Do you long for heaven? If not, it’s probably because either 1) your desires are skewed or 2) your knowledge is inaccurate. Here are three myths about heaven that bug me:<\/p>\n
1. It will be boring. This is a strange notion. Is earth boring? Are the sites and smells and activities of earth boring? And as I read the Bible, it took God 6 days to make this earth and he’s been working on heaven now for about 2000 years (John 14:1-3). I don’t think God knows the meaning of the word. Hell, by contrast, will be boring.<\/p>\n
2. We will play harps. The problem with this idea is that the Bible never says it. It mentions elders with harps, not the church. The mention of the harps is during the tribulation period, not the millennial kingdom nor the eternal state. And they’re never said to play the harps. Other than that, I don’t have any problems with the idea.<\/p>\n
3. Heaven will be made of all gold. I doubt it. All one color would be<\/em> boring. And John describes heaven as being built of jasper, sapphire, calcedony, emerald, sardonyx, carnelian, chrysolite, beryl, topaz, chrysoprase, jacinth, amethyst, and pearls. One other reflection that the glory of earth will pale in comparison to the glory of heaven: the sun will be ashamed (Isa 24:23).<\/p>\n “The enjoyment of God is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied. To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here. Fathers and mothers, husbands, wives, or children, or the company of earthly friends, are but shadows; but God is the substance<\/strong>. These are but scattered beams, but God is the sun<\/strong>. These are but streams. But God is the ocean<\/strong>” (Jonathan Edwards).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Do you long for heaven? If not, it’s probably because either 1) your desires are skewed or 2) your knowledge is inaccurate. Here are three myths about heaven that bug me: 1. It will be boring. This is a strange notion. Is earth boring? Are the sites and smells and activities of earth boring? And\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faith"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}