Dear Blain, I dont want to ignore that every body of us has his own relationship with the Lord, Yes and the Lord is useing us in different ways and according he has made us. This why we find the description from Paul with the church like a body.
But it is a different to believe everything what others are saying ore claiming. In my nearly 30 years as christian i found that
I only can trust the word of God and what he is saying through that. But i made also the experience that i can not trust everything what people tell me. Including what christians are telling me.
From the scripture I do not see an encouragement to believe that God is takeing people spirituell ore physcically into heaven. Except the people which are mentioned into the bible.
So if somebody is telling me he was in heaven and talked there with Jesus and walked around with him I have a good reason for doubting it. The thing is, nobody can proof it. So as any personell experiences we have with the Lord, nobody can proof. When somebody claime that God has spoken to him, then others have to believe it ore not.
I met people who used this for to give their point of view an authority so that nobody can say anything against it. For me a reason not to trust this person.
So dont mind mind when I dont believe that we can have experiences in heaven. Doesnt matter how many people claim, they have been there. Because the word of God is not supporting this for us who follow him, before the time.
But it is a different to believe everything what others are saying ore claiming. In my nearly 30 years as christian i found that
I only can trust the word of God and what he is saying through that. But i made also the experience that i can not trust everything what people tell me. Including what christians are telling me.
From the scripture I do not see an encouragement to believe that God is takeing people spirituell ore physcically into heaven. Except the people which are mentioned into the bible.
So if somebody is telling me he was in heaven and talked there with Jesus and walked around with him I have a good reason for doubting it. The thing is, nobody can proof it. So as any personell experiences we have with the Lord, nobody can proof. When somebody claime that God has spoken to him, then others have to believe it ore not.
I met people who used this for to give their point of view an authority so that nobody can say anything against it. For me a reason not to trust this person.
So dont mind mind when I dont believe that we can have experiences in heaven. Doesnt matter how many people claim, they have been there. Because the word of God is not supporting this for us who follow him, before the time.