The Answerer

You are a ‘Thinker’ – thank you and God bless you.

Those who go there get it all. We do live forever and the ‘second life’ is in a ‘spiritual body’ same as Jesus had when he visited the 12 disciples after he rose from the tomb. On those two occasions Jesus just appeared, having come through a wall with a locked door. That happened twice. Thomas (his nickname was Doubting Thomas), who was not there the first time, refused to believe that it was really Jesus. He wanted to see the nail marks in his hands and where the spear had pierced Jesus’ side. Then,on the second occasion Thomas was there, saw and the marks and he believed. That record is in John Chapter 20 verses 19 to 29.

These are, to me, marvellous words from Jesus, when on the second time when Thomas was there, saw the nail marks and believed, Jesus said: “Thomas, do you have faith because you have seen me? The people who have faith in me without seeing me are the ones who are really blessed.” (John 20: verse 29)

So you see, some need to see and be sure. Others know by hearing it, thinking about it and then believing. That’s faith.

About the ‘second life’ bit. Paul wrote to reassure and to encourage the church people at Thessalonica about death and the ‘Second coming of Christ’. Paul had been a strict Jew, an ‘upper class’ Pharisee and well respected. He hunted down Christians after Jesus went to heaven and had authority to have them chained and taken to Jerusalem for trial and probably death. He got ‘converted’ and did a ‘U-Turn’ when Jesus spoke to him from the sky, and Paul became a great evangelist for the Christian cause. He had a very high IQ! (Read about it in Acts Chapter 9;Verses 1 to 31)

One of his letters is to the church at Thessalonica tells of heaven when we die: “And now, dear brothers, I want you to know what happens to a Christian when he dies so that when it happens, you will not be full of sorrow, as those are who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and then came back to life again, we can also believe that when Jesus returns, God will bring back with him all the Christians who have died. I can tell you this directly from the Lord: that we who are still living when the Lord returns will not rise to meet Him ahead of those who are in their graves. For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a mighty shout and with the soul-stirring cry of the Archangel and the great trumpet-call of God. And the believers who are dead will be the first to rise to meet the Lord. Then we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and remain with Him forever. So comfort and encourage one another with these words.” (First Thessalonians , chapter 4: verses 13 to 18 The Living Bible)

So there it is – a bit long for this answer but 10,000 years is just the beginning of eternity with God in heaven.

What we will do there I know not – maybe fly across to other galaxies as a missionary? We are not told, but I’ll bet Moses and all other believers do not go to a Bible study every morning and sing hymns all day. ‘No Sir.’ There’ll be something far better