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When I'm awed by the beauty and design of created things, when I experience unselfish and unconditional love, when i laugh so hard it hurts, when i listen to good music,....
I catch a dim blurry glimpse.
Yeah because in the heaven they are imagining it is 100% charity, top to bottom. Everyone's needs and even wants are fully provided for. I don't think there are any time clocks in this heaven. Just endless bounty, freely given to all, no strings attached, to means testing, no gate-keeping. No artificially scarce leisure, because it's ALL leisure.
Odd that this is fine in heaven but a cause for pearl-clutching and slippery-slope concerns here in the real world. Probably because in heaven it is only the Worthy who will be present. In this life, we have to prevent the Unworthy from getting anything, the little stinkers!
Interesting perspective about heaven being viewed as a charity in this way. Didn't think of it being like that. In my house, these are called guests and they only last about 3 days.
Interesting perspective about heaven being viewed as a charity in this way. Didn't think of it being like that. In my house, these are called guests and they only last about 3 days.
Thanks for pointing out Mordant's post. I missed it but it brought up an interesting idea. In my sect, and maybe you we saw some of the same things, is there was a notion of earning salvation. So maybe they justify it by saying "I deserve it and others don't.". In my group they called it "right heart condition.". Underserved Grace was a reward.
As my husband is find of saying: Wish in one hand and crap in the other. See which hands fills up first.
Nice visual there!
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