Timely Heaven

I used to think that whenever people talked about Heaven it "ruined" it. Why did I feel this way? Well, whenever someone brought up heaven they always made it too small. The always said "seeing God will be beautiful," and then they just moved on like nothing really happened. Or they might have gone on, and on, and on, about what you thought Heaven can't possibly be like. I believe that most of us are just plain misinformed. We try to put Heaven into a box labeled "That one place without time or space." But it doesn't belong there. Wouldn't it be impossible to exist without time and space? It's how God made us--to occupy time and space (not wall street). Heaven will be so much more than just "passin' on to somethin' greater," but it will be experiencing the face of God--with others and without sin. In fact Heaven is in a way two places. In the Bible it talks about what is the present Heaven and a "new" Heaven--the New Earth. It is very important that we remember this. In this present Heaven we most likely know what is happening down on earth. And why not? Sure it might make us sad but we will be with God. Why would He have to shield us from hurt for it to be paradise? (But I don't know for sure.) And the New Earth, that will be when forever will "start." After Christ returns and judges everyone he will re-create the earth into something without any sin. And we will no longer even be able to sin. Why? How? Well we will remember what it was like back on sinful earth and know that we do not want to ever live through that pain again. Pretty amazing huh? Honestly I can't wait! I hope to see you there.

~TDH

p.s.
I learned all this from Randy Alcorn's book Heaven. I highly sugest reading it. (Like right now. So go find it and read it.)