[Dr. Eckleburg]

Deceased Christians are not alive in earthly terms. They are spiritually "alive" in heaven. And according to Scripture, it sounds like they're busy 24/7 praising God and glorifying His name.

To imagine saints in heaven interact with humans on earth is a position that leads to all sorts of errors and ultimately keeps men from seeking the only mediator between God and men, Christ Jesus.

It should be enough for us to know our loved ones are happy in the arms of the Lord. Like David, we are comforted by the fact we will see them again. We shouldn't be looking for more.

[Uri’el-2012]

t sounds like they're busy 24/7 praising God and glorifying His name.

Amen !

[Uri’el-2012]

NAsbU Revelation 19:6 Then I heard something like the voice of a
great multitude and like the sound of many waters and like the sound of
mighty peals of thunder,

saying,

"HalleluYah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns.

[xzins]

I am comforted knowing they are in the presence of the Lord.

I also know, DrE, that God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

“6:9 ...I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained. 10 They called out in a loud voice, “How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?” 11 Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and brothers who were to be killed as they had been was completed.”

“7:9 After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. “

“7:13 Then one of the elders asked me, “These in white robes—who are they, and where did they come from?” 14 I answered, “Sir, you know.” And he said, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 Therefore, “they are before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will spread his tent over them. 16 Never again will they hunger; never again will they thirst. The sun will not beat upon them, nor any scorching heat. 17 For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd; he will lead them to springs of living water. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”