What is Heaven like?

Today I saw an article with an opinion I seem to hear quite often these days. Star of Biutiful and husband of Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem, said this:-

"Heaven must be nice, but is it too boring? Maybe you can get an apartment there and then go to hell for the weekends."

It is a shame how little the vast majority of the world know about Christianity in this age.

Revelation 21:4 - ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”

There will be no sadness in Heaven! The worst thing about this world, which has a lot of beautiful and wonderful things, is the sadness that seems to be all around us. Every day on the News I see people dying too young, people without basic needs, countries at war and injustice. Heaven will have NONE of that.

Revelation 22 goes on to describe Heaven as like a wedding, where Jesus is the groom and the Church as His bride. I think the happiest event you could go to is a wedding. All your friends are there, there is food and there is dancing & partying. I can see Heaven being like that!

Hell is described as a place of pain and mourning, the worst bit must be knowing it was so easy to go to Heaven and you missed out. A lack of God in people's lifes causes the sadness on earth today so I can't imagine how bad it is there.

Jesus described Heaven as paradise:-

Luke 23:43
Jesus answered him, “I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise.”
The very word paradise must come from there and to me it means a place of perfection and awe inspiring wonder. I am excited for Heaven!

Of course, that verse is Jesus answer to the thief who was being crucified by His side when the thief put his trust in Jesus and asked if He would remember him in His Kingdom. If you trust in Jesus and ask if He will remember you, you will get the same answer TONIGHT.