I believe there are a number of instances where Jesus actually was not recognized, weren’t there? For example, there is the walk to Emmaus. I have always wondered about that.......
Three women die together in an accident and go to heaven. When they get there, St. Peter says, “We only have one rule here in heaven: don’t step on the ducks!”
So they enter heaven, and sure enough, there are ducks all over the place. It is almost impossible not to step on a duck, and although they try their best to avoid them, the first woman accidentally steps on one. Along comes St. Peter with the ugliest man she ever saw.
St. Peter chains them together and says, “Your punishment for stepping on a duck is to spend eternity chained to this ugly man!”
The next day, the second woman steps accidentally on a duck and along comes St. Peter, who doesn’t miss a thing. With him is another extremely ugly man. He chains them together with the same admonishment as for the first woman.
The third woman has observed all this and, not wanting to be chained for all eternity to an ugly man, is very, VERY careful where she steps.
She manages to go months without stepping on any ducks, but one day St. Peter comes up to her with the most handsome man she has ever laid eyes on – very tall, long eyelashes, muscular, and thin.
St. Peter chains them together without saying a word.
The happy woman says, “I wonder what I did to deserve being chained to you for all of eternity?”
The guy says, “I don’t know about you, but I stepped on a duck!”
I think all of them need to delve into their Bibles a little more deeply. Our souls are eternal, our bodies are not. In Heaven the ‘body’ we have will be exactly what God wants us to have and His idea of perfection. Tha’s good enough for me.
And no, there aren’t going to be heavenly rewards for marathon running.
Anyone who thinks they will appear before any Pearly Gates or before God in the body they have now are dreaming..
We will have no need for earthly bodies in heaven.
Heh. Silly first-world worries about the afterlife. Will I be fat in Heaven? Will I be the old or young version of me? Will I still be able to see the Cowboys game? Will Heaven have buffalo wings? Medium-rare steak?
My guess is that none of it matters and we’re just not bright enough to understand ... though I can’t imagine a Heaven without steak.
SnakeDoc
In heaven you spend all day (there are no nights) on a bright, hot, sunny beach, eating grilled hamburgers made from frozen, pre-formed patties with store-bought potato salad, cole slaw and chips, washed down with an endless supply of Milwaukee’s Best Light. You do this until you are sick of being an angel, then you get reincarnated and go another round.
Depends. Are there Twinkies in Heaven?
I expect that the sheer glory of being in the awesome, unspeakable presence of our Creator - the One who spoke everything into existence - will be sufficient.
People with humanistic views of heaven, like the ones in this article, make themselves and their own ego the focus of Heaven.
God Himself is the focus of all souls in Heaven, nothing else.
When my middle child died, my oldest asked me if we’d recognize her in Heaven and be able to be together. I told her I didn’t know for sure, but I didn’t expect so. Anything less than the glory of God as sole focus of Heaven wouldn’t make it Heaven, in my opinion.
No, if she gets into heaven, everything will be perfect for her. So she will not be fat.
If Jesus keeps the marks of His Crucifixion after his Ascension into Heaven, it is because He chooses to do so. They are signs not only of His suffering, but also of His loving willingness to die for our salvation. And they are signs of His triumph over sin and death.
We know from the story of Thomas and the Apostles that He kept his wounds after rising from the tomb on Easter. We don’t necessarily know for certain if He kept his wounds all the time, or only when He chose to display them, if I understand correctly.
Less, of course, American women have de-evolved to think like the Islamist who believe shaking an infidel hand or using his comb will make your penis fall off
“Do these wings make me look fat?”
Well, no. The heat from the fires will melt it right off, sweetie.
Fat and happy!
You stay fat, but gravity is 1/6th that of earth.
LOL. Fat, old, ugly and bald in Heaven. With bad arthritis and half senile. What a way to go through eternity!