Heaven: WHAT DO YOU THINK ITS LIKE?

[enoch son]

Entering the Rest of christ is a great state of Being Heb. Chap. 2. It is a supernatural state in Jesus and has nothing to do with sleep. As for the rewards, Let me put my different light on them. You can not earn a reward from Jesus that would be works. Guess what! He gives you all of them. Why because He won them and gives them all. That's a great reason to throw a Holy Spirit party today.

 

[He put me back together]

There are two things in this life that think rise above all others to describe the kingdom:

1. A bride on her wedding day.

2. A wife who is finally reunited with her husband after he has been to war for many years.

 

[1by1]

I know what you are saying, I have been through the same thing. I beat myself up with it. I beat myself up with trying to believe, trying to minister, trying to please the Lord and it was driving me crazy.

Then I ran away from it all. I couldnt cope with it anymore. One day I just screamed at Jesus "if I'm going to lose you by being myself then I dont know what to do about it!! I was frantic, while others said you have to stick it out, it will be alright, you dont have enough faith, on and on.. But at that time I didnt care. Then Heaven was silent for a few months. I thought I have blown it now!!

But the Lord was so good to me. I was asleep and about 2am I woke up, I could feel that the spirit of the Lord was wanting to say something to me, but I just couldnt receive. This happend 3 nights in a row. Then finally He got through to me, He said, "I have not asked you to do.. I have asked you to be"
"When you can be real with me, I will be real with you". And it was like the biggest weight was off my shoulders. My faith in his word was not compromised at all, but I was not being real, I was trying to copy others, speak their words, act like them, do like them. But I was not being the one that Jesus saved. This revelation was the biggest turning point in my life. Now I rest, and He brings the circumstances into my life that I can witness. I'm not fighting it anymore. My Motto: Let Go, and Let God.

I'm so sorry for intruding here - I haven't been logged in for a few days, but I was reading this and couldn't help but comment about what you wrote. I think I have at some point felt how you felt about trying to please the Lord. Oh, who am I kidding - I feel that way all the time. It seems like my very life itself is displeasing to Him, and I always want to give up because I don't know what I can do to please Him. The thing is, what caught my attention in your post is how you alluded to just being yourself - being real. I can't help but belief that doesn't apply to all people, including myself, because if I be the person I am - if I be real - my very being is considered an abomination to God. (I'm gay.) So it's very hard for me to be myself, to be the person Jesus saved, to be "real", without forcing myself to be something I'm not. I'm not trying to turn this into a debate about homosexuality, so if anyone is reading this who wants to say something about that, please don't. I'm just bringing it up because I always hear that God accepts you just the way you are, and that you don't have to change in order to be loved and accepted by Him. Yet, I DO have to change. I DO have to DO something in order to NOT be considered an abomination. I have to be something I'm not. I have to force myself to feel differently than how I feel.

Anyway, I just wanted to say that. Sorry for bothering you guys.

 

[Trish1947]

(I'm gay.) So it's very hard for me to be myself, to be the person Jesus saved, to be "real", without forcing myself to be something I'm not. I'm not trying to turn this into a debate about homosexuality, so if anyone is reading this who wants to say something about that, please don't. I'm just bringing it up because I always hear that God accepts you just the way you are, and that you don't have to change in order to be loved and accepted by Him. Yet, I DO have to change. I DO have to DO something in order to NOT be considered an abomination. I have to be something I'm not. I have to force myself to feel differently than how I feel.

Anyway, I just wanted to say that. Sorry for bothering you guys.

1by1, You have not intruded on this thread at all. And I appreciate your posting.
And I will not comment on your stuggle. Since you have asked me not to. We all have them some more than others. Some greater than others.

But it was after I realized what I all ready was in Christ, how he really did see me, intended me to be, what I had already attained, that I was set free from going through the motions of serving him. Trying to please Him, I cannot really indentify at all with what you are going through, And I wont pretend to know. I basicly was referring my work in the Lord had been turned into works, do more, say more, minister more, please Him more, I was making myself very very tired, I had not received that rest that the Lord talks about.

Sorry for the misunderstanding of my post. But I will make this one comment.

Who the Son of man sets free, is free indeed. And I pray that you receive revelation knowledge in this, so your stuggle will be over.

 

[1by1]

1by1, You have not intruded on this thread at all. And I appreciate your posting.
And I will not comment on your stuggle. Since you have asked me not to. We all have them some more than others. Some greater than others.

But it was after I realized what I all ready was in Christ, how he really did see me, intended me to be, what I had already attained, that I was set free from going through the motions of serving him. Trying to please Him, I cannot really indentify at all with what you are going through, And I wont pretend to know. I basicly was referring my work in the Lord had been turned into works, do more, say more, minister more, please Him more, I was making myself very very tired, I had not received that rest that the Lord talks about.

I was not referring to the works of the flesh, which we all have to deal with. Sorry for the misunderstanding of my post.

Oh. Sorry.

In answer to the original post, I think I have tasted what Heaven is like.

There have been moments (I'm not sure how long they have lasted) where I have experienced images in my mind (for lack of a better way of saying it) in which I was standing in a place where there were diamond rainbows, and wondrous "things" that inhabited a place that stretched out for eternity. It's really hard to put into words. These "things/creations" were each unique, and wondrous things. They were able to completely awe a person, and testified to God's infinite wonder and goodness. It wasn't something so much that I was literally seeing with my physical eyes, so much as it was a spiritual reality I was seeing with my spiritual eyes. It was something that was felt, as well as seen at the same time. There was an intensely deep peace - calm and tranquil as if I was engulfed in the very essence of total protection, love and security itself. It was such a relaxing place of love that I sensed that everything there was created specifically to glorify God. Every wondrous "thing" that I saw was something that produced a sense of total awe, for which all I could do was praise God, and there were no words humanly available that were adequate enough to described how magnificent this place was. There are no words to describe how deep the awe went, and no words to describe the level of praise I wanted to offer up to God. I "saw" (in my mind) that God was this brilliant light surrounded by countless multitudes of beings that were doing nothing but praising Him and singing. People have wondered how it could be satisfying or fulfilling to eternally praise God like the angels do, but the very experience of praising Him was itself alone beyond anything that could humanly satisfy a person. Praising Him WAS joy itself.

 

[enoch son]

1 by 1 ; MAY I SAY WELCOME UNTO YOU! I must say one thing, it was not in you mind that you saw these thing. It was a Eph. 1- 17-19. God loves our hearts! Salvation start there. You will hear no condemnation from me. Live and grow in the Lord Jesus. For it is written "ALL WHO CALL UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED."

 

[flyfishing]

I am so glad that it is by the grace of our LORD we are saved. Many times i have been asked to do something "humanly impossible". At one point in my life i wanted to have my father in law killed... Now i preach and serve at a ministry he started. Jesus changes us as we surrender to Him..

1by1 Keep seeking Him..

 

[1by1]

Thank you both. And I will try to keep seeking Him.