Heaven!

[DAII]

Originally Posted by Brad Murphy

Just curious... what are all of the details that are expected to change about an individual upon entering Heaven? I will list a few that I have heard over the years (no idea which are biblical and which are not):

You will receive a new physical body
There will be no sex (nor any desire for sex)
There possibly would not even be gender (due to the above)
Any temptations which you struggle with now, would no longer be an issue
Somehow, you will be happy, in spite of the people you "left behind" to experience eternal torture
Personality traits might be altered or removed
yet somehow - You will be "known as you were known"
Ages may possibly be altered from how people knew you (for example, a newborn or embryo would hopefully not be expected to experience eternity in that particular state), but at the same time, a lot of your personality (which comes partly from your experiences and environment) would not have been formed yet.


I'm sure there are more, but those are the ones I can think of at the moment.

So if your body is different, and your mind is different, how much is left of what you consider to be your own unique identity... I would say, not much.

Brad is the new spokesperson for Adidas ....

[RandyWayne]

Originally Posted by unitedpraise10

I'm with ya on that one. Even though I'm a UPCI person....I do not believe that we will be the only one up there!

This wasn't about UPC folk being the only ones up there but standing during some marathon song service and the preacher saying "Now imagine! <spit> Doing THIS! ahhhaaaaa. For ALLLLLLL eternity! Haaa haa HAA!". Now I guess if the choice is an eternal song service or eternal burning torment, I would pick the song service, but still it didn't exactly sound like "heaven" to me.

[Timmy]

Originally Posted by unitedpraise10

I've heard, and it may be located somewhere in the bible too....that when we get to heaven, we will loose all remembrance of our previous life. We won't remember anything. We won't notice the people that didn't make it. When you get to heaven, why would you want to remember this place anyhow...lol

"Can the believing husband in Heaven be happy with his unbelieving wife in Hell? Can the believing father in Heaven be happy with his unbelieving children in Hell? Can the loving wife in Heaven be happy with her unbelieving husband in Hell? I tell you, yea! Such will be their sense of justice that it will increase rather than diminish their bliss."

Jonathan Edwards