| A Vision of Heaven |
A Vision of Heaven
And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no
more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the
former things have passed away.
— Revelation 21:4
Have you ever tried to explain something to someone and could not
quite find the words? Have you ever tried to describe something
complex to a child? For God to describe heaven to us in a way we
could understand would be like trying to describe the beauty of Hawaii
to a three-month-old child. We are not going to be able to comprehend,
in our human bodies, all the glories of heaven.
In fact, the apostle Paul, who had the unique experience of dying and
going to heaven, said that he heard things so astounding that they could
not be told (see 2 Corinthians 12:2–4). Paul was essentially saying that
he couldn't put his experience into words.
Heaven is beyond our comprehension. It is difficult to describe. While
there are not many verses in the Bible that tell us about it, the Bible
does tell us a few things. It says that in heaven there will be no night.
There will be no fear. There will be no suffering or death. All of the pain
and disabilities that we face in this life will be gone in heaven.
But the glory of heaven is even more than having new bodies, even
more than the absence of darkness and sorrow and pain and death.
The fact that Jesus Christ will be there is better than all the beauty and
all the answers to our questions.
And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no
more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the
former things have passed away.
— Revelation 21:4
Have you ever tried to explain something to someone and could not
quite find the words? Have you ever tried to describe something
complex to a child? For God to describe heaven to us in a way we
could understand would be like trying to describe the beauty of Hawaii
to a three-month-old child. We are not going to be able to comprehend,
in our human bodies, all the glories of heaven.
In fact, the apostle Paul, who had the unique experience of dying and
going to heaven, said that he heard things so astounding that they could
not be told (see 2 Corinthians 12:2–4). Paul was essentially saying that
he couldn't put his experience into words.
Heaven is beyond our comprehension. It is difficult to describe. While
there are not many verses in the Bible that tell us about it, the Bible
does tell us a few things. It says that in heaven there will be no night.
There will be no fear. There will be no suffering or death. All of the pain
and disabilities that we face in this life will be gone in heaven.
But the glory of heaven is even more than having new bodies, even
more than the absence of darkness and sorrow and pain and death.
The fact that Jesus Christ will be there is better than all the beauty and
all the answers to our questions.
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