Audio Clip: Tares and Wheat
Why do you want to go to heaven? The earth is the centerpiece of God’s creation and God’s plan!
Genesis 1:31 - God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good.
Isaiah 45:18 – For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens (He is the God who formed the earth and made it, He established it and did not create it a waste place, but formed it to be inhabited),”I am the LORD, and there is none else.
Matthew 5:5 – Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.
Revelation 21:2-3 – And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them.”
God put man on the earth in the beginning. He wants to restore this place and bring the righteous again to that great promised land, what Jesus called the Kingdom of God. Imagine a perfect day, all being right on the earth and every breath of every creature praising God forever. This day is coming. For those who repent and follow the words of Jesus, the King of this coming Kingdom, they can have life in the age to come. For those who do not, shame and destruction await.
Whose side are you on? Jesus is coming to take over the world. Are you ready?
Posted by Ellen Skidmore on April 9, 2009 at 5:42 pm
Yes, I am very ready. I just wish the Lord would hurry up and come on. But, until He does, I will keep on keeping on doing His will and being a blessing to my family and others that the Lord sends me to. God Bless you, keep up the good work.
Posted by upstreamchristiandesigns on April 23, 2009 at 1:22 pm
I just saw this post (nearly 2 years after you wrote it, I see!), and wanted to let you know I totally agree. I think so many people see heaven as the place we are going to, just because they were brought up to think that. When one really looks at the Bible, it seem clear that is not the plan. Thanks for your message
Posted by Victor on April 23, 2009 at 3:54 pm
Hey! Thanks for your comment! how did you come to your views? How exciting
Posted by upstreamchristiandesigns on April 23, 2009 at 4:21 pm
Well, strangely it was a Jehovah’s Wittness who changed my mind! My husband and I studied with a guy for several months, and although we parted not agreeing with each other on the ‘fundamental’ things, we did come to see that their point about the new earth was Biblically founded.
Posted by Devlan on September 4, 2009 at 1:32 pm
Everybodies heaven can’t be the same; we all dont enjoy the same things. Your heaven may be my hell.
Heaven must be made for each person individually.
Here on earth; we call some people fake. How real is a heaven made just for you? Sounds selfish. God must exist, there is no other solution.
Here on earth, it is really unclear what heaven is. Im sure its not white fluffy clouds and harps; if it were that would not be my heaven.
To an extent I can imagine hell meaning not existing at all.