The other night at Cracker Barrel Rick mentioned he will be repeating his "Dreaming about Heaven" class. At the Book of the Month meeting a few nights ago I mentioned no-one wants God; Muslims are looking forward to their 72 virgins; Christians are looking forward to their mansions, streets of gold, gates of pearl; seeing friends and family ;others have their interests. Why do Christians want to go to Heaven?
If we could have everything about Heaven — forgiveness, fellowship, absence of sin and pain and death, etc. — but God is not there, would we still want to go there?
What are Christians looking for and hoping for in Heaven? Is it the rest of Heaven? Is it to be free from troubles and tribulations? Is it the peace of Heaven? Is it the joy of Heaven? Is it associating with family and friends? Did Jesus die just to give us a better place to live? All those things are to be found there but that is not the thing to look forward to in Heaven. It is the face of God; to stand in the very presence of God.
What else is there to dream about?
Before we dream about Heaven we might want to cogitate upon what we really believe. We may not practice philosophical universalism we do practice functional universalism. If everyone in Pigeon Forge not associated with GSMCOC is going to Hell shouldn't we be doing something? Before we dream about Heaven we just might want see if the Bible supports our view of us being there. Are we sheep or goats?
"Except for a small amount that's been incinerated every bit of plastic manufactured in the world for the last 50 years or so still remains. It's somewhere in the environment."
---Dr. Anthony Andrady
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