(John 16:22-23) "And ye now have therefore sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you. And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you." Years ago I recall Jimmy Swaggart singing a song entitled, "We'll Talk it Over in the Bye and Bye." That song was speaking of the time when we meet with our Lord and we'll be asking him questions over why we suffered some of the trials and tribulations that we experienced in this present life. Even though that song sounds nice the problem is that it's not scriptural. Jesus said in John's gospel that in that day we won't ask him anything. I've heard many religious people and Christians make the statement over the years there are some things they're going to ask the Lord when they get to Heaven. They're going to ask why the Lord allowed certain trials to transpire in their lives while they're on this earth. Those that aren't aware of that passage of scripture in John where Jesus said we won't ask him anything in that day of judgment will fall prey to the belief that they will be asking the Lord a litany of questions about the diverse trials they and their loved ones faced in this life.
In the light of John 16:23, why won't those who enter into Heaven's gates question the Lord about the cares and troubles in this life? The reason is because Heaven will be eternal bliss. There will be no sin, no pain, no death and no sorrow that will enter that land. The saints of God will be in Heaven praising Jesus, the Lamb of God. There won't be any time nor need to dwell on the trials that we didn't understand in this past life. Also, the saints of God will be adorned in a new, glorified body. These new glorified bodies won't have experienced the cares and trials that we faced in this present life. With the new immortal bodies, we'll be praising Jesus and adoring the lamb. All the things of this life will be irrelevant in the life to come. Once we see Jesus, we'll recognize that all the trials we faced in this life will be worth it after all. The things that matter to us now on this side of the grave won't matter on the other side. Isn't that wonderful? There'll be no cancer, no sickness nor disease, no corruption, no death, and no sin will inherit the Kingdom of Heaven.
Revelation 21:4 tells us that God shall wipe all our tears away in Heaven because there'll be no more death, no more pain, and no more troubles. The latter part of that verse says that the former things are passed away. Life as we know it now will no longer exist. Why would we need to know why God allowed "Mrs. Brown" to die with cancer on this earth and in the midst of her death she left a husband and two young children? On the other side of the grave it won't matter. All the trials, valleys, and cares of this life will be in the past tense. Those types of things may matter to us on this side of the grave but once we are adorned with our new glorified bodies, all the cares of this life will vanish. It will be irrelevant. When we're in the presence of Jesus we won't need to ask Him anything. Praise God.
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