Ask Dr. Youssef: What will I experience in my resurrected body?

QUESTION:

“What will I experience in my resurrected body?”

ANSWER:

Before sin entered the world, Adam and Eve were accustomed to seeing God face to face in the Garden. They had fellowship with Him. They talked to Him. But after the Fall they hid from Him. Humanity would not have a direct experience with God again until the shekinah glory of God came from heaven in the person of Jesus Christ and dwelt among us for a time.

Today, we have a glimpse of what it is like to experience the presence of God because the Holy Spirit dwells in us. The Spirit guides us and comforts us and fills us with joy. But because of our fallen, un-resurrected state, our experience of God’s presence is limited and incomplete. In heaven, we will experience God in a way that is limitless, complete, and beyond our present comprehension. Once again, human beings will be able to walk with God in the cool of the day in the gardens of heaven. We will see Him face to face.

When we arrive in heaven and see the face of Jesus, all of the puzzlements of this life will be solved. All our present painful experiences will be transformed into heavenly delights. Our tears will become oceans of joy. Our pain will become clouds of endless beauty.

Here’s the most important question of all: If you were to die today, are you sure you would be in heaven? The blood of Jesus is your ticket to heaven. Apart from the blood of Jesus, you can never enter heaven, and you can never see the face of God.