I would think that even a mild curiousity about heaven would be on most Christian minds, given what you postulate in this blog, that heaven is the center of a Christian's deepest desires, and how heaven answers the deepest longings of the human heart. When one considers the fact that we will die, but when and how and what will happen and where will I go, this can lead to great anxiety and concern about our position with Christ. We need to know, to be sure about where we are headed. Perhaps it is too much to deal with. Why think about these things. Death is heavy, perhaps later on.
Revelation 21 and 22 tells us much about our eternal future on the new earth. " And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and earth are passed away and the sea is no more. And I saw the Holy City, New Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God made ready as a bride adorned for her husband." The gates of New Jerusalem are pearls and the streets of this city are of gold. And we will see all of this beauty if we continue to obey the commandments of our Lord, our Savior, Jesus the Messiah, the Christ.
These are great verses and should excite us about the New Jerusalem but more the hope of what is to come. Earthly Death is not the end if is actually the beginning of eternity.
I would think that even a mild curiousity about heaven would be on most Christian minds, given what you postulate in this blog, that heaven is the center of a Christian's deepest desires, and how heaven answers the deepest longings of the human heart. When one considers the fact that we will die, but when and how and what will happen and where will I go, this can lead to great anxiety and concern about our position with Christ. We need to know, to be sure about where we are headed. Perhaps it is too much to deal with. Why think about these things. Death is heavy, perhaps later on.
Revelation 21 and 22 tells us much about our eternal future on the new earth. " And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and earth are passed away and the sea is no more. And I saw the Holy City, New Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God made ready as a bride adorned for her husband." The gates of New Jerusalem are pearls and the streets of this city are of gold. And we will see all of this beauty if we continue to obey the commandments of our Lord, our Savior, Jesus the Messiah, the Christ.
These are great verses and should excite us about the New Jerusalem but more the hope of what is to come. Earthly Death is not the end if is actually the beginning of eternity.