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people you love at the deepest heart-level? No superficiality. No small talk. And, if we could see each other as we will one day be, we would be tempted to fall at each others’ feet and worship one another (Revelation 19:10). INHERITANCE When we get to heaven we will not be bored sitting on some cloud strumming a harp. Rather, it says we will inherit a Kingdom, that we will be joint-heirs with Christ, that God will put us in charge of all he has, that we will rule with Him, and other such incredible things. For example: a. We will be joint-heirs with Christ (Romans 8:17; Ephesians 1:18; Revelation 21:7). b. All spiritual blessings will be ours in Christ (Ephesians 1:3). c. We will inherit a Kingdom (Matthew 7:21; 21:41,43; 25:34; Colossians 1:12-13; Hebrews 12:28; James 2:5). d. We will inherit a city, the New Jerusalem, something so beautiful it defies description. It will be 1,400 miles high, wide, and long (Hebrews 11:10; 13:14; Revelation 21-22). e. We will inherit a home (John 14:1-2). It will be a home of righteousness. There will be no sin, pain, death, or suffering. There will be no need of police, firemen, doctors, nurses, hospitals, prisons, or other such things (II Peter 3:13; Revelation 21:3-5, 27). f. We will inherit a country (Hebrews 11:14,16). g. We will inherit a place described as paradise (Luke 23:43). With words that awaken our imagination, we are told that we will drink from the water of life, that we will eat from the tree of life, and that some day we will be swallowed up by life (John 7:38; II Corinthians 5:1-4; I Timothy 6:18; I Peter 2:9; Revelation 2:6; 7:16-17; 21:6; 22:1,14,17).
h. As hard as it is to comprehend, God will put us in charge of all his possessions, which includes a new heaven and a new earth and over things we cannot imagine (Matthew 24:46-47; 25:23,29; Luke 12:43-44; Romans 8:32; Galatians 3:29; Hebrews 6:12; 10:34). i. We will possess each other. Just as husband and wife here on earth are “one,” in heaven we will all be “one,” just as the holy Trinity is “one.” (John 17:20-21). In I Corinthians 3:22-23 Paul says “Whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas ... all are yours.” Did you catch it? He mentions people as one of our possessions. With all the glorious people and things in heaven, why won’t we covet and lust after them?—Because they are already ours. (We don’t lust or covet what we already possess.) In heaven there will be no lust since we will all own and enjoy each other in a gloriously holy way. Such oneness and joy is hard to fathom, but so it will be. WE WILL HAVE A GLORIOUS NEW BODY No more wrinkles, love-handles, saddle-hips, aches or pains. We will have a glorious new body that will radiate glory and light, that will not be confined by gravity (I Thessalonians 4:17). It will be eternal, immortal, and imperishable (Romans 8:11,18-25; I Corinthians 15:37, 42-53; II Corinthians 4:17; 5:1-4; Philippians 3:19,21; I Peter 1:4). Our new bodies will also have incredible power. Like a seed, we were sown in weakness, but we will be raised in awesome power (I Corinthians 15:43; Ephesians 1:19). HEAVEN WILL BE ETERNAL Whenwe receiveChrist as Lord and Savior, we inherit eternal life. It is hard to comprehend timelessness, where there is no night, where fullness of joy will be the order of the (endless) day, where there will be no fatigue, no boredom
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