What is heaven like?
1. In heaven there is continual worship of God
2. In heaven there is no worry of rust or theft
3. In heaven there is no marriage
1. In heaven there is continual worship of God
The Bible indicates that heaven is a giant worship rally. People in heaven
are so much in awe of the Godhead, that their desire and joy is to praise Him
continually. God gave John the opportunity to see heaven and write about it.
Here's an excerpt of John's account, from the book of Revelation:
Rev 4:1-11 After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open
in heaven, and the first voice which I had heard, like the sound of a
trumpet speaking with me, said, "Come up here, and I will show you what
must take place after these things." 2 Immediately I was in the Spirit;
and behold, a throne was standing in heaven, and One sitting on the throne.
3 And He who was sitting was like a jasper stone and a sardius in
appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald in
appearance. 4 Around the throne were twenty-four thrones; and upon the
thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white garments, and
golden crowns on their heads. 5 Out from the throne come flashes of
lightning and sounds and peals of thunder. And there were seven lamps of
fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God; 6 and
before the throne there was something like a sea of glass, like crystal; and
in the center and around the throne, four living creatures full of eyes in
front and behind. 7 The first creature was like a lion, and the second
creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face like that of a man,
and the fourth creature was like a flying eagle. 8 And the four living
creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and
within; and day and night they do not cease to say, "HOLY, HOLY, HOLY
IS THE LORD GOD, THE ALMIGHTY, WHO WAS AND WHO IS AND WHO IS TO COME."
9 And when the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who
sits on the throne, to Him who lives forever and ever, 10 the twenty-four
elders will fall down before Him who sits on the throne, and will worship
Him who lives forever and ever, and will cast their crowns before the
throne, saying, 11 "Worthy are You, our Lord and our God, to receive
glory and honor and power; for You created all things, and because of Your
will they existed, and were created."
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2. In heaven there is no worry of rust or theft
Mat 6:20 "But store
up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and
where thieves do not break in or steal
3. In heaven there is no marriage
Mat 22:30 "For in the
resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels
in heaven.
Luke 20:34,35 And Jesus said to them, "The
sons of this age marry and are given in marriage, 35
but those who are considered
worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry
nor are given in marriage
Related topics:
How good does one have to be
to go to heaven?
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