What Will Heaven Look Like?

Heaven: Our Eternal Home

What Will Heaven Be Like?

Living in this fallen world with its heartaches

disappointments and suffering,

we long for heaven!

Our eyes turn upward when our spirit is bent

to our eternal home in heaven that the Lord Himself

is preparing for those who love Him.

God has planned the new Earth

to be far more beautiful, beyond our imagination.

Dew drenched roses and lilies

will spill forth in abudance upon the new Earth.

It will delight our senses!

The fragrance of honeysuckles, lilacs

and hyacinths, intermingled among them.

We will breathe in its celestrial fragrance,

and be captivated in the One who created it all!

Breathtaking waterfalls will captivate our hearts

as God lavishes the Earth with His goodness.

We'll be so in love with the Creator

that we will see Him everywhere!

In the sunkissed hills

and soft green pastures.

In the innocence of a child,

and in the sparkles that dance on the lake!

Most of all, we shall see Him!

We will behold His glory!

He will shine like the sun in pure radiance

as He welcomes us home in glory.

We will have intimate fellowship with Him

and He with us, in the new Jerusalem.

What shall we say in His presence?

Oh, the tears that shall flow when we kiss

His nail scarred hands and feet!

The uncertainties of life will be made known to us,

when we see our Savior face to face.

We'll have a glorious reunion with our loved ones,

those who fell asleep in Jesus.

We'll see their smile and feel their touch...

never to part again!

We'll rekindle old friendships, and build new ones

with those whose lives we touched on the Earth.

Our relationships will continue, yet in an everdeepening sense.

Loving one another, but in love with the Lord.

And God shall wipe away all tears from our eyes;

there shall be no more death, neither sorrow,

nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain:

for the former things will be passed away.

Behold, all things will be made new.

Our labor for the Lord will be sweet,

untouched by the frustrations that we have known on the Earth.

Those who plow the fields will have no sweat on their brow.

No thistles, or multifloral rose bushes to get entangled in.

No need of sunscreen in the new Jerusalem!

We will stand in awe of a majestic mountain,

and fall to our knees worshipping the Creator of it all!

Our strength will be renewed like the eagle,

flowing with youth and vitality.

Love for one another will be pure and wholesome!

Uninhibited by the sin that we have known on the Earth.

We'll run and laugh,

dance and sing...

feeling the warmth of His smile,

as a father delights His children.

Heaven will be a place filled with purest love!

A place of love and acceptance.

We'll feel at home, and be at home

in a place we have always longed for.

For some, it may be a place in the mountains,

or a place on the hill that you have grown to love.

Nestled among soft pines and quiet hemlocks

your soul found rest in its quiet retreat,

listening to the sound of the water flowing over the rocks,

you breathe in its fragrance,

of honeysuckle that grace its winding creek.

There your spirit felt refreshed,

your thoughts refocused, your soul restored.

Yet, even there you realize "I'm not home yet..."

God is preparing for you a home of your dreams.

Oh soul, what a wonderful place heaven will be!

We'll have eternity to fulfill our dreams

and get reaquainted with old friends.

Those whose lives have been torn apart

will be closely knitted together,

for the seperation they had on the Earth beneath.

"And the ransomed of the Lord shall return,

and come to Zion with songs,

and everlasting joy upon their heads:

they shall obtain joy and gladness,

and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

~ Isaiah 35:10

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Oh soul, take heart. We're not home yet.

The best is yet to be!

We're just pilgrims passing through,

seeking a better country, a heavenly one.

Wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God,

for He hath prepared for them a city.

We shall be His bride, whisked away to a better place.

Our relationship will be full and complete,

listening to every word that parts from His lips

when we shall be together in glory.

"...we are confident, I say,

and willing rather to be absent from the body,

and present with the Lord."

~2 Corinthians 5:6-8

"And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem,

coming down from God out of heaven,

prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

~ Revelations 21:2

..."And He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people,

and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

~ Revelations 21:3

"And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes;

and there shall be no more death,

nor sorrow, nor crying,

neither shall there be any more pain:

for the former things are passed away.

~ Revelations 21:3-5

And they shall see His face...

...And they shall reign forever and ever.

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It should overwhelm our hearts to know how much the Lord really loves us!

To think that He who spoke the earth into existence,

is preparing a city for those who love Him.

Yet, if you do not believe in the Lord, you are going to hell.

There is no pleasant way to say it.

The Scripture says,

"There is therefore now no condemnation

to them which are in Christ Jesus..."

~ Romans 8:1

There is no death, no judgement for those who turn from their sins

and accept Him as their Savior.

"That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus

and shalt believe in thine heart that God has raised Him from the dead,

thou shalt be saved."

~ Romans 10:9

Right now, wherever you are, you can make peace with the Lord.

You can look forward to your eternal home in heaven

by accepting the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior.

You can begin a personal relationship with Him

by praying a prayer such as the following:

"Oh God, I am a sinner.

I am sorry for my sins.

I want to turn from my sin.

I receive Jesus Christ as my Savior;

I confess Him as my Lord.

From now on I want to follow Him.

In Jesus' name, Amen."

If you have received the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior