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24 Questions About Heaven. What will heaven be like? Searcher’s Class. 24 Questions. 1 - How do we know anything about Heaven, anyway? We have no inside information We have not been there and come back to report All we know is what has been revealed in Scripture
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24 Questions About Heaven What will heaven be like? Searcher’s Class
24 Questions 1 - How do we know anything about Heaven, anyway? • We have no inside information • We have not been there and come back to report • All we know is what has been revealed in Scripture • “How do you know?” – The Bible tells me so.
24 Questions 2 – Will we be bored in heaven? • This question bothers many people • Some things make life worth living – love and work • 6 things that never get boring:
24 Questions 3 – Will we have memory? • We will retain our memory, personality, traits and recognition • We will have our full memory
24 Questions 4 – How can I be happy if someone I love is not present in heaven? • We discussed this in a previous section • Jesus loved your family member or friend – He died for them • Jesus will be happy • He can make you happy • NOTE: We will agree with God’s judgment
24 Questions 5 – Can suicides be saved? • Simply stated – YES • Most who commit suicide are not in full control of their reasoning ability • The deeper part of a suicide’s soul and will may believe and hope in the love of God. • In their confused state – they see no other way to escape the problem and to be with God
24 Questions 6 – What happens in hell? • Nothing 7 – What happens in heaven? • Everything
24 Questions 8 – Can those in heaven see us now? • Is there any reason for them NOT to be aware of earth? • Hebrews 12:1 – “cloud of witnesses” • Hebrews 11:4 – Able is dead yet speaks
24 Questions 9 – Will we all be equal in heaven? • We will be as we are now: • Equal in worth • Equal in being loved by God • Equal in being saved by the blood of Jesus • We will not be equal in the sense of being all the same • Paul will still be Paul, Peter will be Peter, John will still be John
24 Questions 10 – Do differences include sexual differences? • Yes – Men will be men, Women will be women • Our gender will be in memory, not in the physique of our spiritual body • We will be like the angels – Matthew 22:30
24 Questions 11 – What kind of bodies will we have in heaven? • We will have a body • It will differ from our physical body
24 Questions 12 – What of injuries and deformities in our present bodies? • All “defects” will be repaired – gone • Physical, mental, emotional • Revelation 21:4 – the “former things” are passed away
24 Questions 13 – Will there be nature in heaven? • Descriptions include – trees, rivers • Revelation 21:1 – New heaven (sky) and new earth (where we will walk and live) 14 – Will we eat in heaven? • Tree producing one fruit each month • 12 kinds of fruit – WHY? • IMHO – We will have to eat. We will be immortal. We will eat for pleasure.
24 Questions 15 – Will our bodies be clothed? • Revelation 6:11 – White robes given to everyone • Revelation 7:14 – Washed their robes white 16 – Will there be music in heaven? • Revelation 14:1-3 – Sing a new song • Revelation 15:3 – Sing song of Moses and the Lamb
24 Questions 17 – Will heaven be big? • Revelation 21:16 – 12,000 furlongs • Length, width, and height the same • 8 furlongs = 1 mile • City is 12,000 furlongs = 1,500 miles each direction • How much space does a spirit need? • We think in terms of house, land, space, room, openness
24 Questions 18 – Will there be time in heaven? • Revelation 10:6 – shall be time no more • Song – When the Roll is Called up Yonder – “time shall be no more” • No clocks, calendars, schedules, PDA, appointment books • In eternity – time is meaningless
24 Questions 19 – What age will we be in heaven? • Some people knew me as young boy and teen in Michigan • Some only knew me in places I have lived • West TN as college grad – newly married • Akron, OH – young adult (27) • Athens, TN – adult with gray hair • In heaven – I will be all of the above • I am still the same person
24 Questions 19 – What age will we be in heaven? • There are two kinds of time • Chronological (Greek – “chronos”) • Chronos – What time is it? The time of Bible Study is 9:30. • Matthew 2:7 – What time the star appeared • Era, expanded (Greek – “kairos”) • A time of war. You are here for such a time as this. • Revelation 1:3 – The time is at hand
24 Questions 20 – What language will we speak? • Most think in terms of their “mother tongue” • Was there a language before the tower of Babel? • What language did Adam and Eve speak? • Is there a “heavenly language” that all can understand? • Will it be possible to understand everyone in heaven?
24 Questions 21 – Isn’t concern for heaven escapist? • Yes. • Is it escapist - - ? • For an infant to desire life out of the womb • For a seed to desire to be a flower • For someone at sea to desire to see land • For a Christian to desire a better country • Some of the promises about heaven are about what we will be able to escape.
24 Questions 22 – How do you get to heaven? • Revelation 22:17 – Whosoever will • John 3:16 – God so loved the world • John 8:24 – Except you believe • Hebrews 11:6 – Without faith it is impossible to please God • Luke 13:3 – Except you repent • Mark 16:16 – Believe and be baptized • Revelation 2:10 – Be faithful until death
24 Questions 23 – Is Jesus the ONLY way? • Can good moral people get to heaven – even though they are pagan, Jewish,Hindu, Muslim, etc.? • John 14:6 - Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. • John 10:1 - Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
24 Questions 24 – How will all of these questions look when we get to heaven? • Pretty silly – simple – materialistic • Like a lump of clay – compared to a statue by Michelangelo • Now we see dimly – then “face to face”1 Corinthians 13:12
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