How old will you be in Heaven?

[Stonetree]

Is eternity a state of time extended infinitely into the future, or a state outside of time?

• Eternity
  In common usage, eternity is a term for an infinite amount of time that never ends. It can also refer to the quality of being everlasting or eternal. For example, you might say "They believed that sinners would spend eternity in hell". In classical philosophy, eternity is defined as something that is timeless or exists outside of time.

 

[dybmh]

If you die young and strong, will you eternally be young and strong when you get to Heaven? How about if you die when you're old and weak? WIll you eternally be old and weak in Heaven?

The individual soul will no longer be limited to a specific age.

 

[marriedmanoffaith]

Everything depends upon how God remembers you and possibly how people remember you though not necessarily. A Christian going to heaven expects God to remember the good not the bad. In ancient times the most important thing in many cultures is to be remembered, and this also was (and probably still is) important in Jewish culture. Most Jewish scripture to me seems to place a lot of import on being remembered, though this could be a turn of phrase referring to having children and not strictly memory. Whatever our interpretation of heaven, memory is important: what God remembers, possibly how we are remembered by people, too.

You can see that the Christian is strongly influenced by the Jewish though is not the same. Its just one interpretation of Christianity; but when something is not remembered it is truly gone and when remembered: not.

Even if you are talking about having a spiritual body etc there is still a lot about how God chooses to remember you. In most interpretations of Christ the memory of you is important. The following are poetic or lyrical passages, but in mystical religion they are relatively important:

[Job 24:20 KJV] 20 The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.​

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[Psa 136:23 KJV] 23 Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:​

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[Isa 65:17 KJV] 17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.​

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[Psa 109:15-16 KJV] 15 ... that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth. 16 Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart...​

I must say, this is a fascinating topic that intersects theology, psychology, and cultural history.

From my perspective, I believe that in Heaven, we will be perfected versions of ourselves, free from the physical limitations and ailments of our earthly bodies. This aligns with the concept of the resurrection of the body, where we expect to receive glorified bodies, not bound by age or infirmity.

But your mention of the importance of memory in Jewish and early Christian thought is quite astute. The passages you've cited from Job, Psalms, and Isaiah beautifully illustrate this point.

The idea that our eternal state might be influenced by how we are remembered – both by God and by others – is powerful. It speaks to the human need for legacy and the impact we have on the world and those around us.

That said, as Christians, we believe in God's infinite mercy and perfect knowledge. While human memory is fallible, God's is not. He sees us in our totality – our triumphs and failures, our youth and our old age. I believe He would remember us at our best, not limited by any particular moment in time.

The notion of being "forgotten" as a form of oblivion or punishment is a powerful metaphor, both psychologically and spiritually. It taps into our deep-seated fear of being insignificant or unloved.

In the end, Although these scriptural passages offer poetic and mystical insights, I lean towards the belief that our eternal state will be one of perfection, regardless of our age or condition at death. God's memory of us, I believe, is not static but encompasses our entire being and journey.

What are your thoughts on this? I'd be curious to hear how you reconcile these different perspectives.

 

[InChrist]

So if I currently see my deceased grandmother as an older, wiser, person that I've always looked up to, once in heaven, I will no longer see her as older, wiser, nor someone to be looked up to, but just equal to myself?

I don’t really know, so we’ll just have to wait and see. All I know is that in heaven everything will be perfect and all the damaging impact of the fall will be removed.

“The Bible does not specifically answer this question. Will babies and children who die still be babies and children in heaven? What about elderly people who die—do they remain elderly in heaven? Some have guessed that, at the resurrection, babies are given a body that is “fast-forwarded” to the “ideal age,” and those who die at an old age will have a body that is “re-wound” to the prime of life. If this is what happens, then no one in heaven will appear as a child awaiting development, and no one will appear as a centenarian.”

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