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What Will Our Eternal Home Be Like?

Every Christian at some point thinks about what Eternity will be like. Where will we be? What will we do?

When people think of Eternity or Heaven certain ideas often come to mind...

There is a children's book by Maria Shriver called What's Heaven. The book describes Heaven as "a beautiful place where you can sit on soft clouds and talk...

According to a writer at Religion Free blogspot: Who knows, maybe heaven will be a place in the clouds where people play shuffle board. You can't eat and you can't drink, because face it you're a spirit now and what you were used to on Earth is no longer necessary in Heaven. Discovering and examining would no longer be necessary, because everything is already explained.

Countless times its been heard: Id rather be in Hell than Heaven. Heavens boring and Hell is where my friends are having a great party.

Even Christians struggle with what Heaven will be like.

General Impressions of Heaven One big one is that Heaven is a mystical disembodied spiritual existence. Second, many believe that Heaven will be boring.

Other ideas of Heaven include: --Wings and clouds --sitting around thinking or singing all the time --no change (static)

--no time --no fun (leave favorite things behind) --we know everything --no learning because we know everything

--Unimaginable (dont even try.) Randy Alcorn mentions that in his book, Heaven, he collected more than 150 books on Heaven, both old and new. One thing Ive found is that books about Heaven are notorious for saying we cant know what Heaven is like, but it will be more wonderful than we can imagine, he says.

Many think of Eternity as a big choir in the sky:

Is this you forever and ever?

Stop the Madness!!!! Because of bad doctrine and teaching throughout the centuries most peoples ideas of eternity are really wrong!

Many ideas of Eternity are overspiritualized. People often think that Eternity is just a misty spiritual existence in the sky

False views of Eternity are not from God, and actually are from the Enemy:

If the enemy can make us believe false views on Eternity he can steal our hope and make us less likely to share Jesus with others.

Key Verse But the Bible says our final destiny is a New Earth: 2 Peter 3:13: But according to His promise we are looking for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.

The best part of the coming new earth will be God. Being in relationship with God and His people. Rev 22:3-4: No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him. 4 They will see his face.

We will enjoy relationship with God and the good gifts He gives us. The new earth and the great things in it are gifts from God. When we enjoy those gifts we are enjoying God who gave them to us. Ex: Does a great gift from your parents make you love your parents less? Of course not.

3 Important Passages Romans 8:18-25 Isaiah 65:17-25 Revelation 21-22

Romans 8:18-23 18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us. 19 For the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God. 20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God.

22 For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now. 23 And not only this, but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body.

Points to note: 1. Gods plans for the future include this physical planet. 2. The creation (the universe and everything in it) looks forward to our glorification. 3. The creation has hope of being restored.

4. Our present universe is going to be restored and will be the place we live on.

Isaiah 65:17-25 65:17: For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; And the former things will not be remembered or come to mind. 65:18: But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; For behold, I create Jerusalem for rejoicing And her people for gladness.

65:21-22: They will build houses and inhabit them; They will also plant vineyards and eat their fruit. 22 They will not build and another inhabit, They will not plant and another eat; For as the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, And My chosen ones will wear out the work of their hands.

Yes, you will live in houses. Yes there will be food and drink. Yes we will have work and things to do.

65:25: 25 The wolf and the lamb will graze together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox; and dust will be the serpents food. They will do no evil or harm in all My holy mountain, says the L ORD.

Animals will exist on the New Earth. The animals and creatures of the earth will get along.

Isaiah 11:6-9: And the wolf will dwell with the lamb, And the leopard will lie down with the young goat, And the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; And a little boy will lead them. 7 Also the cow and the bear will graze, Their young will lie down together, And the lion will eat straw like the ox. 8 The nursing child will play by the hole of the cobra, And the weaned child will put his hand on the vipers den. 9 They will not hurt or destroy in all My holy mountain, For the earth will be full of the knowledge of the L ORD As the waters cover the sea.

... and a little boy will lead them.

Revelation 2122 Rev 21:1: Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea.

New Jerusalem Rev 21:2: And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband.

God lives with His people 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them,

No more bad things 4 and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away.

Just think: No more sickness We dont die. No one we love will ever die. No more goodbyes. No more separations.

The New Jerusalem And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, 11 having the glory of God.

A real city that can be measured 15 The one who spoke with me had a gold measuring rod to measure the city, and its gates and its wall. 16 The city is laid out as a square, and its length is as great as the width; and he measured the city with the rod, fifteen hundred miles; its length and width and height are equal.

Size of New Jerusalem in elation to the United States

17 And he measured its wall, seventy-two yards, according to human measurements, which are also angelic measurements.

18 The material of the wall was jasper; and the city was pure gold, like clear glass. 19 The foundation stones of the city wall were adorned with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation stone was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;

20 the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst. 21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each one of the gates was a single pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.

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

Nations on the New Earth 24 The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it. 25 In the daytime (for there will be no night there) its gates will never be closed; 26 and they will bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it;

27 and nothing unclean, and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those whose names are written in the Lambs book of life.

Then he showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming from the throne of God and of the Lamb, 2 in the middle of its street. On either side of the river was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

3 There will no longer be any curse; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His bond- servants will serve Him; 4 they will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.

5 And there will no longer be any night; and they will not have need of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God will illumine them; and they will reign forever and ever.

Questions about Eternity 1. Where will we actually live? On a new earth which is a real planet. People in real physical bodies need to live in a physical environment.

Humans by nature were created to occupy a physical planet. A human can no more long for a purely spiritual existence than a fish could long for a life outside of water.

A fish out of water

2. Will we know and recognize people that we know now in Eternity? Yes. Gods people will have relationships with each other and there is no reason why we wont know and recognize people we know now.

3. What will we do in Eternity? --We will be in a relationship with God. --We will be in relationships with other people. --We will use the talents God gave use.

4. Will we live in houses? It appears so. John 14:2 In my Fathers house are many dwelling places. Isaiah 65:21: They will build houses and inhabit them.

5. Will there be time in Heaven? Yes Rev 22:2: On either side of the river was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month.

6. Will there be celebrations on the New Earth? Yes Matt 8:11: I say to you that many will come from east and west, and recline at the table with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

Luke 22:15-18: And He said to them, "I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer; for I say to you, I shall never again eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God."And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He said, "Take this and share it among yourselves; for I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine from now on until the kingdom of God comes." Isaiah 65:21b: They will also plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

7. Will we have emotions? Yes Luke 6:21Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh. Luke 15:7 says there is joy in heaven over a sinner who repents.

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