so not like what we do here on earth. Most people are happy doing things. Having a project to complete or a goal. Will we be content to, in my view, be in church all the time worshiping. That is the only worshiping I know of that is done in groups.

Will we have things to do and places to go? Will it be anything like earth? I do a lot of things here that bring me happiness. Will we be able to do the same things in heaven?

Just wondering.

 

[PerfectTiming]

I have been wondering lately what heaven will be like. What do you think?

I read all of those who get to heaven will be constantly worshiping God and completely happy but that is so not like what we do here on earth. Most people are happy doing things. Having a project to complete or a goal. Will we be content to, in my view, be in church all the time worshiping. That is the only worshiping I know of that is done in groups.

Will we have things to do and places to go? Will it be anything like earth? I do a lot of things here that bring me happiness. Will we be able to do the same things in heaven?

Just wondering.

The way we will worship God in Heaven will not like be on earth. In heaven God is there is all His magnificent glory, shown completely and fully to us. We cannot even comprehend what that is like, but when in the full presence of the Lord why would you want to do anything but praise Him?

Heaven will not be like earth, it is not a glorified earth as many tend to think. The things that bring you happiness on earth are nothing, literally nothing, in comparison to being in the glory of God forever. We don’t even know happiness yet!

 

[Paul_theApostle]

Once we leave this life ,which could be at any minute,will that mean also that we wont have to live with Television,radio,computers,telephones,money,casinos,coffee,chocolates,cigarettes,alcohol,sexuality,shaving,clothes,sports,cars ,trains,planes,buildings,toys,pets ever again?

or will they all be back in the New Earth?

 

[Pfaffenhoffen]

I have been wondering lately what heaven will be like. What do you think?

I read all of those who get to heaven will be constantly worshiping God and completely happy but that is so not like what we do here on earth. Most people are happy doing things. Having a project to complete or a goal. Will we be content to, in my view, be in church all the time worshiping. That is the only worshiping I know of that is done in groups.

Will we have things to do and places to go? Will it be anything like earth? I do a lot of things here that bring me happiness. Will we be able to do the same things in heaven?

Just wondering.

Some things that you do not have:

• suffering
• death
• pain
• sin

Some things that you have:

• speed of light: you will go to the end of the Universe and back in one second
• do whatever you like and never get fed up of it
• know everything and be happy. Learn more and more and be more and more happy
• Have one thousand and one projects and be happy and be happy to have another 1001 projects.
• Neveer get fed up with anything
• enjoy the company of everybody and never get fed up with anyone
• To know God and be happy and the more you know Him the more happy without end and without you becoming fed up with the search, the way and the knowledge

And this in only a tiny fraction, it is what I know, for what I know is 1/1000000000 of what I do not know.

 

[Bob_Crowley]

I have been wondering lately what heaven will be like. What do you think?

I read all of those who get to heaven will be constantly worshiping God and completely happy but that is so not like what we do here on earth. Most people are happy doing things. Having a project to complete or a goal. Will we be content to, in my view, be in church all the time worshiping. That is the only worshiping I know of that is done in groups.

Will we have things to do and places to go? Will it be anything like earth? I do a lot of things here that bring me happiness. Will we be able to do the same things in heaven?

Just wondering.

CS Lewis wrote “The Screwtape Letters”. In doing so he said he never wrote anything with less effort, but the end result was a sort of demonic dryness, since he had to put himself in the devil’s shoes all the time. He pointed out that ideally it should have been accompanied by an archangel’s advice to a junior angel, but he quoted, “Who could write it?”

The same problem applies to heaven. We can visualise hell more easily as a place of torment, but what does eternal bliss really mean, or what will it look like? And the answer is that we just don’t know.

 

[oneofmany]

I have a very good, vivid imagination but all I can imagine of heaven is boring. Does that make sense? We all strive for it and told we will be happy and that is about all we are told.

I want to be reunited with all my family but I also want my beloved animals who have passed to also be there. We are told that won’t happen since they don’t have souls and that would be sad.

I like the idea that all will be known to us and many mysteries of life will be revealed and all suffering will be gone so whatever hang ups you have on earth will be gone.

Will it be like the Garden of Eden but without free will? We are told heaven is a place without sin so it seems like we will be robots without free will. Even on earth it seems we aren’t content to be happy all the time.

 

[Bob_Crowley]

I have a very good, vivid imagination but all I can imagine of heaven is boring. Does that make sense? We all strive for it and told we will be happy and that is about all we are told.

I want to be reunited with all my family but I also want my beloved animals who have passed to also be there. We are told that won’t happen since they don’t have souls and that would be sad.

I like the idea that all will be known to us and many mysteries of life will be revealed and all suffering will be gone so whatever hang ups you have on earth will be gone.

Will it be like the Garden of Eden but without free will? We are told heaven is a place without sin so it seems like we will be robots without free will. Even on earth it seems we aren’t content to be happy all the time.

It won’t be boring. God is the author everything good and all those things you enjoy and all your abilities - humour, music, creativity, beauty, intelligence, debate, sex, relationships, pets, the outdoors, the intricacy of the small, and the vastness of the huge.

He’s not going to shove you into a celestial choir and expect you to do nothing but sing for the rest of eternity. There’ll be things to do. The saints are doing things now - that’s why we pray to them and ask them to pass on our requests to God, who replies via them.

