The
Bible devotes much more space to convincing people that eternal life
is available as a free gift from God than it does to describing
eternity.
The
Bible's brief descriptions of eternity are more like hints since they
use terms and ideas from our present experience to describe what we
will not fully grasp until we are there ourselves. The following
references hint at aspects of what our future will be like if we have
accepted Christ's gift of eternal life.
1.
IT WILL BE BEAUTIFUL
Ecclesiastes
3:11 (NIV) says
“He
has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity
in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from
beginning to end.”
2.
A PLACE IS PREPARED FOR US
John
14:2-3 (NIV) says “My
Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have
told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I
go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be
with me that you also may be where I am.”
Note:
The
King James Version says
“In
my Father's house are many mansions:”
3.
WE WILL BE UNLIMITED BY PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
John
20:19 (NIV) says
“On
the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were
together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus
came and stood among them and said, 'Peace be with you!'”
John
20:26 (NIV) says
“A
week later His disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with
them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them
and said, 'Peace be with you!'”
4.
WE WILL BE LIKE JESUS
1
John 3:2 (NIV) says
“Dear
friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet
been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be
like him, for we shall see him as he is.”
5.
WE WILL HAVE RESURRECTED BODIES
1
Corinthians 15:42-44 (NIV) says “So
will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown
is perishable, it is raised imperishable; it is sown in dishonor, it
is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it
is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.”
1
Corinthians 15:49 (NIV) says “And
just as we have borne the image of the earthly man, so shall we bear
the image of the heavenly man.”
6.
OUR EXPERIENCE WILL BE WONDERFUL
1
Corinthians 2:9 (NIV) says
“However,
as it is written: “What
no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has
conceived — the things God has prepared for those who love him—“
7.
THERE WILL BE A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH
Revelation
21:1 (NIV) says “Then
I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,” for the first heaven and
the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.”
8.
WE WILL HAVE A NEW EXPERIENCE OF GOD'S PRESENCE
Revelation
21:3 (NIV) says
“And
I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s
dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them.
They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be
their God.”
1
Corinthians 13:12 (NIV) says
“For
now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face
to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am
fully known.”
9.
WE WILL HAVE NEW EMOTIONS &
10.
THERE WILL BE NO MORE DEATH
Revelation
21:4 (NIV) says
“He
will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or
mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed
away.”
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