Trying to put concrete and understandable ideas about heaven before people can be a very difficult task. How can we talk about what we have not seen? The scripture does give us some very clear images however. One of the clear images I find is in the fourth and fifth chapters of the book of Revelation. Heaven will be about praise and worship. I hear the voices of all of creation saying: "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come." I hear the voice of humanity shouting to God "You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being." And then to Jesus they cry out in a loud voice "Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!"
Have you ever been to a huge gathering (thousands) where people are singing songs and choruses of praise? It can be a glorious experience - joining your voice in praise with thousands.There are moments in church when we are singing praises when I lose myself in praise and it gives me just a glimpse of what heaven will be like. Heaven is a wonderful place.
I invite you to click on the link below for an exciting video of flash mob praise.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXh7JR9oKVE
We were talking about this last night with our Prodigal God group as it relates to the feast and what that might mean for us. Some of us chose to focus on Isaiah 25:6 On this mountain the LORD Almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples, a banquet of aged wine—the best of meats and the finest of wines.
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