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Glorify and worship Him in eternal blessedness in heaven.

>>762479

I mean, yeah, but maybe you can do that by jamming with Him or going mountain biking

>>762482

You'll have no need of doing that in heaven.

The very direct sight of God will make you happy forever and you shall want nothing more, since what man desires most of all is to know God.

>>762484

just because you have no need of it doesn't mean it won't be available.

>>762485

I mean you can do that, but it won't contribute more to your happiness.

>>762486

quit being a turd.

Jesus shows up at your front doorstep and asks you what you want to do today. what do you say?

>>762486

Jesus is human. perhaps he likes to do human things.

>>762485

>just because you have no need of it doesn't mean it won't be available.

It's not that they have no need of it. They're regurgitating Catholic nonsense taught to them about the Beatific vision and Absolute Divine Simplicity.

>>762487

Teach me to be a better man and how can I serve You and my brothers better.

>>762489

>Thinking so lowly of God that think eternal communion with him is just doing human things.

>Absolute Divine Simplicity

God is composite now?

>>762489

I don't necessarily have an issue with that. the point he's making is that simply being with God is enough.

however, we are given some images of the kingdom of God. A golden Jerusalem coming from the sky, a feast with the Father.

I think we would be able to use our spiritual bodies in a variety of ways. do you have legs in heaven? why would you have legs if you're just going to sit in a stadium and look at Jesus on the Jumbo screen?

>>762492

appreciating Jesus's human nature is not thinking lowly of Him.

>>762479

This is the only correct answer. Everything else is frivolous sentimentality at best; at worst it's irreverence.

>>762493

Of course you would be able to jump and walk in heaven. In fact you can do wtv you want there.

>>762496

But it won't contribute nothing else to your hapiness as seeing God as He is directly will suffice.

Nothing stops you from playing soccer with Jesus if he wants, but I doubt that wish will even cross our minds.

Maybe I'm being to autistic

>>762502

>Maybe I'm being to autistic explaining this

Left the sentence in the middle.

>>762515

Actually I do I study in college, but I fail to see the correlation.

>>762476

>what do you want to do with Jesus?

>play checkers?

I'll pass.

>drink beers?

One or two glass sounds alright but I'm not interested in getting smashed.

>shoot guns?

Yeah I'm down for that, along with some fishing and archery or similar activities.

>>762484

Gnostic nonsense.

The current Heaven is temporary. It will be united with the new Earth with the coming of the Heavenly City, a real physical city in this physical world. God made us to be both spirits and physical beings.

The New Jerusalem will have feasting, beautiful trees, a river, and music. All physical things performed by real, living people, who are not in some kind of stasis.

>>762476

split screen black ops zombies on kino der toten. preferably on a nice fat sofa with pizza and a 12 pack of mountain dew.

Man I wanna hike around. I bet Heaven has some dope scenery. Maybe go fishing too. What kind of fish do you think you can catch in Heaven?

>>762476

explore outerspace

>>762476

We would probably be too busy trembling in fear, awe, and reverence to do anything if we were to meet Him in all His glory. Really. I cannot really fathom thinking otherwise.

>>762647

Eternal life is only in Jesus, many put before Christ, expecting Christ to put before them.

"Lord,” someone asked Him, “will only a few people be saved?” Jesus answered, "Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able. After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’ Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’ And he will answer, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you are from. Depart from me, all you evildoers.’ There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves are thrown out. People will come from east and west and north and south, and will recline at the table in the kingdom of God."

Luke 13:23-29

>>762657

No, he's right. Christ is your King, not your best pal.

This thread is sad.

I'm pretty sure Jesus is great and his very presence will fulfill us beyond all imaginings.

But I don't think there is anything wrong with the idea of having a nice cup of tea with Jesus

i freeze up when i'm hanging out with normies. when i'm around girls its even worse. if jesus was physically here right now in front of me i would probably have a panic attack and pass out because even aside from the social anxiety, i've jacked off to a lot of very fugged up stuff and he knows. it would be like going to the principal's office times 1 million.

>>762647

>Heaven is an eternal Liturgy

are we to take that literally, don't think so.

I want to play Counter-Strike 1.6 with him

he might be awesome at playing

Christ was the chaddest of chads

He was king, celestial king, and he used to be around with different people all the time, because he didn't judge, as long people were not (((stupidwinnie the poohs))).

Then he got killed by (((THEM)))

>>762479

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>>762666

Imagine having your head so thoroughly filled with gnostic nonsense that you think being with Christ is somehow different from how it is literally reported to be in the New Testament.

>>762738

Fear of God doesn’t meaning hating the Bible. I believe what Christ said Heaven and Hell are like.

OP here, I'm sad to see what this thread has become.

Consider this: maybe Jesus wants to do things with you. Things you like. Because he loves you.

Simply being with Him would be enough, but I don't believe we lose our humanity when we enter the kingdom, so we will still be doing human things. And, if you make it into the kingdom, you have no further reason to fear Him.

Imagine how cool it would be to learn carpentry from Him. It's eternity; He has all time to teach every single person.

And maybe Jesus wants to use his human body for a friendly boxing match.

So, I'm asking you: WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WITH JESUS?

