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NASB | 1 Corinthians 2:9 but just as it is written, "THINGS WHICH EYE HAS NOT SEEN AND EAR HAS NOT HEARD, AND which HAVE NOT ENTERED THE HEART OF MAN, ALL THAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 2:9 but just as it is written [in Scripture], "THINGS WHICH THE EYE HAS NOT SEEN AND THE EAR HAS NOT HEARD, AND WHICH HAVE NOT ENTERED THE HEART OF MAN, ALL THAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM [who hold Him in affectionate reverence, who obey Him, and who gratefully recognize the benefits that He has bestowed]." [Is 64:4; 65:17] |
Subject: What does heaven look like? |
Bible Note: Forgive me for my offense - it was not meant to be a judgmental or an "off the wall comment" but rather an attempt to prompt a consideration of how the things of this world have so captured our minds and hearts (perhaps especially of those who are dying) that we can not see the glory of the eternal. Even the dying need to be encouraged to let go of "this life" for indeed it will be taken from them. The better question is are they the ones for whom God has prepared a place? The place (heaven)is a sure thing - their faith is perhaps not. Telling a person what heaven is like imo is inappropriate if they have no hope of being there when they leave this earth. Jesus called us to REPENT - repent because the "wages of sin is death - eternal separation from God. Heaven is where God is - that should be enough for any believer. Encouraging for the dying should be to focus their attention on the peace they have or can have with God through Christ. Faith alone, nothing that they do will bring this and that is all they need to face the door to eternity. Those who die without peace are to be most pitied; for no Jesus, no peace. My two cents. Blessings, mommapbs |