5 Questions I’ll Ask God When I Get to Heaven
I’m not saying these will be my top five or even my first five because I still have a lot of life to live, and I’m certain more will come up, but I will definitely ask these five (and these are the odds I’m laying on the answers), in no particular order:
What’s up with the six days of creation? Who’s right? (old-Earth creationists-4:1, young-Earth creationists-15:1, other-5:1.)
Who is Melchizedek? (Jesus pre-incarnate-2:1; someone else-7.5:1)
Who really wrote Hebrews? And why was it such a big secret? I have my own ideas, but I don’t know if I’d bet money on them. (Paul-3:2, Luke-4:1; other 2:1)
Who or what were the nephilim? (Angel-human hybrids/mixed breeds-4:1; entirely human-4:1; entirely non-human-13:1; other-5:1)
Is there really a Bible code? (Yes, the code guys are right on-11:1; No, of course not, you guys are nuts-7:1; Yes, there is a code, but you guys are nuts anyway and haven’t figured it out yet-Even).
Seriously, I believe that when we get there, we’ll just know, or we won’t care about those things.
Jeff
I kind of agree. I don’t think we’ll be omniscient, but I think we will understand a lot more. But, I also think we could spend an eternity studying out scripture and still not know it all.
What are your odds on the Nephilim being Neanderthals? Not entirely human, not entirely non-human… or is that “other”? And does “other” include aliens from outer space?
I guess I could have included aliens as a separate category. Neanderthals is also a possibility which I have heard, but I didn’t think to include it. As my wife would undoubtedly attest, I do not discount the possibility of aliens (not at all), but I would incline toward Neanderthals before aliens in this case. If I had to lay odds, why not 4:1 also? It’s just as likely as the other two.
Good Qs. It would be nice to have a definitive answer. I think we’ll probably just know…Hmmm, but since there seems to be a certain pleasure in learning things for some wired like that…maybe some angels or older saints will give Old Earth Age 101 classes. I guess we’ll have to wait and see. And not much longer too
I’ll be first in line to sign up for anything Paul is teaching.
What if you get to heaven and all God asks you ‘Calvin or Barth?’ saying that the rest simply just doesn’t matter?
Why must everything be either/or? Why not take the best of both worlds? However, if I had to choose, then Barth because he really got it:
“It may be that when the angels go about their task of praising God, they play only Bach. I am sure, however, that when they are together en famille they play Mozart and that then too our dear Lord listens with special pleasure.”
Great post! I wondered out loud in our discipleship class the other night “what happens to our memories of lost friends and loved ones when they are not in the new creation?”
There you go, #6.
Lopez, you got my dander up with this one… here’s a few more:
1. Just how much time in the “pre-Adamite” world is between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:3? Creationism museums are nice, but man, a brother wants answers.
2. So, if repentance is key to gaining access into heaven, will Judas have a mansion in a corner… somewhere?
3. I’m so with you on the Bible code. Moreover, I want to know when and why this country had to lose focus of King Hammaurabi’s codex? Just sayin’.
4. MEMO to Samson: A man’s hair should never be that important.
5. Why can’t Paul mix in a comma in Ephesians 1. Read it… it’s one LONG paragraph. Or consider Esther 8:9. Woof.
6. Just how tall was the Tower of Babel anyway? And why can’t people sustainable buildings like that these days?
7. It’s been said the Bible can read aloud in 70 hours. Who’s THAT guy?!
8. Was Zacchaeus truly vertically challenged or just surrounded by an early Church basketball team?
9. Who are the mysterious “two men” of the Book of Revelation… and do they know what the hubbub is all about?
10. Adam arguably named all the animals, as he had dominion. However, it seems the only creature God named was the whale in Gen. 1:21. Why?
Things that make you go “Hmmmmm.”
I’m glad I could be of service. It was probably just a boring Saturday for you anyway, so you needed your dander up I would imagine. Great list.