HEAVEN, what is it like?
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a place with eternal fire and warmth...lot's of friendly people with little red horns on their heads...72 virgins of about 75 year old (to tease the muslim-extremists)..and of course a lot of laptops with " yahoo-answers" pre-installed.
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Depends on who you talk to. Honestly I dont think anyone knows. People say heaven and hell but not one person can prove what happens after you die, I dont care WHO they are!
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Yes Sweety there is a Heaven and a Hell. If your soul is right with God you will go to Heaven and if its not then you go to Hell.
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Heaven is where God exists and everything is in perfect peace. There is no such thing as time in heaven. Everything is perfect in every way and the ones that reside there will be in perfect harmony\nHell is a place of eternal torment,fire seven times hotter than any fire on earth, complete darkness, no hope of any out, home of the devil and all his demons, no relief,and everything else that produces torment.
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Heaven, hell or purgatory.
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here and now is heaven - if more people believed that the world would look differently to you\n\n\n11:11
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I always assumed Heaven was like Earth but without the parts that, you know, suck.\n\nSo I'm assuming that implies a lot of guilt free disease free sex.
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Our minds cant even imagine the beauty and peace that Heaven will bring.  There will be no more tears, pain or dying.  We will see our loved ones and most of all be with Jesus Christ the King.  I believe Heaven is such a beautiful place like nothing we've ever experienced here on earth.  I just know i want to go there one day and see!
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You know what it feels like when you're with the person you love most in the world? \n\nHow it doesn't matter where you are or what you're doing -- just the sheer fact that you are with them makes you happy, content, at rest, unable to imagine anything better?\n\nI think being in God's presence (i.e., heaven) is the same way. To get hung up on the details of the environment (pearly gates, golden streets) is to get stuck on metaphors. Wherever God is, that's where heaven happens to be.\n\nBetter yet, we won't be confined to just experiencing this way with just God, everyone who loves Him and wants to be in his presence will be there as well, and we'll feel just as safe and thrilled with all the people there as we are with God.\n\nSo it's sorta like the atmosphere of a Big Party (the Bible uses the metaphor of a "Wedding Feast").  \n\nNo fear, no feeling out of place, no feeling alienated or shunned. Heaven's the party, and those who love God are invited.
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I do not believe that heaven exists as a place that you go after you die.  I think that Heaven is a myth based on a desparate desire for people to live forever, like gods, which is part of almost every religion and has been for thousands of years.  \n\nThere is nothing new about wanting eternal life and a semblance of omnicience.  Power and knowledge are the two things that humans want more than anything, so it makes sense taht we would create a myth which involves us living forever and gaining a deep understanding of the universe after we die.
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It is not a physical place as we know physical by earthly standards. For example if a ghost picks up a ghost cup, it will in every way feel like a cup to that ghost.\nHeaven is like this in the same way, even though it is not physical, as we know physical to be, no matter what we do, it will be very real and physical to us in Heaven. for i will be in a glorified body, that will sit in a glorified recliner in my glorified mansion, all of which i can touch and feel.\n\nIn His Holy and Precious Name, Jesus Christ\n\nDiscipleDave@aol.com\nhttp://members.aol.com/discipledave/book/Index.html
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Heaven is not a place or a thing.  It cannot be found in anything of this earth.  There is no place on earth where we can go, and no thing of this earth that we can have that is heaven and will satisfy our heart’s deepest longing.  Why then do people seek their happiness in the things of this earth?  Although heaven is nothing of this earth, we can begin to have heaven while we are on this earth.  In fact, in order to enter heaven after we die, we must begin to enter it here on this earth before we die.  Heaven and Hell begin here and now in the present life that we live.  After we die, we simply continue to live in the state in which we died.  \n\nWhat then is Heaven?  \n\nSimply stated, Heaven is essentially God!  For human beings and angels as well, heaven is being in a loving relationship with God.  Heaven is not place or thing, but persons; the three persons in the Holy Trinity who are the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.  Only in God will we find true happiness and true joy!  Only in God will our souls find rest!  God placed in our hearts a longing and deep desire for Him that He alone can satisfy.   \n\n            God invites us into a loving relationship with Him here and now!  