Bob the Unbeliever
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Obviously God did not want robots or the world would not be the way it is with all the wrong choices apart fron His will and the sad, destructive consequences on display. But real love involves choice and that is what God has allowed each of us to have. Those in heaven, as I said already, made the choice to be there and love God. The moment one trust Jesus and is born again the transformation process begins and never ends until one is in eternity. One who knows the love of God and desires to be changed into the image of Christ will have no desire to ever choose anything other.Yet, I think heaven will be filled with endless opportunities for healthy, creative, adventurous, choices which have nothing to do with sin or self-centeredness.
But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord. 2 Corinthians 3:18
And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified. Romans 8:28-30
Well. NONE of what you just stated? Addresses the conundrum:
What happens to people who end up in heaven, but remember their closest loved ones, who are nowhere to be found in "paradise"?
Hmmm?