I was on a blog. doing some reading and came across this and thought it was good. The guy writing this is named Adam Ellis and he quotes from a guy named Rob Bell and his book "The velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith" He touches on several things in his blog but here is talking about Heaven and Hell
"No explanation of salvation would be complete without touching on the issues of Heaven and Hell. In Scripture, the afterlife is discussed as a reality. However, the main truth of Heaven appears to be less about people going there and more about Heaven coming here. As Rob Bell explains in Velvet Elvis: Repainting The Christian Faith, "For Jesus, heaven and hell were present realities. He talked very little about the life beyond this one because he understood that the life beyond this one is a continuation of the choices we make here and now. For Jesus, the question wasn't, how do I get into heaven? But how do I bring heaven here?" Jesus prayed to his Father "Your Kingdom come. Your will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven." Additionally, Paul, in Romans 8, seems to imply that creation itself has the same promise as the children of God. In short, the goal of God is not just the salvation of individual souls, but the salvation of the whole world.
As for individuals in relation to Heaven and Hell, Bell further explains, "And this reality extends beyond this life. Heaven is full of forgiven people. Hell is full of forgiven people. Heaven is full of people God loves, whom Jesus died for. Hell is full of people God loves, whom Jesus died for. The difference is how we choose to live, which story we choose to live in, which version of reality we trust. Ours or God"
Who's reaility are you trusting?
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