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Biblical Reasons Why We Should
And Practical Suggestions on How We Can
Create Heaven on Earth
There are more myths than facts circulating about heaven. One way to expose the gaps in your own thinking is to work through the chart we just looked at. Here are some questions you can ask yourself:
| Things human beings enjoy doing in 2004 that they couldn't enjoy in 1804 | Things human beings will enjoy doing even more in Heaven |
| harvesting more food in a day than 100 slaves could produce all season long. | Do we eat in heaven? How many times a day? With whom? There will be countless people in heaven. How do they all fit in the Dining Hall? |
| keeping my family comfortable by warming up the house -- without having to chop wood and breathe ashes. | Are there families and homes in heaven? |
| cooling off the house with the push of a button | Is the temperature the same all the time in heaven? Will you be able to sit in a hot tub at a ski resort? |
| having healthy teeth | Will we have teeth in heaven? Will they all be shaped alike? Or will different people have different-looking smiles? Will some people's smiles be cuter than others? (See L.P Harley's novel, Facial Justice.) |
| traveling on a 4-lane highway, arriving at my destination hours, maybe days, before I would have in 1804 | Will we get to go anywhere in heaven? Or will there just be clouds everywhere? Will there be picnics and camp-outs? Will anybody say "Daddy, are we almost there?" Will anticipation exist in heaven? |
| flying in a Boeing 757 | I guess we'll all have wings, right? |
| driving safely in a car made of steel | |
| living safely in a home that can withstand a moderate earthquake or severe storm | |
| having pure drinking water available with the twist of a wrist | |
| keeping food fresh with refrigeration | |
| having hot water available at all times, for only pennies | |
| enjoying good health with the help of antibiotics | Of course there will be no disease in heaven.
Will we lose the satisfaction of finding a cure for diseases?
Human beings were created to be of service to others. Of what use can you be to perfect, needless heavenly beings? |
| enjoying the benefits of instant electricity | Think of all the things that run on electricity. Will none of them be available in heaven? |
| doing more and producing more with gasoline engines | |
| completing assignments, making calculations, designing buildings, learning about the world around me, aided by computers | |
| watching a NASCAR race | |
| learning and being entertained by television; seeing important events around the world as they happen | |
| eradicating diseases like smallpox, polio, with vaccines | |
| preparing food quickly with microwave ovens | |
| watching the Lord of Rings (the movie) in Dolby® stereo | I suppose the "special effects" in heaven will be much greater than anything Hollywood has yet come up with. |
| hearing Alabama (the band) in an arena with 10,000 other fans | |
| eradicating pests and disease with DDT | |
| bringing a symphony orchestra into my living room with a stereo CD. | I hear the music is pretty good in heaven. |
The Bible really doesn't say much about heaven. Most of what we "know" about heaven is myth. Playing harps, bouncing on clouds: not really in the Bible.
I'm not saying nobody goes to heaven when he dies. I'm suggesting that our focus should be on making earth more heavenly.
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