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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

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theshaderoom:
And I was writing an article on this same topic

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Hello Janeyinspires this is for you..

Repeated blessings are promised in the Bible for "overcomers." Who is the "overcomer"? Oftentimes believers are confused as to whom these blessings belong because they do not know "Who is the overcomer?"

Who is the overcomer? The overcomer is the truly born-again-one, who has been redeemed through faith in Christ's blood. What I am saying is that all true believers in the Lord Jesus Christ are the overcomers in the Bible.

Presently, there is only one perfect overcomer. He could say, "I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in His throne (Revelation 3:21)." All other overcomers are such by virtue of their position in Him. Jesus said, "Be of good cheer; I have overcome the world (John 16:33)."

Please notice I John 5:4-5, "For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?" Notice how the overcomer is he that has been born again. This is an automatic experience that takes place at the moment of salvation for the individual who puts his trust in Jesus Christ as Saviour. There is no other way a man or a woman can become an overcomer.

Faith in Jesus Christ as Saviour not only makes us God's children, but overcomers as well. The day we trusted Christ was a day of victory for the Christian, because it was the day we overcame the world. "But thanks be unto God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ (I Corinthians 15:57)."

John comments further on the subject of overcoming. "Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world (I John 4:4)." Look also in Revelation 12:11, "And they overcame him (Satan) by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony."

Unfortunately, many have been blinded to think works are a part of salvation. These individuals often think that an overcomer is one who overcomes on the basis of works. God says that is impossible, (Matthew 19:26), because our most righteous works are as filthy rags, (Isaiah 64:6). All are sinners, (Romans 3:23), and none have kept God's laws, (John 7:19); therefore, we need a Saviour. Jesus alone can save (John 14:6).

Seven wonderful blessings are promised in Revelation chapters two and three to those who have overcome. (Revelation 2:7,11,17,26-29; 3:5,12,21.)

One: "...To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God (Revelation 2:7)." The paradise (heaven) of God and the tree of life will be shared by all who are in Christ. All believers will enter heaven and will be given the privilege of eating of the tree of life.

Two: "...He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death (Revelation 2:11)." We learn that to be cast into the lake of fire, the eternal hell, is the second death. "And death and hell (Hades) were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death (Revelation 20:14)." The believer in Jesus Christ has the wonderful promise that he will never go to hell. Hell is a place where unbelievers "...Shall be tormented day and night forever and ever (Revelation 20:10)." Praise the Lord the believer will never go to hell.

Three: "...To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth, saving he that receiveth it (Revelation 2:17)." Evidently a brilliant diamond will be given to each believer with a new heavenly name inscribed upon it, also, the privilege of eating of the manna that God once fed the children of Israel in the wilderness.

Four: "...And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father. And I will give him the morning star (Revelation 2:26-28)." A distinction must be made between salvation and reward. For being an overcomer (believer), the promise is, "I will give him the morning star." Jesus Christ becomes ours just as we are his, and reward is promised for service to Christ--such as power over the nations.

Five: "He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels (Revelation 3:5)." This is the promise of a garment of salvation to every believer. Isaiah 61:10 says, "...for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness." Also God promises your name will never be taken out of the book of life. The names that are erased are names belonging to those who were never saved by trusting Christ as Saviour. This book was well known to Moses as containing the names of both the forgiven and the unforgiven--the believer and the unbeliever. Moses was willing to forfeit his eternal life for those who as yet were not forgiven. He prayed, "Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written (Exodus 32:32)." If you die as an unbeliever, then God will blot out your name. If you are a believer, your name will never be blotted out.

Six: "Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out; and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is the new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God; and I will write upon him my new name (Revelation 3:21)." The promise of an integral permanent part in the working of God for the believers is given to those that overcome.

Seven: "To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne...(Revelation 3:21)." This last and final promise is ruling with the Lord Jesus Christ in His throne.

Are you an overcomer? Once you have accepted Jesus Christ as your Saviour, all seven of these promises are yours!

http://www.biblelineministries.org/articles/basearch.php3?action=full&mainkey=OVERCOMERS

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