How do we know so much about heaven?
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I am convinced there is life after death for one reason: Jesus Christ died and was placed in a tomb—and three days later came back to life.\n\nThink about it a moment: What would it take to prove to us that there is life after death? The answer is clear: Someone would have to die, and then come back to life again. It wouldn't be enough for them to have a so-called "near-death" experience; their death would have to be real. And it wouldn't be enough for only one or two people to see them; it would require many witnesses.\n\nBut has this ever happened? Yes—when Jesus Christ rose from the grave! His death was real; hard-bitten Roman guards made sure He was dead before they took Him down from the cross. And His resurrection was real also, because hundreds saw Him during the next forty days. Paul, writing over 25 years later, noted that "he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living" (1 Corinthians 15:6).\n\nHow could this happen? It happened because Jesus Christ was not just another man. He was God's only Son, sent from heaven to save us from our sins. Only He could say, "I am the resurrection and the life. ... Whoever lives and believes in me will never die" (John 11:25-26). This can be your hope, by giving your life to Christ today. \n   Heaven for the Christian will be a place of glorious life that will never end. Joy inexpressible, limitless peace, pure love, beauty beyond description—that's what heaven is. Greatest of all will be the presence of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, with whom we will enjoy fellowship forever. Loved ones who have known and loved the Lord will be there. Revelation 21:2 says, "And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband." \n    Heaven will be a place in which its inhabitants will be freed from the fears and insecurities that plague and haunt us in the present life. No energy crisis there ... Free from the economic and financial pressures that burden us down here. Free from the fear of personal and physical harm ... No fear of personal failure ... Our relationship with Him will be intimate and direct. I'm looking forward to that glorious day of going to heaven. \n\n"Heaven will be what we have always longed for. It will be the new social order that men dream of. All the things that have made earth unlovely and tragic will be absent in heaven. There will be no night, no death, no disease, no sorrow, no tears, no ignorance, no disappointment, no war. It will be filled with happiness, worship, love, perfection and other good qualities. Heaven will be a place to challenge the creative genius of the unfettered mind of redeemed man." Revelation 21:4 says, "And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away." \n\nHowever, the Bible makes clear that there is only one way to heaven, and that is through repentance from sin and faith in Jesus Christ who said, "I am the way ..." (John 14:6). Jesus paid for our sins through His death on the cross. God offers us the free gift of friendship with Him in this life and eternal life in heaven when we die if we will but turn from sin and trust in Jesus as our Savior and Lord. "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved ..." (Acts 16:30).
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How could we know that?
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How the hell should we know?
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scriptureman says:\n\n2Co 12:2  I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such a one caught up to the third heaven.
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I have sometimes wondered about how Jesus, being God, was able to contain the infinite wisdom and knowledge of God in the finite space of a human cranium. The best thing that I have been able to figure out is that He had access to the fullness of deity, but did not make full use of it in some ways. For example, Paul's letter to the Phillippian church  speaks of Jesus not clinging to his prerogatives as God, but emptying Himself. It seems that He did not retain all knowledge of the future and technology, etc., so that he would rely on the Holy Spirit to do His works, just as we are to relay on Him. Jesus' entire life on earth was a ministry, not only his passion and death and resurrection. He served as an example of how we are to serve. \n\nSo, when Jesus was faced with a situation, He drew on the power of the Holy Spirit to work miracles, to prophesy, to heal, not His own power. In a sense, he gave up the right to decide what was the best approach. He was led of the Spirit to a degree that probably nobody else ever was. He was fulfilling a specific mission in His life, which was to redeem us, not necessarily to establish schools, etc. (more on this in a moment.)\n\nThe miracles Jesus did were to establish credibility so that people would believe He was the promised Messiah. (He told people to believe on the basis of the miracles, if nothing else.) The specific miracles were unimportant in the sense that He could probably have just spoken and healed everybody in Judea at once. But that would not have led them to faith in Him. They had to be done in such a way as to get people's attention and for them to see.\n\nNow, as to schools, it has sometimes struck me that the book of Acts is, as it says in the first sentence, "...all that Jesus began to do and teach..." The book is sometimes called the acts of the apostles, but I think they would be the first to give Jesus the glory for all those deeds. \n\nWhen I reflect on what has been accomplished, with Christians over the centuries establishing schools, hospitals, orphanages, museums, beautiful and permanent works of architecture and engineering, I am sometimes amazed, and I say, Jesus did it all. It is all from Him, and this would never have come to pass without Him. So, in a sense, He did do all these things. I don't know why He didn't do them sooner. But I know He knows what he is doing.
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That is something that I have wanted to know for a long time myself~\nBut, there are just things that we will not know until we are there. There are alot of speculations on the subject, and they are understandable but there is no way for us to know exactly. Only Our Father knows that and knows what is going to happen,  even if they don't have souls, I hope there is a special place for them as God has made them so special to us on Earth.
