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The visited a secular book store a few days ago. They did have a "Christian books" section with a few Bibles.
It seems that book stores and libraries are becoming more and more scare these days. Everything is on the internet.
Still, I was surprised about the number of books claiming to be about people who died and then returned to life.
While we know a few things about the new Jerusalem, heaven itself remains much of a mystery.
When Paul was in Paradise, he said there were words (sounds?) there that a man is not permitted to speak of.
2 Cor 12:4; was caught up into Paradise and heard inexpressible words, which a man is not permitted to speak.
hen John was having the vision of Revelation, (much of this seemingly in heaven) he was told not to write down certain things.
Rev 10:4; When the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write. But I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Keep secret what the seven thunders said, and do not write it down.”
I have a read a few books like "The Shack", that I personally felt had just a lot of junk in them.
There is some debate about whether in Lazarus (with the rich man in Sheol) was actually Lazarus, Mary Magdalene's brother that died and was raised from the dead by Jesus.
But in any case, even that story doesn't really say anything about heaven. In fact God, the throne, and the lamb aren't mentioned anywhere in that story.
There is another thread I recently started here, about the "last day" resurrection, and do we immediately go to heaven. So far no one has replied to it.
But the point of all this is to say, has anyone ever really been to heaven? When people die now do they immediately go to heaven?
If the answer to either one (or both) of those questions is no... then all those books about what heaven is like are really just man made lies.
The other thing that strikes me about these books, is that it is funny no two of them give the same description of heaven, and certainly not the description the Bible seems to give.
It seems that book stores and libraries are becoming more and more scare these days. Everything is on the internet.
Still, I was surprised about the number of books claiming to be about people who died and then returned to life.
While we know a few things about the new Jerusalem, heaven itself remains much of a mystery.
When Paul was in Paradise, he said there were words (sounds?) there that a man is not permitted to speak of.
2 Cor 12:4; was caught up into Paradise and heard inexpressible words, which a man is not permitted to speak.
hen John was having the vision of Revelation, (much of this seemingly in heaven) he was told not to write down certain things.
Rev 10:4; When the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write. But I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Keep secret what the seven thunders said, and do not write it down.”
I have a read a few books like "The Shack", that I personally felt had just a lot of junk in them.
There is some debate about whether in Lazarus (with the rich man in Sheol) was actually Lazarus, Mary Magdalene's brother that died and was raised from the dead by Jesus.
But in any case, even that story doesn't really say anything about heaven. In fact God, the throne, and the lamb aren't mentioned anywhere in that story.
There is another thread I recently started here, about the "last day" resurrection, and do we immediately go to heaven. So far no one has replied to it.
But the point of all this is to say, has anyone ever really been to heaven? When people die now do they immediately go to heaven?
If the answer to either one (or both) of those questions is no... then all those books about what heaven is like are really just man made lies.
The other thing that strikes me about these books, is that it is funny no two of them give the same description of heaven, and certainly not the description the Bible seems to give.
