what do you think heaven will be like?

For me heaven means: no wars, no diseases, no worries, and...no irritating people,lol
These are enough for me, I don't want anything more

I think heaven will be a lot like things are now.... minus the things noelia mentioned, and people will be more understanding, caring etc towards each other.

geeogree : thats how i see it too lol. i figure it will be the same minus the sadness. it will be a perfect replica of what we are living on now.

I disagree with you 2. I think Heaven will be like a completely entirely different place of indescribable awe, wonder, and beauty. I think will be a sight that will astound.

I think that it will be completely new. Our experience in this life, no matter how great, pales in comparison to heaven. It's virtually impossible for us, even in our wildest dreams, to imagine the splendor, beauty, and awesomeness of heaven.

I believe heaven will be a be a complete reversal of the corruption of this world. The Bible sums it up as "There will be no more death, sorrow, or pain" (Revelation 21:4).

Well I think the best thing of all about heaven is that Jesus will be there. Frankly I would be happy if heaven were a big Wal-Mart, so long as Jesus were there. You can be sure though that it will be infinitely better than any Wal-Mart.

In fact, it will be far better than anything we have ever experienced. Take the greatest moment of your life, multiply it by a million times, and you will still only have a vague sense of the glories of heaven.

tRIUNE :
Hoochman :

I agree with you guys.... and I didn't intend to leave any of that out.... but as part of that description you guys gave... I still imagine that things will go on fairly similarly to the way they do now. We will get together and have conversations and there will be work of some sort to be done and we will likely have loads of things we will be able to learn. I just can't imagine being created and coming to earth to live and then moving on to a place that is 100% different.

If there is no internet up in heaven then count me out Gotta have the net up there.

geeogree :
tRIUNE :
Hoochman : I'm with you guys. I can't wait to experience heaven... glory beyond our wildest dreams .
JigSaw : Shut up, you're ruining the moment .

My teacher said that he thought that we would be in prayer all the time, but I hope not, because that would be too boring. I personally think Heaven will be the same as it is here, but just in a parallel dimmension, without sin, sickness, death, pain, etc.

Robert7 : Prayer is simply the act of communicating with God. Since we'll be in His presence all the time, we can easily go about doing other things while remaining in prayer. We can even do that here on earth, by keeping our minds open to His guidance always being ready to call on Him.

bigNATE : Right, but he was talking about like constant prayer, not doing anything else BUT praying, that kind of a thing. Not necessiarily praying, but worshipping.

geeogree : I agree with you about us having certain roles, or specific jobs. However points of view differ concerning the kingdom of heaven and eternity. The following will be my POV - Revelation 20:1-6 describes a Millennial Reign of Christ, where we will reign with God on earth for 1,000 years.

The coming literal kingdom of Christ to this earth will be the most blessed time this world has known since the Garden of Eden. In fact, many Edenic features will characterize it.

During this kingdom time all those who formally rebelled against God will be gone. Satan will be bound literally so he cannot tempt humankind, and Christ will enforce righteousness.

The church will be raptured before the Great Tribulation, or 'Apocalypse,' and after this 7 year Tribulation, is when we will return to earth with Christ to set up this kingdom. The book of Revelation describes a great multitude of people escaping the Tribulation; all those who didn't rebel against Him during it.

Here's where our roles in the kingdom fit into place; Christ will be in charge and He will enforce righteousness with the help of his holy angels and 'the church.' The purpose of this kingdom is for, God's appointed ideal conditions for the world, to attract the maximum number of people to accept His free gift of salvation by receiving Jesus. Isaiah 65:20 indicates that unbelievers during this time will die being 100 years old. Evidently God will give people 100 years to decide about Christ. If they accept Him, they are permitted to live on for the rest of the kingdom period. But anyone else won't survive their 100th B-Day.

