What will heaven be like?
I often get asked this question, and others like it; what will heaven be like, will there be surfing in heaven, will I be able to do the things I like, will I still enjoy my hobbies, etc? And I have to admit, I find myself asking the same questions. What will heaven be like? Throughout the Bible we read about heaven through many different analogies, such as the great banquet (Luke 14), and the wedding feast (Matthew 22:1-14), mansions (John 14:2) and streets of gold (Revelation 21:21), along with the new Temple (Revelation 15:5) and the Sabbath rest (Hebrews 4:8-11). We read about having new bodies (Romans 8:23), having no more tears, pain or dying (Revelation 21:4), and neither marrying or being given into marriage (Matthew 22:30). The list of analogies throughout scripture is long. From it we can begin to paint a faint picture of what will be in the new kingdom. However, God reminds us through His prophet, “…As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than yours, and my thoughts than your thoughts (Isaiah 55:9)." Paul also declares, "Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known (1 Corinthians 13:12)." What God is, and what God has prepared for those of us that love Him are beyond our ability to understand in full, at least for now. Because of this we must remember that our understanding of love and happiness is limited. Our happiness here on earth will pale in comparison to the happiness we will experience in heaven. So much so that even if there is no "Surfing", or even if we don't end up doing the things we wish we could do for eternity, we will never miss it. What we experience now, and wrongly equate with true happiness, are but a foretaste of what is to be when Jesus Christ returns and frees us from this body of sin once and for all. Thus what Isaiah declared, and Paul echoed, "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love Him (Isaiah 64:4, 1 Corinthians 2:9)." So, what will heaven be like? I can't wait to find out. [mp]
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