What are the Characteristics of a NT Christian?

[SteveII]

I think that the continuous physical presence of God will be a powerful enough force to overwhelm any desire not to live a holy life (that's the view that I think most persuasive).

So God has a physical presence? As in spiritually omnipresent but physically in a particular location? Kind of like Odin on his magic throne from which he can see all the Nine Realms? Where do you get that from?

And if true, why the need to only have good people in heaven, wouldn't his presence guarantee everyone's goodness regardless of past history? And why wasn't that enough to keep a third of the angels from rebelling? Was God out that day? 

It really seems like you're making this stuff up as you go along, inserting whatever occurs to you to answer the objection of the moment, without considering the implications. Talk about raising more questions than you answer....

Well, I go by verses like this:

REV 21:1Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth,a for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. 2I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

3And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying:

“Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will live with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God. 4He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”

5And the One seated on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” Then He said, “Write this down, for these words are faithful and true.” 6And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.

and further down...

22But I saw no temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. 23And the city has no need for sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp. 

Don't know much about angels, but it seems they were not always in the presence of God (see Job 1). 

See...not making stuff up. Do you really think these questions haven't been discussed for millennium?