- Oct 22, 2019
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I often grow weary of where I am, and have a yearning to be somewhere else.
A pastor might say "that yearning is for heaven"
But I know it's not.
Streets of gold, crowns, thrones, gates made of jewels and pearls and precious stones, angels... God in fellowship with individuals, and our purpose is to sing to Him.
none of that does anything for me.
None of that sounds fulfilling at all.
What I yearn for is Eden, God in fellowship with 2 lovers, in physical bodies, in a paradise of natural beauty with animals, and their purpose was to tend to and care for God's creation.
But Eden is lost forever, and it's replacement is heaven, and eventually a new earth that is.. a city, with its streets of gold and jewels and blah blah blah symbols of wealth blah blah blah.
It just.. that's the feeling I get for it all.
Blah.
Why does Eden sound more perfect to me than Heaven or the New Jerusalem?
and why do I want it so badly when it's gone for good and God has replaced that original plan?
Note that in both it involves fellowship with God so before people jump to heaven is better because you have God..
God walked with Adam and Eve in Eden too.
A pastor might say "that yearning is for heaven"
But I know it's not.
Streets of gold, crowns, thrones, gates made of jewels and pearls and precious stones, angels... God in fellowship with individuals, and our purpose is to sing to Him.
none of that does anything for me.
None of that sounds fulfilling at all.
What I yearn for is Eden, God in fellowship with 2 lovers, in physical bodies, in a paradise of natural beauty with animals, and their purpose was to tend to and care for God's creation.
But Eden is lost forever, and it's replacement is heaven, and eventually a new earth that is.. a city, with its streets of gold and jewels and blah blah blah symbols of wealth blah blah blah.
It just.. that's the feeling I get for it all.
Blah.
Why does Eden sound more perfect to me than Heaven or the New Jerusalem?
and why do I want it so badly when it's gone for good and God has replaced that original plan?
Note that in both it involves fellowship with God so before people jump to heaven is better because you have God..
God walked with Adam and Eve in Eden too.