Imagine We can only desire what we imagine

Imagine. . .

We can only desire what we imagine. ALL our views of heaven are incorrect because none of them are good enough.

“While reason is the natural organ of truth; imagination is the organ of meaning” ~C. S. Lewis

I know that this man—whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, but God knows—was caught up to paradise and heard inexpressible things, things that no one is permitted to tell. ~II Corinthians 12: 3 -4

And the angel carried me away by the Spirit to a great, high mountain. He showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod down out of heaven from God. It was shining with the glory Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth. The first made of gold to measure the city, its gates, and its of God and was bright like a very expensive jewel, like a heaven and the first earth had disappeared, and wall. The city was built in a square , and its jasper, clear as crystal. The city had a great high wall there was no sea anymore. And I saw the holy length was equal to its width. The angel measured with twelve gates with twelve angels at the gates, and the city with the rod. The city was 1, 500 miles long, city, the new Jerusalem , coming down out of on each gate was written the name of one of the twelve 1, 500 miles wide, and 1, 500 miles high. The angel tribes of Israel. There were three gates on the east, three on heaven from God. It was prepared like a bride also measured the wall. It was 216 feet high, the north, three on the south, and three on the west. The dressed for her husband. . according to the human measurements, which the walls of the city were built on twelve foundation angel was using. stones, and on the stones were written the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

Imagine the culture of heaven “city”

“All the nations will bring their glory and honor into the city. ”

Imagine the residents of heaven

“Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and “I did not see a temple in the city. ” he will dwell with them. ” “For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God. ”

Imagine the security of heaven

“On no day will its gates ever be shut, for “Nothing impure will ever enter it. ” there will be no night there. ”

Imagine the beauty of heaven

The wall was made of jasper, and the city was made of pure gold, as pure as glass. The foundation stones of the city walls were decorated with every kind of jewel. The first foundation was jasper, the second was sapphire, the third was chalcedony, the fourth was emerald, the fifth was onyx, the sixth was carnelian, the seventh was chrysolite, the eighth was beryl, the ninth was topaz, the tenth was chrysoprase, the eleventh was jacinth, and the twelfth was amethyst. The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate having been made from a single pearl. And the street of the city was made of pure gold as clear as glass. ~Revelation 21: 18 -21

Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. No longer will there be any curse. ~Revelation 22: 1 -3

Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people Living for today. . .

“I have not even told you half of what I saw. ”

Our identity is not determined by our history, but by our destiny. Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at God’s right hand. Let heaven fill your thoughts, and do not think only about things down here on earth. ~Colossians 3: 1 -3 NLT

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