>>763003

I hope it was red wine

>>762990

That brings up an interesting question. What happens when you enter heaven - do you just suddenly lose any interest in doing anything sinful? There are verses saying that we do sinful things because of the flesh. So if we lost the flesh, we would just not be interested in doing sinful things?

>>762990

Ever since my brother told me of his wrasslin match he had in Genesis with Jacob I've wanted to have a wrassle with him. I suspect he'd handily beat me but it would still be a good bit of sport.

>>763007

Being tempted to sin is painful, and revelation says there will no longer be pain.

>>763007

You know when you're in your right mind, and you think to yourself, "I could be doing x sin right now," but you don't because you just don't feel drawn to it at all? I reckon that's how it would be.

Obviously, you won't rationally want to sin, since you're in heaven, and there'll be no instinctual pull towards it, either, So it won't even seem like a real option to you.

Ideally, we should be striving to submit the flesh and soul now to the spirit (which is quickened by THE Spirit). In heaven, we are spirits ourselves, but in the Resurrection, even our bodies are glorified to be fully reconfigured to this proper alignment that was the image God originally created us with.

Eh… I don't know if that sounds confusing. Point is: The Kingdom of God starts now. "The Kingdom of God is within you.

“The kingdom of God is not coming in a way you can observe, nor will people say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘Look, there it is!’ because the kingdom of God is within you.” -Luke 17:21

He didn't mean that in the hokey New Age sense (I know that passage gets abused). He meant this submission of the flesh to the Spirit. To begin leaving the life of the Kingdom starting now. Not yesterday or tomorrow or just the afterlife. The flesh is a tyrant though (as Paul struggled himself.. "Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?" Rom 7:24), but there's nothing in scripture about this being an impossibility or that we should wait. Total Depravity is a lie to those in Christ.

>>762990

Since our bodies will be like His, which probably includes the whole walking through walls and levitating thing, I'd want to explore this universe that He's made. Go on hikes on Mars, sit and talk with Him on the clouds of Jupiter, fly to the Pleiades and the Orion Nebula, explore exoplanets, and listen as He tells me why in His infinite wisdom He has made all things in the heavens exactly as they are.

>play checkers

Orthodox

>drink beer

Anglican

>shoot guns

Protestant

>>762476

I'd probably kneel down and cry at first

Disregarding that we possibly can't comprehend the glory of heaven and the presence of the most high,I'd probably like to play Trouble in Terrorist Town with the Lord, Gabriel and a few of the saints, and we can all laugh at the absurdity of it

>>763358

>football

Catholic

Well Heaven is pretty Endgame in terms of things to do, it'd be pretty far-removed from a lot of Earthly goals. I guess keep grinding those art skills and make some animu.

>>762676

Well if you're repentant then you are forgiven, no need to be nervous. And if he appeared before you then you would probably be divinely protected from panic attacks for the duration.

With all respects, this is a protestant idea. Yes, He died for you and he loves you. But he is King. I dont expect to drink some beers with the King of the Universe.

>>764889

Not necessarily.

A lot of people fall on their faces when they meet Christ.

Op here again. God is infinite, and being with him means infinite joy and love.

It’s funny seeing the different responses. Some are afraid, some are offended and some seem truly comfortable in the love of Christ. This is a wonderful topic, very inspiring.

>>762479

The only true answer

>>762990

Prots really are this impeccably ignorant

Angel in whose eyes I am still adored,

perfect creation of the Lord,

let Him give you to me to keep,

and through you, let I and His spirit meet.

Amen.

I had no where else to post this, but it's a prayer to the Lord to let me be with my Guardian Angel forever

>>762476

I know this is completely stupid and infantile, but I'd love to gather up lots of people and play some real life Dragon Quest with Our Lord.

whatever Heaven is like, being in the eternal and full presence of God is unlike anything on Earth >>762721

do not immanetize the eschaton

>>765552

>being in the eternal and full presence of God is unlike anything on Earth

What does "new earth" mean then

>>765554

a New Earth, which won't have much in common with the old, current Earth? it's in the name

Man I would love to hang with Jesus so much and just give Him the biggest hug ever and then we would get slurpees and hike up a mountain and then ski down it and then we would ride a helicopter and go out and get some delicious philly cheese steaks and then we would talk about the Scriptures and what it all means and then he'd probably tell me something I could be doing better or maybe a change I should make or something new I should try doing.

I wanna hang with my Lord so much. Like wow. That's what I would do.

>t. Baptist

There's a lot of "you fool" being thrown around in this thread, primarily by catholics

I'll probably end up crying like a bitch the first time I see Him

Behead degenerates

>>762476

Apologize

>>767898

This

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>>767872

Also this

>>762596

>the Heavenly City

>tfw city planner and you know nothing humanity will ever achieve will cone anywhere close to the beauty to be experienced in terms City of God

>>762676

> i've jacked off to a lot of very fugged up stuff

Me too bud, me too

>>763353

I don't think that exploring the entirety of creation, as well as potentially travelling back (and forward) to/interacting with (or at least observing) this earthly realm in different times would be off the table. We'd gain more and more knowledge and understanding of why things happen the way they did, and in turn move exponentially closer to understanding why God allowed things to happen in the way they did. Maybe that's crazy though