I wonder what it was like when David and Uriah met again, in heaven.
(Inspired by Jeff Shreve this morning, on afr)
King David directly arranged the murder of his trusted soldier, Uriah, to ‘cover up’ his sin of sleeping with Uriah’s wife.
Uriah never knew what happened—until he got to heaven ?
Hmmm.
Did God explain it to Uriah ?
Or, did God wait till David got to heaven, and let him explain ?
Or, does God erase our memories of sin when we get to heaven, like He erases the record of our sin now, when we repent ?
(That last one sounds more Biblical.)
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This would be a good example, a time to give a very serious caution, even a warning, about all the myriad of imaginations about heaven.
There are few topics that inspire speculation like thoughts of what we will do and think and remember when we get to heaven.
The one topic that exceeds creative ideas about heaven is invented ways to get there.
Whether we’re thinking about life in heaven or how to get there, there is only one source of facts, of truth, and it’s not from our mind.
From the fall of man, “every imagination of man’s heart is evil continually.”
People vigorously resist being told their ideas about heaven may be wrong—you can count on it.
If you want to know what you’re signing up for when you trust Jesus to forgive your sins and write your name in His heavenly Lamb’s Book of Life, then trust Him to tell you everything you need to know in His Book that we have here, the Bible.
If it’s in the Bible, you can take it to the bank, to heaven.
It it’s not in the Bible, you can know it’s someone’s imagination, even your own.
Don’t count on it.
Don’t put any weight on it.
Don’t put any faith in it.
Don’t depend on it, no matter how good it makes you feel.
Don’t take it in, not even a [harmless] bite.
“Eve saw that the tree was good food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and desirable to make one wise; she took of its fruit and ate.”
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