Hati13:
You tell as if you seen the otherside. No one knows for sure what will happen. There may be an afterlife with different situations or nothing at all (oblivion). If it's oblivion, then no problem. If there is an afterlife, then no problem (I've nothing to do about it).

Bidobado:


I was about to say the same thing. Worried so much about heaven only because life in Nigeria is hell on earth. If Adeboye and Oyedepo truly believe in their heaven stories, why would amass private Jets, mansions and edifices all around the world. Why aren't they keen to go and see their Father who called them or isn't heaven supposed to be paved with gold.

famozine1:

Heaven is real heaven is too real God allows everyone one to make research about heaven and earth also God want us to learn from each other listen to those giving the opportunity to back after death (e. G) gbenga adeboye listen to his latest album then to find out go to YouTube search for life after death ear it you self more than 1 thousand videos there can never be a lie with the testify of two or more truth is confirm go read the Holy Bible today I still had a dream about heaven everywhere is just white very white and clean too clean with fine fine building but I only saw few people like just 2 black people so it's real any body that don't want to believe will not believe but he who wants to believe but have doubting mind I want you to know today that heaven is real for children of God accept Jesus and forsake you sin...... Abeg for my bad English

famozine1:

Heaven is real heaven is too real God allows everyone one to make research about heaven and earth also God want us to learn from each other listen to those giving the opportunity to back after death (e. G) gbenga adeboye listen to his latest album then to find out go to YouTube search for life after death ear it you self more than 1 thousand videos there can never be a lie with the testify of two or more truth is confirm go read the Holy Bible today I still had a dream about heaven everywhere is just white very white and clean too clean with fine fine building but I only saw few people like just 2 black people so it's real any body that don't want to believe will not believe but he who wants to believe but have doubting mind I want you to know today that heaven is real for children of God accept Jesus and forsake you sin...... Abeg for my bad English

Hati13:

Who are Adeboye and Oyedepo?

jiggaz:
Will we miss things from earth? Will we become angels? Will we work? Author Randy Alcorn answers the questions we all have about heaven.

When I anticipate my first glimpse of heaven, I remember the first time I went snorkeling.
I saw countless fish of every shape, size and color. Just when I thought I'd seen the most beautiful fish, along came one even more striking. Etched in my memory is the sound of a gasp going through my snorkel as my eyes were opened to a breathtaking underwater world.

As believers, I imagine our first glimpse of heaven will cause us to gasp in a similar way—with amazement and delight. That first gasp will likely be followed by many more as we continually encounter new sights in that endlessly wonderful place.

Though most of us are in no hurry to get to our final destination, we all have questions about it. After in-depth study of the Scriptures, here are some of the most frequently asked questions.

1. We won't miss our old lives.

Have you ever bought an economy ticket for a flight, but because of overbooking, been upgraded to first class? Did you regret the upgrade? Did you spend your time wondering, What am I missing by not being in the back of the plane?

The upgrade from Earth to heaven will be vastly superior to that from economy to first class. If we would miss something from our old lives, it would be available to us in heaven. Why? Because we will experience all God intends for us. He fashions us to want precisely what He will give us so what He gives us will be exactly what we want.

2. We won't become angels.

I'm often asked if people, particularly children, become angels when they die.

The answer is no.

Death is a relocation of the same person from one place to another. The place changes, but the person remains the same. The same person who becomes absent from his or her body becomes present with the Lord (2 Corinthians 5:. We won't be angels but we'll be with them.

3. We won't be tempted.

Once I was asked if we will ever be tempted to turn our backs on Christ. The answer is no. What would tempt us? Innocence is the absence of something (sin), while righteousness is the presence of something (God's holiness). God will never withdraw His holiness from us; therefore, in heaven we cannot sin.

We'll never forget the ugliness of sin, however. Having known death and life, we who experience life will never want to go back to death. We'll never be deceived into thinking God is withholding something good from us or that sin is in our best interests.

We'll always know sin's costs. Every time we see the scarred hands of Jesus, we'll remember. We'll see sin as God does. It will be stripped of its illusions and will be utterly unappealing.

4. We will have work to do.

The idea of working in heaven is foreign to many people. Yet Scripture clearly teaches it. When God created Adam, he "took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it" (Genesis 2:15). Work was part of the original Eden. It was part of a perfect human life.

God Himself is a worker. He didn't create the world and then retire. Jesus said, "My Father is always at His work to this very day, and I, too, am working" (John 5:17). Jesus found great satisfaction in His work. "‘My food,' Jesus said, ‘is to do the will of Him who sent me and to finish His work'" (John 4:34).

We'll also have work to do, satisfying and enriching work that we can't wait to get back to, work that'll never be drudgery. God is the primary worker, and as His image-bearers, we're made to work. We create, accomplish, set goals and fulfill them—to God's glory.

5. We will still experience emotions.

In Scripture, God is said to enjoy, love, laugh, take delight and rejoice, as well as be angry, happy, jealous and glad. To be like God means to have and express emotions. Hence, we should expect that in heaven emotions will exist for God's glory and our good.

We know that people in heaven have lots of feelings—all good ones. We're told of banquets, feasts and singing.
People will laugh there (Luke 6:21). Will we cry in heaven? The Bible says, "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" (Revelation 21:4). These are the tears of suffering over sin and death, the tears of oppressed people, the cries of the poor, the widow, the orphaned, the unborn and the persecuted.
Such crying will be no more.

We might, though, shed tears of joy. Can you imagine joy flooding your eyes as you meet Christ, for example, and as you're reunited with loved ones? I can.

6. We still won't know everything.

God alone is omniscient. When we die, we'll see things far more clearly, and we'll know much more than we know now. But we'll never know everything.

