Questions on Eternity

Peter John · Feb 13, 2020

We all have differing beliefs of the process of getting there, as well as who gets there, but I would like to focus on what will we be like, so I will write questions here, & you can summise the answers, or maybe come up with other questions too!

Will we be like a certain age look & not grow old?
If so, what about babies, that have been saved?
Babies did not have a chance to know who they are, will they recognise themselves?
We will have new bodies, but reproductive organs are unnecessary?
Do we eat, drink & sleep, as we will be eternal, so not die?
I love music, will there be any, along with sport?
What about relationships, will we all be platonic with each other?
What about animals, will they all be tame, & like what's already here?
Will we have memories this life, if so, they contained many sins?

I could go on, but will hand over to you folks! (You probably think I'm a bit mad, but God made me this way, so deal with it)

Jonathan Walkerin · Feb 13, 2020

Peter John said:
Will we be like a certain age look & not grow old?
If so, what about babies, that have been saved?
Babies did not have a chance to know who they are, will they recognise themselves?
We will have new bodies, but reproductive organs are unnecessary?
Do we eat, drink & sleep, as we will be eternal, so not die?
I love music, will there be any, along with sport?
What about relationships, will we all be platonic with each other?
What about animals, will they all be tame, & like what's already here?
Will we have memories this life, if so, they contained many sins?

Short answer ; Nobody knows.

Long answer ; Whatever fantasies you want to spin.

HTacianas · Feb 13, 2020

Peter John said:
We all have differing beliefs of the process of getting there, as well as who gets there, but I would like to focus on what will we be like, so I will write questions here, & you can summise the answers, or maybe come up with other questions too!

Will we be like a certain age look & not grow old?
If so, what about babies, that have been saved?
Babies did not have a chance to know who they are, will they recognise themselves?
We will have new bodies, but reproductive organs are unnecessary?
Do we eat, drink & sleep, as we will be eternal, so not die?
I love music, will there be any, along with sport?
What about relationships, will we all be platonic with each other?
What about animals, will they all be tame, & like what's already here?
Will we have memories this life, if so, they contained many sins?

I could go on, but will hand over to you folks! (You probably think I'm a bit mad, but God made me this way, so deal with it)

Co 2:9 But as it is written:

“Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,
Nor have entered into the heart of man
The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”

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Tolworth John · Feb 13, 2020

Peter John said:
what will we be like,

Or what will heaven be like?

It will be very familiar, what we know, earth sun, stars, trees, plants, animals etc and totally different from anything we can imagine.
It really doesn't matter what it will be like. Think back to when as a child you were going on holiday or to a new school. All sorts of ideas would run round your head, none of which matched the reality when you got there. Sometimes that was a bad thing, but heaven will be far greater, stranger, more wonderful than we think, if only because we will meet Jesus face to face.

Peter John · Feb 13, 2020

Jonathan Walkerin said:
Short answer ; Nobody knows.

Long answer ; Whatever fantasies you want to spin.

Then you no need take part!

Peter John · Feb 13, 2020

Tolworth John said:
Or what will heaven be like?

It will be very familiar, what we know, earth sun, stars, trees, plants, animals etc and totally different from anything we can imagine.
It really doesn't matter what it will be like. Think back to when as a child you were going on holiday or to a new school. All sorts of ideas would run round your head, none of which matched the reality when you got there. Sometimes that was a bad thing, but heaven will be far greater, stranger, more wonderful than we think, if only because we will meet Jesus face to face.

A sensible post, not really answering the questions, but nonetheless adequately put, thanks.

Cis.jd · Feb 13, 2020

Peter John said:
We all have differing beliefs of the process of getting there, as well as who gets there, but I would like to focus on what will we be like, so I will write questions here, & you can summise the answers, or maybe come up with other questions too!

Will we be like a certain age look & not grow old?
If so, what about babies, that have been saved?
Babies did not have a chance to know who they are, will they recognise themselves?
We will have new bodies, but reproductive organs are unnecessary?
Do we eat, drink & sleep, as we will be eternal, so not die?
I love music, will there be any, along with sport?
What about relationships, will we all be platonic with each other?
What about animals, will they all be tame, & like what's already here?
Will we have memories this life, if so, they contained many sins?

I could go on, but will hand over to you folks! (You probably think I'm a bit mad, but God made me this way, so deal with it)

How would anyone exactly know this?

Peter John · Feb 13, 2020

Cis.jd said:
How would anyone exactly know this?

We don't, we are summising what eternity maybe like, God gave us an inquiring imagination, & it is Ok to think on the good things to come, as we have plenty that is going bad in the world.

Cis.jd · Feb 13, 2020

Peter John said:
We don't, we are summising what eternity maybe like, God gave us an inquiring imagination, & it is Ok to think on the good things to come, as we have plenty that is going bad in the world.

hmm. i don't know if you'd like creative writing when there can be here who will take everything as fundamental bible talk.

1213 · Feb 13, 2020

Peter John said:
We all have differing beliefs of the process of getting there, as well as who gets there, but I would like to focus on what will we be like, so I will write questions here, & you can summise the answers, or maybe come up with other questions too!

...

I know only these:

These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.
Mat. 25:46

For when they will rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
Mark 12:25

for the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Romans 14:17

There are higher things than the physical matters people like. But, because this world is already quite amazing at the best, I believe that when one is with God, everything is much better.

BobRyan · Feb 13, 2020

Peter John said:
We all have differing beliefs of the process of getting there, as well as who gets there, but I would like to focus on what will we be like, so I will write questions here, & you can summise the answers, or maybe come up with other questions too!

Will we be like a certain age look & not grow old?
If so, what about babies, that have been saved?
Babies did not have a chance to know who they are, will they recognise themselves?
We will have new bodies, but reproductive organs are unnecessary?
Do we eat, drink & sleep, as we will be eternal, so not die?
I love music, will there be any, along with sport?
What about relationships, will we all be platonic with each other?
What about animals, will they all be tame, & like what's already here?
Will we have memories this life, if so, they contained many sins?

I could go on, but will hand over to you folks! (You probably think I'm a bit mad, but God made me this way, so deal with it)

1. We (adults) will all appear to be an age of someone in their 20's.
2. Babies will be babies in heaven but will grow up over time and will settle in appearance as someone in their 20's might appear who had a perfect body and none of the defects and degeneration of mankind - rather a true child of Adam.
3. We will eat drink and sleep - but we will be vegetarian as God states in Genesis 1.
4. The angels sing and we will sing. "From Sabbath to Sabbath shall all mankind come before Me to worship" in the New Earth for all eternity after the cross. Isaiah 66:23.
5. Animals will be tame - as Isaiah points out.
6. We will remember this life to the point of continually praising God for our salvation as we behold the hands and feet of the resurrected Christ - who died to save us.
7. Babies only recognize themselves in this life as they grow older - that will continue to be the case for them in heaven.

BobRyan · Feb 13, 2020

Cis.jd said:
How would anyone exactly know this?

We can guess anything. But it is a fact that God and the angels know for certain... and according to the bible there are times when God speaks or sends angels to speak to humans.

BobRyan · Feb 13, 2020

Peter John said:
We don't, we are summising what eternity maybe like, God gave us an inquiring imagination, & it is Ok to think on the good things to come, as we have plenty that is going bad in the world.

Just FYI -

There is a certain school of thought that claims it is ok to "make stuff up" for fun or at least for a little edification - but it is not ok for God to tell you something.

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