by Michael Davis

Created on: July 16, 2008

One Perspective:

"We will never have God's exhaustive knowledge of reality (in my judgment, not even in heaven)." John M. Frame, A Primer on Perspectivalism

This quote struck me as I read it. The article has nothing to do with explaining heaven, but it is simply mentioned in passing.

If we can never exhaust God's knowledge then we will be spending an eternity growing in our understanding but never fully comprehending it. We need not worry about this however.

If this is true, and I think that it is true, then our experience will always be ever increasing and never diminishing. But what will it be like? In a finite capacity we have experienced this very concept. What are the experiences we can look to for comparison?

Have you ever read a great book? It was so good that you could barely put it down; you could not wait to pick it up again. How did you feel when you finished it? What went through your mind as your eyes lighted upon the words: The End? "No! Where's the sequel?"

Then the lighthearted feeling diminishes. It melts away. We remember the book though; that is not something we will easily forget.

Have you ever seen a good movie? It is similar to a book, but it only has minutes to build up the mood before the climax and soon it is all over; and it usually does not even come close to what a book can elicit from us.

Have you ever been "in love?" You could not bear to be away from that person. No matter how long you were together it was never enough. You wanted to spend the rest of your life with that person; then you got married. Seriously, not being a cynic, marriage is great but it is hard work (or more specifically, a good marriage is hard work).

What I am saying is that we are bound by the "constrictions of time." Have you ever heard the maxim "All good things must come to an end."? All good things do come to an end; all things come to an end and oftentimes they change form. A good book ends where the next one begins. Your romantic interest becomes your lover. One phase of life ends so that another phase may take its place. But what of heaven?

Heaven is timeless and our experience there will not end. Being in heaven is beholding perfect love (Greek word "agape" ); not fully understanding it, but always growing in the experience of this love. It will be good; it shall not end. The good feeling will not go away; ever. That is eternity in heaven. Whatever God actually has for us (playing harps, making cloud castles, opening and closing gates for others, or living on the 'new earth'); whatever it is, it will not be dull or boring.

God has made us and He knows us. Jesus Christ is a man (though He is God). Heaven is going be good.

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