The Answerer

Yes! Jesus said it was and no lies were ever told by Him!

Many civilizations have given much attention to heaven. I think the Egyptian Pharaoh’s spent more money than most on it with their pyramids and all the decorations as well as treasure. None of them had anybody to tell them about it - but we have.

Jesus spoke of it often. Jesus said that He came from there: “For I have come down from heaven, not to do my will but to do the will of Him (God) who sent Me.” (John 6:38).

When the Lord’s disciples said: ‘Teach us to pray?’ Jesus began with: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.” and: “... Yhy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.”

(Matthew 6: 9) Note that Jesus said our Father not just His Father.

And later: “ Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.” (Mt.19:14).

Jesus spoke of heaven often and with authority! Nobody else ever has.

The basic fact is - we choose that for ourselves whether to go God’s way or go our own way.

Paul wrote: “Don’t be misled; remember that you can’t ignore God and get away with it. A man will always harvest the same kind of crop that he sows.” (Galatians 6:7-9) It is a fact of life that if you ‘sow’ greed and selfishness that’s what you will reap. ‘Sow’ goodness and compassion and that are what you will harvest.

You choose where you will spend eternity, by the life you live and what you worship: money, cars, property, etc. Eternity is a long time to regret worshipping idols or things that we think are important.

Jesus came to show us that there IS something afterwards and how to get there - where He would like us to go!

Will you be a follower of Jesus and go to where He is - or go your own way?

“When God has had enough of our stupidity!” (my opinion)

The disciples asked Jesus this and He said: “The angels in heaven don’t know and I don’t know, only my Father in heaven knows.”

Jesus said a lot about in Matthew chapter 24. Note: Jesus called it ‘the end of the age.’

If you are in His family you have nothing to worry about. He loves you and has gone to prepare a place for us all.

Our civilisation is in trouble. The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. The city I live in, Perth, (population over 1.5 million) has a murder or a killing of some sort about every day. Fifty years ago it was more like one a year. Yes, it was once like that.

I believe that our leaders will soon, not be able to manage the multitude of problems in this world. For instance - too many people have not enough water, food or housing. Drugs and money problems by the dozen as well as refugees flocking to new places looking for safety.

I think some may simply give up and walk away, hoping someone else can solve the problems.

I personally believe ‘this age’ cannot last another 50 years without some very big changes in the attitude of ‘rich folk’.

I believe that only a few will change their consumer lifestyle to help save this world from some sort of serious trouble.

Truth is God did not make them. We did. ‘We’ also made drugs, land mines, adultery (having sex with someone you shouldn’t) and all the things that evil minds can invent.

When somebody feels bad, it is often God they blame - because it a normal thought reaction to blame somebody else! Adam blamed Eve and Eve blamed the serpent (Satan). That’s in Genesis Chapter 3.10-13. I have done it often in my youth.

I guess God thought long and hard as to whether He should allow ‘man’ to have a choice to be good or bad. He chose to allow us freedom to think and act good or bad thoughts and deeds.

The TV has a great time filling news and current affairs with all the murders, knifings, assaults, fires and car crashes. (Count them for a few nights). I despise ‘The tenant from hell’ Current Affair shows. There is one almost every night!

Business men make zillions of dollars from cigarettes and weapons of war. Millions more ‘good’ people help the homeless, heal the sick. Some spend their best years doing ‘good’ things often with only living expenses as reward. I personally know twenty or thirty of them. They have to come home later to have their children educated in Australia. They are called missionaries.

Oh Boy! Good question. I think about that because it happens a lot these days.

Do understand that many who do wrong things do have to pay, and a trip to jail is for some of them.

There are many answers but none are complete.

Three men in the city I live in were sent to jail for murder in the last twenty-five years. They were all three innocent! Some police got into trouble for that.

Others wrong-doers have money to hire very clever lawyers who find little errors in the police case and cast doubt to the judge or jury-who will not convict a person if there is any doubt-so they go free. That is how Australia’s legal system works.

It is The Rule of Law.

Police must charge a person, evidence heard from the police and the lawyers who defend the accused person. Then the magistrate, judge or the jury decide if the ‘accused’ is innocent or guilty.

Not many countries have this system. Most are worse, even though in our system, some guilty persons are found ‘not guilty’.

I am very glad that the Bible says that there is a judgement day: “… and we must all answer for the good and bad things we have done.” (Hebrews 9:27)

The wrong doer WILL answer to God for what they did while on earth. (See Matthew 25:31-46) and Romans 14:10-12)