What age will we be in heaven? What are the heavenly crowns that we will receive in heaven? Is hell forever?
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Terry: PEOPLE HAVE A
LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENS TO US AFTER WE DIE.
IS THERE A REAL HEAVEN?
IS THERE A REAL HELL?
WE'RE GOING TO ANSWER SOME
OF THE E-MAIL QUESTIONS
NOW.
ALLISON SAYS, WHAT AGE WILL
WE BE IN HEAVEN?
Pat: THE BIBLE ISN'T
TOO EXPRESSIVE ABOUT THAT.
IT SAYS WE'LL BE LIKE THE
ANGELS, WHO ARE AGELESS.
IF WE HAVE A BODY, I PRESUME
IT WILL BE LIKE JESUS' BODY
AT THE RESURRECTION.
HE WAS 33 YEARS OLD.
I BELIEVE THAT THAT WOULD
MEAN OLD PEOPLE WOULD GET
YOUNGER, AND YOUNG PEOPLE
WILL GROW TO MATURITY.
Terry: FOR MOST PEOPLE,
THAT IS A REALLY ROBUST AGE
OF LIFE.
Pat: I'D BE HAPPY TO BE
AT THE AGE I AM RIGHT NOW.
Terry: I'M GOING FOR
35, ACTUALLY.
Pat: IF HE WANTS TO
MAKE ME 85, LIKE CALEB, WHO
SAID I'M AS STRONG NOW FOR
WAR AS I WAS WHEN I WAS 45.
WE'LL GO FOR IT.
THE BIBLE ISN'T TOO CLEAR
ABOUT IT.
Terry: SANDRA SAYS,
"WHAT ARE THE HEAVENLY
CROWNS THAT BELIEVERS CAN
RECEIVE IN HEAVEN?"
Pat: IT TALKS ABOUT
THRONES.
IT TALKS ABOUT THE SAINTS
WILL JUDGE THE ANGELS.
A CROWN IS A SYMBOL OF
AUTHORITY.
AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
AUTHORITY OVER ANGELS.
WE'LL HAVE AUTHORITY OVER
ELEMENTAL FORCES.
WHO KNOWS.
GOD MIGHT GIVE EACH ONE OF
US OUR OWN LITTLE PLANET.
I'M NOT SURE I WANT A
PLANET.
BUT IT IS A SYMBOL OF
AUTHORITY.
THAT'S WHAT A CROWN IS.
IT IS A SYMBOL OF
AUTHORITY.
WE WILL REIGN AND RULE WITH
JESUS CHRIST.
Terry: MARK SAYS, "I
RECENTLY HEARD A PASTOR
TALKING ABOUT HELL.
HE SAID HELL AND THE
SUFFERING THERE WOULD NOT
LAST FOREVER.
HE DID QUOTE QUITE A FEW
BIBLE VERSES THAT SAYS THOSE
IN HELL WILL NO LONGER
EXIST.
I'M CONFUSED.
I THOUGHT HELL WAS FOREVER.
IS IT?"
Pat: THE HELL I'M
FAMILIAR WITH GOES ON
FOREVER AND EVER.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT
PASTOR IS GETTING -- YOU CAN
FIND BIBLE VERSES TO UP HOLD
ALMOST ANYTHING YOU WANT TO,
BUT AS FAR AS I CAN TELL,
EVERLASTING LIFE IS
EVERLASTING, AND EVERLASTING
TORMENT IS EVERLASTING, AND
THAT'S WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS.