A Question

[crazyasusual]

Ok I am Christian, but I figured this is a good place for question asking.

I don't know much about the bible, so I have MANY questions, but here's on that is racking my brain right now:

1. When we die and are in Heaven with God, do we still get to be with friends and family in heaven, like do we still communicate with them, like.. talk to them? Also can we meet others that we never met on earth?

Thanx for your time!

Liz

 

[Asar'el]

Yes, to all.

 

[crazyasusual]

How do you know for sure? Does it say somewhere in the bible?

 

[Asar'el]

How do you know for sure? Does it say somewhere in the bible?

Yes, indeed. Read the book of Revelation, for some idea of what is to come.

 

[Johnnz]

Life here on earth is but a foretaste of life after death. Heaven is where there is no evil, and all the best of what we enjoy now will be fulfilled in such a way that we will be suprised and overcome by teh depth of pleasure and reality that we experience.

Hell is the opposite, where there is no good of any kind, just unfulfillable desires and memories.

John
NZ

 

[Tavita]

dealt with

 

[Rafael]

When King David sinned with Bathsheba and the baby that was born died, King David had fasted and prayed in earnest for the child to live even though God told Him the child would die. David repented of the murder he has committed in sending Uriah, Bathsheba's husband to the forfront of battle to die, and when the child died, he got up and washed himself and then said with confidence that he would go to see his son some day. Nothing is lost with God; all life returns to Him and belongs to Him. We see our loved ones in heaven who are in the Lord.

2Samuel 12:22 And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?
23 But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
4 And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him.

 

[WashedClean]

You will be with family and friends in heaven if they are Christians before they die.

But I just have to say something because this is a common question. More and more the Holy Spirit is showing me that Heaven will be about our relationship with God. We will spend our time praising and worshipping Him. There will be work to do in serving Him, but it won't feel like work as we know it. Our relationships with other people in our lives will be superfluous. Not to say we won't enjoy them, but all things will pale in comparison to being in God's presence.

That's why when an unbeliever says they are going to heaven, I want to say to them, "really, do you enjoy praising and worshipping God in this life? Because that is all you will be doing in heaven."

I do believe you will see people you didn't know in this life too. But we will all be filled with a love for God, so our bond will be strong.

Hope this helped!

Washed

 

[Miss Shelby]

dealt with

 

[SPALATIN]

Ok I am Christian, but I figured this is a good place for question asking.

I don't know much about the bible, so I have MANY questions, but here's on that is racking my brain right now:

1. When we die and are in Heaven with God, do we still get to be with friends and family in heaven, like do we still communicate with them, like.. talk to them? Also can we meet others that we never met on earth?

Thanx for your time!

Liz

Scripturally speaking we will be asleep in Christ until the day of Judgement.

When we awaken it will be the day of Judgment.

 

[The Midge]

dealt with

 

[Endure2]

uhm there are alot of doctrinal disagreements on the subject of the nature of the after life between diffrent christians.....

but yeah, on the mount of transfiguration Jesus met and talked with 2 men who had already gone to heavon, so it is atleast true that knowledge of who we are and knowledge the earth below goes on....
Jesus described a man in hell and the man cried out that he wanted to go talk to his brothers who hadnt yet died.... but abraham said "if they dont accept the prophets... why will they accept you?" so its pretty clear even after death we do know about things that go on the earth and remember our families.

hey midge.... its been a while. hope all is well with you.

 

[johan777]

There is not a lot of evidence in the New Testament about recognizing our family/friends/family in Christ

Paul in 1Th 2:19 teaches: "For what is our hope or joy or crown of boasting before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you?" He expects to see the christians from Thessalonica in heaven.

We know that nobody that has been married on earth will be married in heaven according to Matt.22:30 ... For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. The Message even translate it like this: At the resurrection we're beyond marriage. As with the angels, all our ecstasies and intimacies then will be with God.

Jesus is now preparing His bride "Eph 5:27 so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish" We will be His bride.

Rev. 19:6 - 9 Then I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the roar of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, crying out, "Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his Bride has made herself ready; it was granted her to clothe herself with fine linen, bright and pure"-- for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints. And the angel said to me, "Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb." And he said to me, "These are the true words of God."

God will be with His people Rev 21:3, 4. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away."

Rev 22:3, 4 No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him. They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.

Heaven is going to be sooooo different.

Hallelujah. Come Lord Jesus

 

[Endure2]

but if we remember so much?
the loves, the affections, the intamicies....
i just dont see how God will destroy marraige in heavon.
nothing and noone but God himself, becomes more of an intertwined cojoined, forever one, part of who we are, then our husbands and wives....not our children, not our flock... not our closet brothers and sisters in the Lord...

no one, and no thing, gets so down in us as the person we marry and love and cleave too....
and since we remember....
how could i possibly function without her being by my side throughout eternity?


hmm.... maybe its that marraige wont be the term anymore...or the ordinance will be removed...
becuase it wasnt "marraige" in the garden... and there wont be any sin in heavon to need vows and things for....
and its pretty clear that angels took wives and had sexual intercourse in genesis 6.2-4 becuase it really doesnt make sense that enoch did this.
even though Jesus said they dont "marry"....


i dont know... if im wrong then it wont be the first time.
but i do hope the lady i find as a wife, continues to be so in heavon.
how can any married man feel diffrently?
i dont want to go through eternity without her.....
adam had God too.... but he needed a lady.... even when he was perfect....

hmm.......
i wonder if well be naked in heavon?.......... .

 

[KleinerApfel]

You know how love multiplies?

When you first marry, you think you might not be able to keep it up after the first flush, but you do, then when a baby is on the way, will you love it, but you find the love comes with him/her. Will you have anything left over for the next one, the next... the grandchildren, great-grandchildren?

Even in our imperfect state, generally speaking we manage to increase our love to be sufficient for these special ones in our lives.

When we go to be with the Lord we will be made like Him!
No more of just-sufficient love, but now abundant and overflowing love!
We will have limitless love for Jesus, and that love will extend to all His family.
Therefore the exclusivity of our "little" earthly loves will encompass all.

There will be no negative emotions. Freedom at last from:
anger; unforgiveness; bitterness; hate; jealousy; envy; fear; competition; insecurity; self-loathing.
Love can grow in such a magnificent way when these hindrances are gone.

You will not love your loved ones any less in heaven than on earth; how can anything good here be made less there?

But you will lose the fear of losing them, the fear of sharing them in case they leave you, the selfishness of keeping them in your power or all to yourself.

You will be free to love as you are loved, and to know God's love to the utmost.

Oh glorious day!

God bless, see you there!

Susana

 

[Endure2]

yeah, thats really good.

and i just think that my undying, romantic, enthusiastic love that i have for the one i marry.... isnt there becuase of a problem or imperfection... isnt needed becuase of a problem or imperfection... i have it, love it, want it, need it, because its just so good! and i dont want to live without it! im not a crippled man who is dependent on it, more like a school boy who just wants it so much becuase its sooo good!
so... how will it be done away in heavon just because im made perfect?

there isnt any romancing your spouse in heavon?
I dont know... if its true, it will God to pull this one off.
i for one, in my present state hope it isnt true.

there has to be another meaning to those scriptures...

 

[ANN2626]

what i believe is:
you will recognize people, but you are not going to have passion with your husband/wife or a "relationship like you did here" it will be different. everyone will love everyone and you will recognize people but its different. i also believe that if you dont see certain people who arent there you wont remember them ever existing.