To those who believe in Heaven and hell

[Zen Badger]

There will be no one married to another, this is made clear in scripture. What our new bodies are like would be anyone's guess, other than they will be flesh, we will eat food and drink liquids, Jesus Himself will serve our first meal. There will not be equal rewards, we will all be loved by God equally. There probably will not be equal responsibilities, I take this from a parable. Yes because we are in a sinless state we will see God and worship in His presence. Remember we will live forever, so your 5 google is as nothing.

GC

Where in the bible does it state this?

[Godscreated]

There will be no one married to another, this is made clear in scripture. What our new bodies are like would be anyone's guess, other than they will be flesh, we will eat food and drink liquids, Jesus Himself will serve our first meal. There will not be equal rewards, we will all be loved by God equally. There probably will not be equal responsibilities, I take this from a parable. Yes because we are in a sinless state we will see God and worship in His presence. Remember we will live forever, so your 5 google is as nothing.

GC

Where in the bible does it state this?

I'm not your research assistant, go read.

GC

---

" Yes because we are in a sinless state we will see God and worship in His presence. Remember we will live forever, so your 5 google is as nothing."

But what if we've been good during our lives?

This is heaven? Keep it.

What the fuck is this God that needs to be worshipped all the fucking time? Enough already - get over yourself - we know - all powerful and shit but for fuck's sakes - more praying?

No wonder 1/3rd of the angels left with Lucifer!

Why is the concept of unconditional love so completely unknown to God?

I bet you're the type to turn down a gift of a million dollars from a Christian, yet accept a empty can of beans from an atheist, now that's what I call true reasoning in the way of cutting off your nose to spite your face.

GC

[T.J.]

Since Godschild is too lazy to look up scripture,

Matthew 22:29-33
Jesus replied, "You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God. At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven. But about the resurrection of the dead--have you not read what God said to you, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob' ? He is not the God of the dead but of the living." When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at his teaching.

Luke 13:29
People will come from east and west and north and south, and will take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God.

John 14:2-4
In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going."

2 Corinthians 5
For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.

Luke 12:35-37
Stay dressed for action and keep your lamps burning, and be like men who are waiting for their master to come home from the wedding feast, so that they may open the door to him at once when he comes and knocks. Blessed are those servants whom the master finds awake when he comes. Truly, I say to you, he will dress himself for service and have them recline at table, and he will come and serve them.

I have a feeling the first part I cited is why some people believe they'll literally become angels when they get into heaven.

[Neo-Scholastic]

In Heaven time is not experienced by duration nor is space understood by extension. Both change in accordance with our spiritual state. Time reflects the measure of our delight in goodness and truth. It is similar to how, in earthly existence, you can feel outside of time while in the flow of an activity you love.

Your spiritual body will have all the features it had during your earthly existence, including sex. In the spiritual world your appearance will perfectly reflect your spiritual character. There can be no pretense. Thus, the righteous in their glorified state will appear beautiful in accordance with their purified thoughts and loves. The wicked will appear gross and deformed by their filthy compulsions and obsessions.

The time you have on earth and how you use it does indeed determine your ultimate fate. You really should not consider this a timed entrance exam. You are provided as much time as you need to prepare yourself for eternity, which is really just an extension of your earthly existence. You just become more and more of the person that you are based on the choices you have made. In orthodox terms, this is what it means to “profess with your mouth…and believe in your heart…” Profession of faith is calling on the name of Jesus Christ. Believing in your heart means action according to that conviction.

If you believe in and love the Lord, refrain from evils as sins, and love your neighbor like yourself you will be allowed to continue doing so in the spiritual world. That is Heaven. If you reject the Lord, either by disbelief or defiance, and love yourself and the world, the Lord will allow you to continue along this path of your own free will. That is Hell.

Will you meet God? In Heaven, the Lord is its sun. He is the Light and Warmth within which you live. To the extent that you love the Lord, you are in His warmth and to the extent that you are in His truth, you are in His light. This is similar to your earthly experiences. You feel spiritual warmth from pure and chaste love and you experience a sense of enlightenment when you understand the truth. It is not like this for the wicked, even here on earth. They burn in the unquenchable fire of their own lust and love to live in the darkness of the false beliefs that justify their evil desires.

I take minor exception to Godschild. There is marriage in Heaven, but it is not like earthly marriage. That is what the Lord meant when he said, “Angels in heaven do not marry nor are they given in marriage,.” in reply to the Sadducees. Their minds thought in earthly terms and could not understand that marriage in Heaven is spiritual. References to spiritual marriage are found throughout Scripture: (the Spirit and the bride, the bride of the lamb, the parable comparison of the Lord with a bridegroom, etc.)

[Faith No More]

I'm not your research assistant, go read.

I'm going to remember this line for the next time someone asks me to back up a claim.

[Cyberman]

I have seen so many crappy posts in the past but this one must take a special prize as the crappiest one.

I agree. Your prize is in the mail.

[freedomfromforum]

There will be no one married to another, this is made clear in scripture.

"When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven."

"When the dead rise" sounds kinda creepy to me If I'm like an angel, can I fly?

What our new bodies are like would be anyone's guess, other than they will be flesh, we will eat food and drink liquids, Jesus Himself will serve our first meal.

Psalm 23?
Luke 12:37?

Personally, I'll have a 1/2 lb. burger with extra bacon, RARE!

There will not be equal rewards, we will all be loved by God equally.

“And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.”

I want a jet airplane and a gas BBQ grill. I've been a good boy.

There probably will not be equal responsibilities, I take this from a parable.

Many rooms?

Yes because we are in a sinless state we will see God and worship in His presence. Remember we will live forever, so your 5 google is as nothing.

GC

No Google!

[Minimalist]

No one can truly know what it will be like,

Yeah....xtians spend lots of time devising torments for their enemies to suffer for eternity but they seem to draw a fucking blank when it comes to figuring out what it is they claim to be striving to attain.

We have a fairly shitty selection of theists around here but it does not seem as if they can agree on their fucking "heaven." Maybe that's because it is all made up shit? Along with "hell."

[Godscreated]

Since Godschild is too lazy to look up scripture,

Matthew 22:29-33
Jesus replied, "You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God. At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven. But about the resurrection of the dead--have you not read what God said to you, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob' ? He is not the God of the dead but of the living." When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at his teaching.

Luke 13:29
People will come from east and west and north and south, and will take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God.

John 14:2-4
In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going."

2 Corinthians 5
For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.

Luke 12:35-37
Stay dressed for action and keep your lamps burning, and be like men who are waiting for their master to come home from the wedding feast, so that they may open the door to him at once when he comes and knocks. Blessed are those servants whom the master finds awake when he comes. Truly, I say to you, he will dress himself for service and have them recline at table, and he will come and serve them.

I have a feeling the first part I cited is why some people believe they'll literally become angels when they get into heaven.

Great job, when you've been here as long as I have you probably will be wondering why people can't pick up a book and reference these things.

I'm not lazy, I've researched many scriptures and brought them to light, I get tired of people thinking I'm going to post things that are not in scripture, again great job and maybe you can teach ZB how to do that. One more thing I've been told that people do not read the scriptures I post.

GC

[freedomfromforum]

@GC,

My wife is a Christian. Do I get carry-over salvation by marriage association?