Heaven

What will heaven be like? That was part of the discussion I had with Jillian and Dan today during English.

As a lot of our discussions tend to go, I was on one end of the spectrum, Jillian felt differently, and Dan had a happy medium that was similar to both of us.

I think that heaven will be a state of pure joy and awesome fellowship with God. We will finally be intimate with God to the extent that no man can comprehend. All of our nagging questions about theological topics and the very nature of God Himself will no longer matter to us. We will know these answers in a far deeper way, through experience. It won't be a state of apathy, however, but there will definitely be more important things than whether all 5 points of Calvinism are correct. There will be perfect love among everyone as it was originally intended. All the things that nag at us now will be long behind us.

Another viewpoint that was brought up but not elaborated on was that heaven would be Earth as it was originally. I do believe that God will restore creation as is talked about in Romans. He will make all things new and I think we'll be surprised at how perfect creation will be when compared to how it is now. Things like death, decay, disease and mutations will all be gone, but not only those things will be made new. Think of the most glorious Lake Michigan sunset. When we behold them, we're put in a state of awe, and it's hard to imagine what they'd be like without the tainting of sin, but we know that He will make all things new when He returns to set up His earthly kingdom. The absolute beauty of it all, combined with the most intimate fellowship imaginable make me yearn for the day.

Heaven and the restored earth will be awesome. I think we'll finally understand completely God's awesome power and majesty in a way that we can only begin to touch upon now.

Any other thoughts on heaven?