Matthew 5:21 (NIV) -

“His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’”

There’ll be things to do. What they are will depend on how faithful we’ve been in this life in doing what God wants right here and now.

 

[oneofmany]

It won’t be boring. **God is the author everything good and all those things you enjoy and all your abilities - humour, music, creativity, beauty, intelligence, debate, sex, relationships, pets, the outdoors, the intricacy of the small, and the vastness of the huge.**He’s not going to shove you into a celestial choir and expect you to do nothing but sing for the rest of eternity. There’ll be things to do. The saints are doing things now - that’s why we pray to them and ask them to pass on our requests to God, who replies via them.

Matthew 5:21 (NIV) -

There’ll be things to do. What they are will depend on how faithful we’ve been in this life in doing what God wants right here and now.

Are you saying you think there will be sex in heaven? Now that is a question many ask. LOL

 

[thistle]

It won’t be boring. God is the author everything good and all those things you enjoy and all your abilities - humour, music, creativity, beauty, intelligence, debate, sex, relationships, pets, the outdoors, the intricacy of the small, and the vastness of the huge.

He’s not going to shove you into a celestial choir and expect you to do nothing but sing for the rest of eternity. There’ll be things to do. The saints are doing things now - that’s why we pray to them and ask them to pass on our requests to God, who replies via them.

Matthew 5:21 (NIV) -

There’ll be things to do. What they are will depend on how faithful we’ve been in this life in doing what God wants right here and now.

There is no sex in Heaven.

 

[Bob_Crowley]

Are you saying you think there will be sex in heaven? Now that is a question many ask. LOL

In heaven the things of this earth will be transcended. In what form sex will be transcended we do not know. As far as I know Christ’s body was still human, at least while He was putting in an appearance for His disciples after the resurrection.

There will be music also but it will transcend the music here. I remember reading a book by a charismatic Christian musician and singer (surname Cooley I think) called “A Touch of Glory”. I don’t think I’ve still got the book, but he recorded one music session where an beautiful unseen voice starting singing in perfect counterpoint while he was playing. But when people who were listening started asking where it came from, they couldn’t track it down. The trouble was it was a brand new song, and nobody but him knew the words.

The reality is we don’t know what Heaven will be like. God is the author of sex. Therefore He will have His own plans as to how sex will be transcended in Heaven.

But the reason so many ask about sex is that they’re obsessed with it.

I suppose the reverse will also be true in Hell. Unhappiness here will there be transcended into complete and utter despair.

 

[thistle]

In heaven the things of this earth will be transcended. In what form sex will be transcended we do not know. As far as I know Christ’s body was still human, at least while He was putting in an appearance for His disciples after the resurrection.

There will be music also but it will transcend the music here. I remember reading a book by a charismatic Christian musician and singer (surname Cooley I think) called “A Touch of Glory”. I don’t think I’ve still got the book, but he recorded one music session where an beautiful unseen voice starting singing in perfect counterpoint while he was playing. But when people who were listening started asking where it came from, they couldn’t track it down. The trouble was it was a brand new song, and nobody but him knew the words.

The reality is we don’t know what Heaven will be like. God is the author of sex. Therefore He will have His own plans as to how sex will be transcended in Heaven.

But the reason so many ask about sex is that they’re obsessed with it.

I suppose the reverse will also be true in Hell. Unhappiness here will there be transcended into complete and utter despair.

We know there is no sex in Heaven because Christ told us there is no marriage in Heaven.

 

[oneofmany]

Many will be with their spouses from earth though. At least, I hope.

 

[Bob_Crowley]

We know there is no sex in Heaven because Christ told us there is no marriage in Heaven.

There’s plenty of sex taking place here and now outside marriage … on earth anyway.

As I said, we don’t know what plans God has made regarding sex. The reality is that we are male and female, and there are different, yet overlapping differences in our psychology as a result. I doubt if all these differences will just be swept under the carpet. Again we will probably find they are transcended in some way.

Personally I don’t really care, and long ago stopped wondering about what heaven will be like. I find it hard enough to avoid going to hell.

 

[thistle]

There’s plenty of sex taking place here and now outside marriage … on earth anyway.

As I said, we don’t know what plans God has made regarding sex. The reality is that we are male and female, and there are different, yet overlapping differences in our psychology as a result. I doubt if all these differences will just be swept under the carpet. Again we will probably find they are transcended in some way.

Personally I don’t really care, and long ago stopped wondering about what heaven will be like. I find it hard enough to avoid going to hell.

We DO know. There will be no sex in Heaven.

 

[Pfaffenhoffen]

We DO know. There will be no sex in Heaven.

Thanks to God there is no sex in Heaven !!!
So much trouble for a tiny pleasure.
The reverse Iope will be there: So much pleasure for no trouble at all.

 

[amalaloy]

We are thinking of something outside the limitations we are in. We are within the space and time limitations and we oscillate between good and evil. We are within our 6 senses and imagining something which is beyond all these. One has experience heaven only if we come out of the limits we live in. In the oriental religion they call it nirvana. I remember the story told in the bible about seven brothers marrying a women and none had children of their marriage. Were Jesus talks about that in the other world people do not marry etc. This is just a glimpse.