(November 2, 2015 at 5:22 pm)dyresand Wrote: Many people want to go to heaven but have you ever thought well once you got there and really took a good look around for a bit. It is supposedly a beautiful place with a beautiful scenery and by that logic it would be like that one place from the kid show my little pony but really once you are there mind you if you had your free will wouldn't it be boring. I mean think about it the modern convinces we take for granted wouldn't exist in heaven neither will clothes for the most part. I mean it would be boring sure amazing for a few minutes but would get boring i mean no computer no cell phone no apps or games. I mean you can worship god and talk to jesus or what ever but besides that it would be boring.
Quote:Matthew 19:14King James Version
14 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
People generally have fond childhood memories, because for many, it was the happiest, most care free time of their lives. As a child I spent most of my time playing outdoors with friends, things like video games and such weren't even on my mind.
Also, we won't live in "heaven" we'll live right here on the earth, and we will have bodies with godlike capabilities..... but you're worried about computer games.
smh
(November 2, 2015 at 5:49 pm)Rhondazvous Wrote: In the book of Jude and somewhere in the ot, we are told of angels that abandoned heaven and married mortal women. These angels will be cast into hell for their sin.
Now think, what was it about their heavenly experience that was so dissatisfying that they preferred to be with human women? It’s like abandoning a seven course meal to go have a big mac attack.
We’re not even talking about the angels who rebelled with Satan. No matter what the reason for their rebellion, the bottom line is they were not happy.
If the beings who lived there weren’t happy, what makes us think we will be happy in a place we’ve never been?
That is a gross misinterpretation, the word "angel" simply means "messenger", this "messenger" could be either supernatural or human, usually the bible will specify a supernatural messenger by referring to it as an "angel of the Lord".
Jude states that
Quote:"it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints."
and
Quote:"the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day."
The "angels which kept not their first estate" are messengers/preachers who kept not the original faith which was once delivered to the saints, but formed their own organizations/denominations (Catholic, Lutheran, Methodist, etc.) and began teaching false doctrine.
For instance, the apostles baptized in the "name of Jesus Christ", yet just about every denomination baptizes in the "name of the father, son and holy spirit", which is not how it was originally done.
Unto them (those that teach false doctrine) is reserved "everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day."
