What's Heaven really like ?
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just wait ,and you will see for yourself.
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none, heaven holds our sprits and souls and it is endless
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Some people believe in a paradise that is a beautifull warm garden where all our loved ones wait for and watch over us. The garden is full of sweet smelling flowers, fruit and vegtables, and there are waterfalls of clean crisp water to swim and bathe in. Beautifull birds sing in the trees and soar in the sky over head and every day is spent in the sunshine.There is no hate and greed, no cruelty,no pain, only pleasure, love and happiness.\nIf this is true, then you can find little pieces of Heaven on earth, everytime it is a beautifull blue sky fluffy cloud sweet breeze day, everytime you bite into a fresh perfectly ripe piece of fruit, or swim in a crisp mountain stream.\nThere is a mountain river by my boyfriends house and everyday we would hike down to it to shower. The sun would be hot and the water would be fresh and cool. We would sit on the bank for a half hour or so befor going in, and watch the birds and butterflys flying over head, listen and watch the water flowing over the rocks, and it felt like heaven to me, like everything was as it should be.That's my idea of heaven, of paradise.\nThanks for the greate question, I enjoyed thinking about it and anserwing it.
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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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There are many levels of Heaven,  it's beautiful like earth, except no shadows, no death, just light, everything is alive, animals, trees, plants, rivers of crystal clear water, mountains, all the abortion babies that are growing and be taught of God. eventually we'll receive new bodies, are senses would be on a new level, you'll be able to sense what plants, trees and animals feel, we'll be able to communicate with out having to speak. Our new eyes and bodies would be made strong enough to take in the new beauty of the new world and withstand God's glory.\n\nMany many more things....... Peace be with you!
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Deep down I think everyone knows that there is a heaven and a hell. If you are really seeking and searching, ask the Lord if He is real, and if so, to show Himself to you in some sort of personal way. If I didn't know the Lord, I would be very afraid of what might happen to me after I died.  The thought of facing Jesus after I've died, and knowing that I denied Him, in this life is a very real thing. Good question!
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Heaven is that moment when you realize that your life will turn out okay.  Heaven is being able to learn from your mistakes and not regret how you might have been able to do things differently.  Heaven is knowing that no matter who is right and who is wrong, the truth of faith cannot be changed.  And if you believe in one thing and find out you were wrong, there is little you can do about it.  Heaven is a state of mind, a dream, a hope that keeps us going when we feel like giving up.  Heaven is what we want it to be, solice and peace.\nHell is not loving who you are inside.  Hell is doubting your faith.  Hell is having to defend your ideals to society.  Hell is heartache.  Hell is inner fear and uncertainty.  Hell is not believing in yourself.  Hell is also a state of mind, a nightmare, a darkness that creeps into our minds and can consume us.  Hell is mental torment.  Hell is spending a life worrying about something you cannot change or dreading something that is already done.\nIn order to ever have peace in any sort of "afterlife" you must first be able to find peace within yourself.  When you find that, Heaven is not far away.
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Heaven and Hell do exist, here on terra firma itself.\nThe concept of Heaven and Hell are tied with joys and sorrows.\n\nYou pay for your crimes in this very life. Your good deeds negate the bad things. Since even the worst criminal has performed more good deeds than bad, life is good even for him/her/it, and happy 80% of the time, even for the poorest beggar, it's the 20% that we pay for our errors that hurts us, and are a painful memory to prevent us from repeating the same mistakes/sins again. (The 20% figure could be exaggerated and on the higher side)\n\nWhatever happens happens for good. Boy am I preaching or what?
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They are dimensional places. Heaven is in the eternal realm where God dwells. Hell is referred to as "outer darkness" which is a dimensional space where God's light and love are not.\n\nJesus warned to cut out of your life ANYTHING that would keep you from Heaven.
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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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:}\nAbsolutely real; A real eternal heaven and a real eternal hell.\nDo you know Jesus?
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There are not different "levels" of Heaven. The third Heaven is a reference to the spiritual realm of God that exists outside of the visible universe. The first heaven is the sky. The second heaven is outer space.
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Heaven is better but some people like this earth better than Heaven so they don't want to die.
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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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What is so great about heaven? Think about it...streets paved with gold. angels. mansions. Jesus. no darkness. no violence. no crying... that sounds beautiful!\n\nNow, what if you went to heaven and were enjoying the peacefulness, and someone tried to steal your coat! Heaven would not be a beautiful place. It would be just like it is on earth! \nSo think about your question again...Is there a heaven for a thug. Not if he's still a thug. But God can change a thug so that he is living right and even helping people; then he can go to heaven!
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Regardless of whether it's blissful or not, if there really is a heaven and you go there, you will be surrounded by people such as those who have just answered your post. Could you imagine an eternity of that? Bring on the pitchforks, there's no way I'm suffering through those idiots for eternity.
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Heaven, I believe will be complete and utter joy in being in complete unison with God. I do not wonder what will be there other than God. I think we will all be worshipping and loving Him back with the love He gives us. I think I will love my family and friends and spouse that is there as much as I would love anyone else. We will all be a part of God's family living in His eternal love. It is beyond words.\n\nBut I do think that the beauty in this world has been placed by God to prepare us for the uncomparable beauty of Heaven. So I like your suggestions of flowers, butterflys, bug, colors, weather, animals, and the rest. I think these things are pieces of beauty that prepare us for Heaven.\n\nI am Christian and I really like the verse in Revelations that speaks of these four special angels that all they do every moment is worship the Lord singing out holy holy holy is the Lord"\n\nI think that is what we'll be doing. Singing Gloria.