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This is a difficult concept for many Christian groups who are not guided by revelation from God.  As is evident from the previous three answers--they don't know.  No mortal can understand what happens within the spiritual realm unless God Himself reveals it.  When men try to understand or explain spiritual matters without God's divine guidance we get answers like the ridiculous Athenasian, Apostolic or Nicean Creeds that gymnastically struggle to explain what God is like (not very successfully.)  However when God Himself parts the heavens and reveals truth to the earth through a living prophet the answers are much clearer.  Through modern revelation we know that those who inherit the highest kingdom of heaven will be living in the family unit, just as God the Father does.  We will not play harps, nor will we just sit around on clouds and sing, we will not lose our bodies and become incorporal mists of nothingness, we will literally become like God, our heavenly father with a glorified and tangible body of flesh and bones--just like Jesus had after His resurrection.  Where was there EVER a child that could not become like his parent with hard work and obedience?  This is the real joy of God the Father--to see his children become as he is.  That is what heaven will be like.  As to the details of how this will take place, the Lord in his wisdom has chosen not to reveal the particulars of the afterlife, but the promises are sure.
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The Bible tells us that Heaven is like Paradise. There will be no problems, worry, tears, or heartache. There will be mansions for all and streets of gold and happiness everywhere!!!!!
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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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And it says the windows of heaven will be opened, and pour out more blessings than we can recieve...I can attest to that. The windows of heaven really have poured out upon me and my family for following this simple teaching. \n\nThanks
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You are right.  When we get to heaven,faith will no longer be needed because we will know God.\nTell me, do you know about the big bang and black holes or do you believe in them.  The evidence for Black Holes is infered, its the absence of background information that indicates something is sucking the light the light away and bending the light of one star so we see two images of the same star on earth.\nBelief in God is infered by the universe and the order we see.  Neither of us have knowledge of that wich is beyond us.
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how do you know that there is even a god?
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every thing is allowed in heaven.you should just have to know how to get there?
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My church doesn't believe in going to heaven! \nHeaven is a misled idea!\nROM.10:6 = "BUT THE RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH IS OF FAITH SPEAKETH ON THIS WISE, SAY NOT IN THINE HEART, WHO SHALL ASCEND INTO HEAVEN? (THAT IS, TO BRING CHRIST DOWN FROM ABOVE).\n\nThere's 3 heavens. \n\nFirst Heaven = This is also called the firmament or expanse of heaven. It is the heaven where the birds fly and where the clouds give rain. (Gen.1:26; 2:20; 8:2 & 1Kings 18:45)\n\nSecond Heaven = This refers to outerspace where the sun, moon and stars can be found. (Gen.22:17 & Exodus 32:13 & Joshua 10:13)\n\nThird Heaven = The Apostle Paul tells us that the heaven of God's abode is the "third heaven." In the Old Testament this is often designated by the phrase "the heaven of heavens." (Joshua 2:11 & Psalms 11:4 & 2Corinthians 12:2 equated with v.4 = paradise)\n\nTHERE ARE TWO KINGDOMS: ONE ON EARTH AND THE OTHER ONE COMING DOWN FROM HEAVEN.\n\nThe 1st Kingdom of Heaven =\nDAN.7:27 = "AND THE KINGDOM AND DOMINION, AND THE GREATNESS OF THE KINGDOM UNDER THE WHOLE HEAVEN, SHALL BE GIVEN TO THE PEOPLE OF THE SAINTS OF THE MOST HIGH, WHOSE KINGDOM IS AN EVERLASTING KINGDOM, AND ALL DOMINION SHALL SERVE AND OBEY HIM."\nREV.5:10 = "AND HAST MADE US UNTO OUR GOD KINGS AND PRIESTS: AND WE SHALL REIGN ON THE EARTH."\n\nThe 2nd kingdom of Heaven =\nAFTER 1,000 YEARS = A NEW HEAVEN AND NEW EARTH-HOLY CITY COMING DOWN FROM HEAVEN = REV.21:1-4; ISAIAH 65:17-25; 66:1,22 AND ETC.\n\nSO HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO---\nISAIAH 66:21; ZECH.14:9-11 = "BUILD HOUSES, PLANT VINEYARDS, EAT VINEYARDS" \nISAIAH 66:23; ZECH.14:16-19 = "WORSHIP FROM ONE NEW MOON TO ANOTHER AS ONE SABBATH TO ANOTHER"\nJESUS WILL BE GIVING CITIES TO THE SAINTS INWHICH THEY WILL BE TEACHING OTHERS THE TRUE MESSAGE OF THE BIBLE = MATT.25:14-23; EZEKIEL 36:10,33; LUKE 13:26; ISAIAH 61:4\nWE WON'T MARRY OR BE GIVEN UNTO MARRIAGE = MATT.22:30\nBOYS AND GIRLS WILL BE PLAYING IN THE STREETS = ZECHARIAH 8:4-5,8\nMEEK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH = PSALM 37:9-11; MATT.5:5; REV.5:10\n\n\nMORE INFORMATION IN SITE BELOW---
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Noone enters heaven except through Christ. Jesus is the way, the truth, and the light. One must follow Christ. Please, read the Bible, study it, find a good Minister who teaches on the bible. Pray, talk with God, and build faith. The answers to all of your questions in faith & life are in the Bible. It is the manual to life.
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I guess there isn't any way to know for sure that we know everything is there?\n\nYou could take the perspective of some people and "just have faith".   No need to use reason or logic, no need to ask, no need to doubt.....JUST HAVE FAITH!
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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.