10-21-2021, 06:43 PM
Being here on Earth should be a journey with the "afterlife" as our destination. Being a Christian, in my humble opinion, means living this life following, as Ed put it, in the footsteps of and the examples shown in the life of Jesus.
After I fall asleep in the Lord, I believe when next I open my eyes, I will be in Jesus' presence (whatever that means) when He returns. 1 Thess 4:13-18. Once He has gathered all of His children, a time will come when the Earth will be made new. Isaiah 65:7 Rev 21:1
Is Heaven an actual place or is it what is "not" of this world? I don't know. I DO know that God will be with us and we with Him. Rev 21:3
So, I live to be with Him. Maybe that is what a Christian is?
After I fall asleep in the Lord, I believe when next I open my eyes, I will be in Jesus' presence (whatever that means) when He returns. 1 Thess 4:13-18. Once He has gathered all of His children, a time will come when the Earth will be made new. Isaiah 65:7 Rev 21:1
Is Heaven an actual place or is it what is "not" of this world? I don't know. I DO know that God will be with us and we with Him. Rev 21:3
So, I live to be with Him. Maybe that is what a Christian is?