In heaven we'll be flawless, but not knowing everything isn't a flaw. It's part of being finite. Righteous angels don't know everything, and they long to know more (1 Peter 1:12). They're flawless but finite. We should expect to long for greater knowledge, as angels do. And we'll spend eternity gaining the greater knowledge we'll seek.

7. We will recognize one another.

Scripture gives no indication of a memory wipe causing us not to recognize family and friends. Paul anticipated being with the Thessalonians in heaven, and it never occurred to him he wouldn't know them. In fact, if we wouldn't know our loved ones, the comfort of an afterlife reunion, taught in 1 Thessalonians 4:14-18, would be no comfort at all. In heaven we probably won't fail to recognize an acquaintance in a crowd or forget people's names.

8. What will we do to avoid boredom?

People sometimes say, "I'd rather be having a good time in hell than be bored in heaven."
Note the assumption: sin is exciting and righteousness is boring.

Believing in this assumption means you've fallen for the devil's lie. In reality, sin robs us of fulfillment. Sin doesn't make life interesting; it makes life empty. When there's fulfillment, when there's beauty, when we see God as He truly is—an endless reservoir of fascination—boredom becomes impossible. In heaven we'll be filled—as Psalm 16:11 describes it—with joy and eternal pleasures.

9. If our loved ones are in hell, won't that spoil heaven?

In heaven we'll see clearly that God revealed Himself to each person and that He gave opportunity for each heart or conscience to seek and respond to Him (Romans 1:18-2:16). Everyone deserves hell; no one deserves heaven. Jesus went to the cross to offer salvation to all (1 John 2:2). God is absolutely sovereign and doesn't desire any to perish (1 Timothy 2:3-4; 2 Peter 3:9). Yet many will perish in their unbelief (Matthew 7:13).

In heaven, we'll embrace God's holiness and justice. God will be our source of joy. Hell's small and distant shadow will not interfere with God's greatness or our joy in Him. All of this should motivate us to share the gospel of Christ with family, friends, neighbors and the whole world.

http://m.lifeway.com/Article/pastor-Questioning-heaven

Bidobado:


They are thieves robbing in the name of God.

ednut1:
Have u been there . Wont boredom kill pple der

Anonylander:

PataAlhaja:
This is 2017. Tomorrow's gonna be 2018.

... and some so-called enlightened and educated folks still believe a heaven exists ... a heaven they'd ascend to after death or judgement day, whichever comes earlier.

I just weak ...

Seriously, I taya!

Harmored:
Nice one jiggaz but about that number 7 the flesh will not be going to heaven only the soul, how do we identify a person by the soul, it's only the flesh we can use to identity people on earth and the flesh will get old, I'm just Curious in heaven will you there be old people? Or Young ones or even babies? Or it's just the soul and if it's just the soul how do you identify

Elnino4ladies:
Heaven is a myth. it doesn't exist.

atheist5:
look at enlightened souls, mehh Nigerian may not be bad after,not everybody follows superstition,am quite glad alright

written007:
Some people still think or believe we humans just happened on earth... The phones we use today are designed to meet specific human need...and only for human. There is a phone and we therefore can conclude and not assume that there is a designer. No human has stated ,categorically or not, that he can design a human being and give life to "it' because he can't. One fact that no one can erase is that looking round in our surrounding and the world ,the sea, the weather ,rainbow and even death , even us and the rest in the animal kingdom; these speak volumes of various designs . How then can you deny the obvious ...a designer ,a creator. I mean look at us human even with our finite knowledge have designed " crazy inventions " within the last hundred years?. There are WiFi, mobile gadgets, computer wizardry, aircraft..etc. Not that we 99% of us understand how these things work but because we know humans not aliens use these things we therefore accept their reality without question even against our failing educational structures but deny things which are truths. Are ye yet to know who ur heavenly Father is? That He is a Spirit!

charliboy654:

Anytime I see something like this, I get annoyed. By ur logic, u say nothing can just exist meaning there has to be a creator. My question for you is how did this creator came to existence?

charliboy654:

Anytime I see something like this, I get annoyed. By ur logic, u say nothing can just exist meaning there has to be a creator. My question for you is how did this creator came to existence?

Deckline:

Whats your business with how GOD was created?! You can't understand the simple things which are written down,it is now to know how God existed you think you will be able to phantom?! The bible says "THE FOOL SAYS THERE IS NO GOD" Surely,for the bible to quote this,God would have known that many foolish people will doubt his existence. You fool,you believe you are existing by your own will. I can't change your perceptions but i do hope i can help you rethink. Everything the average atheists believe in is always in contrast with God's words. If you have decided not to believe,thats your fate. But if you try to cause the downfall of some christians, i assure you,it would have been better if you had never been born. #shalom

charliboy654:

Na so, I asked a question and u chose to insult me. Clap for yourself, you have done well. I was only trying to make u see the possibility of something existing from nothing. But ur response is just lame like you n ur silly religion.

Deckline:

Read the bible, Jesus called the two desciples going to Emmaeus fools for still doubting his resurrection. So me calling you a fool should not be termed as an insult but a reprimand.

Elnino4ladies:
Heaven is a myth. it doesn't exist.

Deckline:
(John 1:1) In the beginning was the word(Jesus) and the word(Jesus) was with God, and the word(Jesus) was God.
If you read further down,the bible says...
"by him was everything made,without him was nothing made".
Now,its simple,your curiousity to know how God(The creator) came to be is not yours to know,however,your duty as a creature is to serve and obey him. This is our duty.

charliboy654:

Anytime I see something like this, I get annoyed. By ur logic, u say nothing can just exist meaning there has to be a creator. My question for you is how did this creator came to existence?

Pidggin:
Great thread and factual too. OP you have made my day