What Will Heaven Really Be Like? - Part 5

For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former shall not be remembered or come to mind. But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create... Isaiah 65:17, 18

What great hope that we hold! We await new heavens and a new earth. We will rejoice in all things that the Lord shall re-created. There will be no more mourning or crying or pain for the former things will be so insignificant that they will not come to mind. Every person that makes heaven a necessity, every person who has suffered in this world shall receive the greatest reward in heaven.

Our greatest privilege will be see God face to face and dwell with Him forever. Perhaps we all have different reasons why we seek heaven now. Some have suffered great illnesses, others have faced difficult times, others have felt alone and others have lost loved ones. For all this the Lord has made provision. The troubles of this world will not come to mind because not only will we obtain what we have desired but more than we can ever imagine.

The Lord in all His wisdom will have many things that we will enjoy in Heaven. I have already mentioned that we will have homes in the New Jerusalem, built by the hand of God. We will also have the opportunity to build our own dream homes. We can design them our way. We will have at our disposal the best materials imaginable. Imagine a city built of Gold! We will also work the land, plant vineyards and eat of their fruit.

They shall build houses and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit. They shall not build and another inhabit; they shall not plant and another eat; for as the days of a tree, so shall be the days of My people, and My elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. Isaiah 65:21-22

We are not going to work so that others may enjoy the fruit of our labor. We will not have to worry about arriving home late or having to waste time in traffic. No one will tire, no one will become ill. Work in heaven will be of great delight for us as it was for Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.

Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” And God said “See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food. Also, to every beast of the earth, to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food”; and it was so. Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good…Genesis 1:28-31

The first couple was given dominion over all creatures in the Garden of Eden. At this disposal was perfect food that grew in fertile and easily worked land. They never tired and they never got sick. It was of great joy to be able to interact with nature because they could contemplate God’s creation and worship their creator.

Recognizing that Adam and Eve could rejoice in the fruit of their labor the Lord in his love and mercy also gave them a day to rest but not because they tired physically. They were given a day of rest to devote in its entirety to God.

Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished. And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made. Genesis 2:1-3

Note that the example to follow was that of God. In six days God created the heavens and the earth and rested on the seventh not because He was tired but because he wanted a complete day to interact with the crown of his creation, with humans. So He blessed and sanctified it. Therefore, when we are in heaven we will have that same opportunity.

And it shall come to pass that from one New Moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, all flesh shall come to worship before Me,” says the LORD. Isaiah 66:23

We can now understand why the Sabbath is eternal. After enjoying the work of the week we will be able to explore the great mysteries of God, to travel throughout the universe and meet other worlds and then come together Sabbath after Sabbath and dedicate it entirely to our creator and our savior! If you are able to make the Sabbath a delight here on earth, how much greater will it be in heaven when we are face to face with Jesus and can directly worship Him for all He has done for us!

JESUS IS COMING, AMEN, COME LORD JESUS!