How can we describe colour to the blind or sound to the deaf? These things must be experienced for true appreciation. To those who are blind or deaf, colour and sound remain an academic concept. However, there are operations that enable a percentage of blind to see and deaf to hear.
Heaven is beyond our frame of reference. We are both blind and deaf to understanding the realities of ‘Eternity’. The Bible states very little of what Heaven is like. It says more of what is not there: no more tears, sickness, pain, sorrow, death... (Revelations 21:4). We can’t possibly imagine a place without these things.
In the Bible, God wastes little time describing a place we humans cannot comprehend (John 3:12). How can the inexpressible be explained to finite beings that have neither the senses nor capacity to understand? However, one day we will understand; all it takes is a terminal operation – death. For those who believed in Jesus Christ this operation has a 100% success rate – resurrection, (John 14:2-3).
It is natural to be nervous about death; no one likes the thought of an operation, but we should keep our mind on the glorious outcome: resurrection and the gaining of new senses in order to appreciate all the wonders of Heaven. For those in Christ, it will be a time of great celebration and amazing revelation.
But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.” 1 Corinthians 2: 9.
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