and these bodies will be eternal,but does anybody know if we'll have bodies in Heaven?
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you better be careful when saying you "know" in a theological debate. you are setting yourself up for failure Pentecostal.
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Heaven is next....In hell now, on earth
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That's a very good observation!  I guess we'll never know until we get to Heaven (if we believe in Jesus)...and then it won't matter cause all we'll be doing is praising God!
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I really do believe it is just a state of mind. If there is a hell, I can't imagine that there are really red devils with horns and pointy little sticks. If there is a heaven, I don't think it is some "golden city" in the sky...I have a feeling (note it is just my instinct, no biblical or other religious portrayal) that when we die, we are connected to a new form of life that will possibly be more vivid and advanced than our present form. I believe it will be our "higher self" and we will have more capabilities than we can possibly imagine here on Earth. But, who really knows....
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yes. But only those who live will "spend" eternity anywhere. If you go to Hell, you will be dead, and not actually "spend" time anywhere, because you will be dead. If you go to Heaven, you will "spend" a lot of time there. Like forever.
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Heaven is actually a temporary place where for Christians to dwell in. In the book of Revelation it says that there will be a new heaven and a new earth. There is a city of God in heaven, the new Jerusalem, that will come down to the new earth where all belivers will eventually live forever. See Rev chapter 21. you don't hear most preachers tell you this but there it is in the scriptures. Remember that the current heaven has been corrupted by satan and his angels and the current earth is under the curse from the fall of Adam and Eve. When all things have been restored as God intended then the New Jerusalem comes in to the picture.
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there will be a new heaven and a new earth and it will be perfect.\n\n\nIsaiah, chapter 65\n\n17: "For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind. \n\n18: But be glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create; for behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. \n\n19: I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and be glad in my people; no more shall be heard in it the sound of weeping and the cry of distress. \n\n20: No more shall there be in it an infant that lives but a few days, or an old man who does not fill out his days, for the child shall die a hundred years old, and the sinner a hundred years old shall be accursed. \n\n21: They shall build houses and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit. \n\n22: They shall not build and another inhabit; they shall not plant and another eat; for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands. \n\n23: They shall not labor in vain, or bear children for calamity; for they shall be the offspring of the blessed of the LORD, and their children with them. \n\n24: Before they call I will answer, while they are yet speaking I will hear. \n\n25: The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain, says the LORD." \n\n\n\nRevelation, chapter 21\n\n\n1: Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. \n\n2: And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband; \n\n3: and I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Behold, the dwelling of God is with men. He will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself will be with them; \n\n4: he will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain any more, for the former things have passed away." \n\n5: And he who sat upon the throne said, "Behold, I make all things new." Also he said, "Write this, for these words are trustworthy and true." \n\n6: And he said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the fountain of the water of life without payment. \n\n7: He who conquers shall have this heritage, and I will be his God and he shall be my son. \n\n8: But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the polluted, as for murderers, fornicators, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their lot shall be in the lake that burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death." \n\n9: Then came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues, and spoke to me, saying, "Come, I will show you the Bride, the wife of the Lamb." \n\n10: And in the Spirit he carried me away to a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, \n\n11: having the glory of God, its radiance like a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. \n\n12: It had a great, high wall, with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and on the gates the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel were inscribed; \n\n13: on the east three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates. \n\n14: And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. \n\n15: And he who talked to me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city and its gates and walls. \n\n16: The city lies foursquare, its length the same as its breadth; and he measured the city with his rod, twelve thousand stadia; its length and breadth and height are equal. \n\n17: He also measured its wall, a hundred and forty-four cubits b
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No, there is no life after death, so live your life during life...
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we will NOT be wierdos with long flowy hair playing harps for all etenity. Heaven will be eternal happiness. It is so beyond human description that it is impossible to absolutely know for sure. I often think that it seems like that would not be my kind of happiness but it is just that we have no way of even acknowleging that much joy and goodness. dont worry if you get into Heaven YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT!!!!!!!!!
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I have to disagree with a previous respondent who said, "What do you remember before you were born? Well that is exactly what it will be like after you die."  Has he been dead already?  How does he know?  I THINK -- although no one can know for sure -- that we will certainly know when we're dead.  When you ask about experiencing the world around us, you're automatically asking about the afterlife, with some interplay with religious beliefs -- there's no separating one from the other.  Because I believe there's an afterlife, I also believe that we will experience the world around us, but on another plane.  Certainly we'll be able to interact after death, but primarily and most directly with those who have already died as well.
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From the Biblical standpoint, the universe will actually cease to exist, so from the document that the majority of the West draws on for its concept of Heaven (either directly or indirectly), the universe is not actually never-ending...  However, there will be a new model, or so it appears.\n\nI think the reference would be 2 Peter 3:10-13\n\nThe main reference on the 144,000 mentioned in another note is in Revelation 7:4-8, and is followed by verses 9 & 10 describing an innumerable multitude there with this group of 144,000...
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The Bible does state that "to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord". Remember that eternity doesn't have time, therefore, when one dies, they are no longer times control. So, no one can as with all accuracy that judgment does not immediately occur after death. I personally believe that once one does die they are immediately either with God in heaven or in torment in hell. And there they are bound for all eternity, never to have anything to do with the earth ever again.
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No marriage in heaven. No need for it.\nFor in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.\nMatthew 22:30\n\nWe will have glorified bodies, different than these carbon-based models we now have, but we will be known as we are known now.
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Not like angels. We will be raised in a glorified body, like the one that Jesus was rasied in at His resurrection.\nColossians 1:18\nHe [Jesus] is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything.\n1 John 3:2\nBeloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be We know that when He [Jesus]appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is.
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Considering the fact that the Bible tells us that we ARE souls, and not that we HAVE them, once you die, the soul dies. There is no other part within you that goes off somewhere at death.
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"Are there any other life forms on other planets?"\nProbably, we just have to find them (or they have to find us).\n\n"Is it possible that when we expire we will be born on a other planet?"\nThat is a theology question, not a science one.
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I believe there is eternal life  when our spirits leave our physical bodies as God has promised to those who believe and have accepted his son, Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.\nBecause we are spiritual beings having a human experience on earth, I further believe that our spirits become one with the Holy Spirit again and we can choose to stay in Heaven as spirits or choose to come back to earth to continue our spiritual journey in the body of another human being.  I believe we have other opportunities to come back to earth to perfect our levels of spirituality.\nAgain, I believe that one has to be in touch with his/her spirit before any of this becomes clear and understandable.\n\nThose who have had near death experiences and have seen the light testify that they didn't want to come back here.  I believe their work on earth just wasn't complete.  But, from all I read and hear, those who have experienced it no longer fear death as we know and fear it.