This is why Heaven begins here on earth.  In fact, we could say that the meaning of our life here on earth is to enter into a loving relationship with God.  God created us to be in a loving relationship with Him for all eternity.  He gives us the life we now live to come to know Him and love Him.  But we must freely choose to love God, since love is always free.  God cannot, and will not force us to love Him.  If He did, it wouldn’t be true love.  The meaning of the life we now live on this earth is also to make a choice to either love God or reject Him.  The state of our choice at the moment of our death will be the choice we will have made for all eternity.  It is not possible to die in a state of definitive rejection of God and then, after death to choose Him.  This is why it is important to die in the State of Grace.  It is important to die in a state where we have fundamentally chosen God. \n\n\nIf we do enter into a loving relationship with God, then God will dwell in our hearts.  The human heart is the dwelling place of God made by His own hands.  This is why the Kingdom of Heaven is within; it is within the human heart.  Heaven is not being in a physical place but it is being in the presence of God; it is not having a physical thing, but having the presence of God in our hearts.\n\n\nIf this is what Heaven is, then the opposite of this is what Hell is.  Heaven is the state of loving and being loved by God, and having His presence in our hearts.  Hell is the state of not loving God, not having His presence in our hearts.  Souls that go to hell are rejected by God because they themselves have rejected God.  Heaven and Hell are not essentially places we go to, but states of being we enter into and exist.  \n\n            Although it is true that heaven is essentially the state of being in love with God, and therefore essentially within the human being or angel, a place of heaven must also exist also.  The reason I say this is that Jesus Christ, Mary have physical bodies.  Jesus and Mary must be somewhere.  There must be a place where their bodies are.  It also stands to reason that this place must also be beautiful.  The outside kingdom of heaven is connected to the inside kingdom of heaven in human and angelic hearts.  In other words, God will set those He loves in a place of serenity and beauty.  The beauty of the earth that we see now is an example of how God provides for us and the beauty of the created universe.  Scripture says that “eye has not seen, ears have not heard, nor has it so much as dawned on man what God has prepared for those who love Him.”\n\nSo heaven must be a place too, but it can’t be essentially what heaven is.  To understand this point, imagine the soul of a damned person present in the place of heav
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It really does. It excites me because in this life, God gives us glimpses of heaven, of the happiness, peace, serenity and beauty that awaits us in the eternal life that he has planned for us. This verse says that those little glimpses are nothing compared to the awesome wonder, power and majesty that awaits believers. We have no idea of all that heaven entails, as humans our minds are too small and insufficient to comprehend the greatness and perfection of heaven.
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One of the many things that Christians become very vague about is when they describe heaven.\n\nThe Christian concept of heaven sounds more like hell than anything else. Who wants to sit around all day singing the praises of anyone, including "God?"
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by definition, heaven, means eternal life. hell, means eternal death.
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Yes---I am good\n\nI dont THINK that I will go to Heaven---I KNOW that I will go to Heaven\n\nHeaven is a state where you are under the protection of God. Heaven is when you get easy success and have a happy disposition. Heaven is when you experience abundance. Heaven is when you feel a guiding hand in all you do. heaven is when you enjoy good health\n\nHell is a state where you are not protected by God and are suffering for your sins. Hell is when you face failure and frustration. Hell is when you frustrated and have to pass sleepless nights. Hell is when you have an inner sense of loneliness. Hell is when you do not feel the presence of any guiding hand. Hell is when you are not sussessful in enjoying even good human relationships. Hell is when whatever you do meets with failure or struggle. hell is when you are sick. Hell is when you are poor or very rich.\n\nWhen you do not sin, you are sure to go to heaven. I always keep God as my eyewitness in all my actions. I have moral character and never tell lies nor cheat people. I try to help people and I am quick to forgive everyone. I have strong Brakes and do not skid due to temptations. I do not give undue importance to materialistic progress---money is important as it buys comforts but cannot give you happiness.\n\nMoreover I always feel the presence of God and a lovely sense of peace and joy. \n\nWhile I am alive---to me Heaven is a state of well being and tranquility and the presence of my best friend (God) to help me take the best steps for overcoming life's problems.\n\nAnd when I die, I know that I will merge into my God---is that not Heaven?
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:}\nAbsolutely real; A real eternal heaven and a real eternal hell.\nDo you know Jesus?