After this 1,000 year reign is when Satan will be released to once again tempt humankind, but will eventually afterward be thrown into the lake of fire (Revelation 20:7-10). Well God wants to test our love for Him, and not for us to be just robots. He wants our choosing Him to be a real choice; and in order for it to be a real choice, there has to be an attractive alternative. Satan, as the father of lies, specializes in making rebellion against God look good. This gives the people the opportunity to really choose God's ways and to really love Him, not out of constraint but from the heart.

Eternity or 'heaven' will be ushered in after the 1,000 years (and our work will no longer be necessary) with the creation of a new heaven and a new earth (2 Peter 3:10; Revelation 21:1). Well there are different POV on those 2 scriptures as well.

tRIUNE : so what do you suggest happens after.... once our work is done?

Maybe I'm just a silly human being but I find that if I have nothing to do, no job or task to accomplish no matter how mundane, boring or menial... I am happiest when I am actively engaged in accomplishing something. I can't imagine being happen for eternity with nothing to do.

I'm not arguing with you about your perception of the 1,000 years.... but what happens after? What is left to do? I have my own personal opinion, which I can almost guarantee none of you will agree with, so I'm curious what you think happens at that point.... and you can feel free to answer that being in heaven with God and without pain, suffering and all the other crap we deal with will be so magical that you wouldn't want anything else.

Can someone explain to me what it is that you do in heaven? Are there schedules or jobs or do you still go to a chruch or idk just interesting to see what you do up there. I kinda agree with geo if there is no purpose, no jobs, nothing then what is the point in it? Freedom is nice yes but too much freedom and nothing to do = pointless. This is why life is good you have goals to work towards but I am not sure the same can be said in heaven.

JigSaw : i think in heaven well be able to do anything we want. i personally (this is wierd i know) want to relive earths history lol.

Well far more better than the promise of streets of gold or answered questions is the knowledge that we will spend eternity with Jesus.

God is looking forward to revealing things to us that He has not been able to show us yet because we’re not ready for them. Right now we’re in a physical body with sinful limitations, but the Bible says that we will be given spiritual bodies. God is Spirit, even so the Bible says we will be made like Jesus. So God is looking forward to the day that He can give us the grand tour of heaven.

As God had fellowship with Adam and Eve before their fall into sin, so He will again be with His servants eternally. In turn, His servants will worshipfully serve Him.

Psalm 16:11 (NLT) says, "You will show me the way of life, granting me the joy of your presence and the pleasures of living with you forever." Why wouldn’t we be content, regardless of what we will be doing? We will be in heaven with Jesus; free form sin and this present life. I don’t think at that point we will be the same as we are now.

When thinking about heaven, I always think about this song:

I can only imagine
What it will be like
When I walk
By your side

I can only imagine
What my eyes will see
When your face
Is before me
I can only imagine

I can only imagine

[Chorus:]
Surrounded by Your glory, what will my heart feel
Will I dance for you Jesus or in honour of you be still
Will I stand in your presence or to my knees will I fall
Will I sing hallelujah, will I be able to speak at all
I can only imagine

I can only imagine

I can only imagine
When that day comes
When I find myself
Standing in the Son

I can only imagine
When all I will do
Is forever
Forever worship You
I can only imagine

I can only imagine

[Chorus]

I can only imagine [x2]

I can only imagine
When all I will do
Is forever, forever worship you

I can only imagine

geeogree : Well, I do believe that even afterwards there will still be work in heaven. There was work to do in the Garden of Eden, and that was literally heaven on earth. Work will simply not be difficult and tiring, just fun and uplifting.

bigNATE : that's how I imagine it to be.... I don't imagine getting tired and worn out from work but enjoying every minute of whatever kind of work we get to do. I also imagine that we'll have plenty of time to complete a task and things like that. I simply can't imagine a heaven where there isn't work to be done.

What is the point of coming to earth and learning how to use this body and do work and stuff and then go to a place where nothing is the same. It doesn't seem logical.