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Heaven is being with God
By Jeremiah Wright
minister
For me, Dr. Samuel Proctor's definition of heaven says is best.
Dr. Proctor said (paraphrased) that after 1957, when the Russians put Sputnik into space, it disrupted concepts we had held onto since childhood. All our lives we had been taught that heaven was "up" and hell was "down." Sputnik taught us that there is no up or down in this universe!
We could no longer say "up in heaven" or "down in hell." So geographically, I don't know where heaven is anymore. What the years have taught me, however, and what I do know is that faith in Him who said "I go to prepare a place for you; and if I go..., I will come again and receive you unto myself; that where I am there you may be also."...Faith in Him means that wherever Jesus is, that is heaven!
Being in God's presence when this life is over means being in heaven.
The Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. served as pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, from 1972 to February of 2008.
By Jeremiah Wright |
March 23, 2010; 4:35 PM ET
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Posted by: cornbread_r2 | March 25, 2010 12:07 AM
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Heaven is where God is, where God is; is Heaven. Jesus is in Heaven at the right hand of the Father. Simply because Jesus is the Son of God. Rabid Atheists and Romanists can't understand this because they don't believe it. Soo simple without the need to being simplistic.
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Posted by: salero21 | March 24, 2010 12:57 PM
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Excellent piece, Reverend Wright. I've always wondered about the geography of the hereafter.
Posted by: ZZim | March 23, 2010 8:47 PM
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The Daystar Singers always look longingly into the klieg lights while they sing, so they seem pretty convinced that heaven is still up.
Also, if God's everywhere, how is it possible to ever not be where God is?