A few weeks ago I wrote on hope being the only thing that differentiates Christian from the world and all the religions that it offered. Be it Islam or Hinduism or any other faith, there is always an ambiguity whether your sin and shame is removed from God, or would our lives be restored to its original course we were set to travel on. Atheists and non - theists may argue that its a man's will on how he lives his life and there is nothing called as absolute morality, but deep in all of us have a sense of what is right and what is wrong and we feel convicted by ourselves if we do something wrong and feel guilt within. Heaven, is real and most of us believe and look to a new journey that we do not have to carry baggages into. Two weeks ago at the university we had a meeting amongst Christians and we discussed "Heaven".
So I thought I share it with you. Here are two pictures of heaven. What is wrong with the picture on the left?
I could say, many things. Take a guess??
Well yes, all of the above were fabricated by the entertainment industry and 100% non biblical. Shocking it was when we realised it. For me too I thought the halo was there. But the Bible never says anything about it. All it says is there are crowns to honour the martyrs and the brave ones who stood against hardship imposed for their love for Christ. But no, we will not look like angels, we will not be on clouds, we will not have halos, we will not wear ugly robes, we will not sit bored. But We WILL be different in many ways. So, before I go ahead let me ask you a question. You may be 15, 20 , 35 or more. So like me you would also say dying is a far off thing. And yesterday I saw two accidents and one of them occurred to a cyclist who was about 25 years old. Don't worry, he is fine. A car hit his cycle, he fell down, picked himself up. Praise God!
But if death is so close to us, then the thought of after life must be too.
The Bible describes heaven as God's absolute rule on earth. So this means God will be with man, and will make all things new. All the past wiped way, all the pollution, all the sins, all the shame, all the chaos. Work will be fun, yes, we will all work in heaven and not play harps - except for you who want to be full time harpists.
The truth is this , we are made for completeness and more, and its with God we will be there. Heaven is God's supremacy ruling earth.
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I could say, many things. Take a guess??
Well yes, all of the above were fabricated by the entertainment industry and 100% non biblical. Shocking it was when we realised it. For me too I thought the halo was there. But the Bible never says anything about it. All it says is there are crowns to honour the martyrs and the brave ones who stood against hardship imposed for their love for Christ. But no, we will not look like angels, we will not be on clouds, we will not have halos, we will not wear ugly robes, we will not sit bored. But We WILL be different in many ways. So, before I go ahead let me ask you a question. You may be 15, 20 , 35 or more. So like me you would also say dying is a far off thing. And yesterday I saw two accidents and one of them occurred to a cyclist who was about 25 years old. Don't worry, he is fine. A car hit his cycle, he fell down, picked himself up. Praise God!
But if death is so close to us, then the thought of after life must be too.
The Bible describes heaven as God's absolute rule on earth. So this means God will be with man, and will make all things new. All the past wiped way, all the pollution, all the sins, all the shame, all the chaos. Work will be fun, yes, we will all work in heaven and not play harps - except for you who want to be full time harpists.
The truth is this , we are made for completeness and more, and its with God we will be there. Heaven is God's supremacy ruling earth.
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