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God has designed and built heaven. His rules will apply. You don’t get to pick and chose what you like. Many people will not want to live there. The alternative place is hell.


8 posted on 07/28/2020 9:27:42 AM PDT by alternatives?
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To: alternatives?
His rules will apply. You don’t get to pick and chose what you like. Many people will not want to live there.

This is the point, I think. When we are in our resurrection bodies, there are no desires of the flesh so sins related to that are no longer relevant. There are no needs of the body for food or shelter, which is where the desire for money comes from, so there are no sins related to want or greed. In the presence of God we will understand his true will and so sins arising from imperfect understanding of his will (i.e. imperfect doctrine in whatever church you follow) are no longer relevant.

All that is left are sins of rebellion. Sins where you decide your judgment on what is and isn't sinful is more correct than God's. So if you declare "Homosexuality is just as good as heterosexuality, and if you don't agree then . . . then I don't want to be there." You'll get your wish. If you think it won't be Heaven unless you have more gold or fancier clothes or whatever than someone else . . . then you don't want to be there.

Rebellion is the one unpardonable sin, since it is the one that remains after all the needs of the body become irrelevant. It's what got Lucifer thrown out of Heaven. All we need to do (Acts 16:30) is believe in Jesus as Lord (that is, not rebel against him as Lord, believing that His will is better than what we might choose on our own), and in our resurrection bodies, we can be compatible with the perfect Holiness of God.

Of course, all our past sins have to be addressed for God to be just. Thankfully, that price has already been paid.
14 posted on 07/28/2020 10:04:23 AM PDT by Phlyer
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