It baffles Yours Sincerely ( Y S ) that we, Christians, who read, listen, talk about, sing about and being preached to about heaven may worry if it is time to go there. So many good Christians may think twice or thrice about going to heaven since one has to die first to get there. And everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
Even those who are afflicted with terminal illnesses, and they have ready tickets to heaven, will empty their purses looking for healing and remedy to get better and consequently postpone their trip. Why are they throwing away their tickets to heaven ?
Why do people who so glorify heaven as the eternal resting place, the ever-lasting paradise, the Lord's House " where tears will be wiped away " and " laughters fill the days" rethink their desire when really faced with the option to exercise to go to heaven.
Why do they pay the doctors to delay their much desired trip and choose to be on earth some
more ? Baffling ?
There are those who never ever pray, or pray much, or find themselves near places of worship, leave alone to enjoy the company of angels and saints, and music from harps, also desire to go to heaven. What would they be doing there for eternity ?
There are also those who are so heavenly minded that they are of no earthly value. They talk and sing of heaven , trouble themselves and others with "rules and laws'" and "do's and don'ts" for heaven bound beings, but would not lift a finger for their fellow beings. This is not " kosher"
and that is not "kosher." " No carnivorous diet, only herbivorous diet." " No Pork." " No beef." "No lamb." " No Valentine." "No meat on Fridays." etc. etc. (You can add on to the list yourself. ) Is entry to heaven by merit or favour ?
Mark Twain once said that " Heaven goes by favour. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in." Wesleyan Methodist adds that " To get to heaven, turn right and keep straight."
If this ONE life is well lived, do you think you need an eternity some more ? The main object of religion is not to get a man to heaven, but to get heaven into him. THINK.
3 comments:
Yes, now that you asked, why not just die and go to heaven.
Sometimes I think heaven might just be a figment of man's creative creation; so as to make us toe the line. But also think it's not. Man has a great capacity to be evil, no doubt. No one has gone to heaven and come back to tell about it, it's a one way ticket. Why not die and go straight to heaven? Our time is not up yet.... No one knows his designated time.... Cos if they do, there'll also be evil untold, I should think.
Hello Thomas,
Wonderful post with very powerful questions.These questions are on everyone's mind.
Imagine a lifeless soul entering heaven and enjoying eternal bliss with the Heavenly Father and a living man with flesh and blood living in this earth feeling all the happiness and sufferings in this life. God created not only us but also this wonderful world in HIS own imagination and liking.The world is lovely and beautiful.We have so many gifts like thinking, seeing,smelling,feeling,listening etc. I always wonder what the soul without life will enjoy.
But the point is we have come from God for a temporary stay on this earth and we have to go back to HIM one day. If we have been good on this earth we will be rewarded and if we have perpetrated evil we will be punished.
Heaven is our faith, our trust, our firm belief in the promises of God.In what form we will enjoy is entirely left to God and we need not speculate about that.We just trust in God and HIS Promises.
Joseph
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