The Question of Heaven

First off, these are just ideas to think about. Vague ideas of my own thoughts trying to grasp the idea of Heaven, and is loosely based on the bible. It's just how I look at heaven.

I've heard many different oppinions about God's dwelling, and our home in eternity. This blog is not to argue or differentiate between heaven and hell, but to focus on what is God's dwelling, where is it? Where is ours? Will we have physical bodies? Will we have memory? Will we be capable of sin? Is God capable of sin? All questions such as these deserve adequate answers, and honestly, sometimes by asking them and having no reply is adequate enough. Heaven to me in one word can be described as unfathomable.

The most recent disturbing point of view on heaven I've heard was in a sermon 2 Sundays ago. Our minister made a point of having physical bodies in Heaven, and this idea of spiritual bodies is based on Greek mythology. While I respected this idea, I didn't agree withhim setting it in stone. Saying that people becoming spiritual beings in eternity is 'unbiblical' because it isn't clearly defined by the bible. He pulled scripture out of context to prove his point. Scripture that related dead bodies to sin, and that God would revive us through the blood of Jesus, he said that was our resurection of our bodies into heaven. I disagree, I believe it is a totally Earthly idea of having a body. And here is why:
Heaven is a refuge form the sin and struggles of the world. Our bodies are accustomed to addiction, lust, and in essence, they prevoke us into sin. If we have a constant desire of our physical bodies compelling us to sin, how will anyone ever be in peace for eternity?

I also dislike hearing the argument of God 'changing' because I believe God is always true, always just, never wavering to the left or to the right. I don't honestly believe in one day that Jesus will return to earth. How could I not believe this, the second coming is clearly defined in the bible! right? Well, just as the first century people believed in an earthly king based on the prophecies, which is a legitamate conclusion, I believe that we misinterperate the prophesies of the second coming of Christ. Then what do I believe? I believe that just as God has no clear begining, or end, and that he is in eternity, the only way I can understand that is by the possibility that just as gravity doesn't apply to God, neither does time. If he can stop time for an Old Testemate battle, doesn't that mean he manipulates time? So if God is not limited by time, would he begin and end, or would he just be? I believe that when we die, time disappears. Earth goes on, but in a way it will already be over. Not that we're predestined, but that Heaven is seperate from earth, they don't exist coincidinly. They don't share a timeframe. Earth is limited to time, Heaven just is. -again, I don't base my faith on this, I only looked into the reasoning and came out with the only logical explanation to me, and ran with it.

Memories. I've never heard it question, as far as I know, I'm the only one to question whether or not we will have memories. In my younger years I used to fear people in heaven that would look down on me and watch me sin. Or the people I love hearing God call out a list of embarassing sins I had commited while alive that I must answer for. This frightened me terribly. I didn't want the people I love to know how I had 'betrayed' them. Thus I wondered if we would remember our lives on earth, if they would exist at all?
In Jesus' parable of the rich man and Lazarus, it eluded to the idea of physical bodies, and memories, even consciousness of an earthly world, along with communication between Heaven and Hell. But, Jesus also eluded a seed to faith. A harvest to people. A fruit bearing vine to the Church. In that respect I am drawn to think maybe, just maybe, Jesus wasn't being litteral but practical in a way to make us understand. He watered down all that he said so we could try to grasp the concepts and yet we still find ourselves struggling to truly understand.
What I'm leading up to is that the only way to be absolutely right about the question of Heaven, is to take the stand of knowing that you don't know. Saying, "I just don't know." it's humble it's, as some would say, ignorant, and foolish. But, after all, it doesn't matter what we do in eternity, or what we do on earth. Surely it's the manner inwhich we go about doin them.