Here I am Send Me!

    First, please note that a detailed description of the specific blessings apart from eternal life and immortality, which awaits the resurrected ones in the heavenly realm is declared to be an impossibility or beyond the ability of the human mind to conceive. This is probably because the material and spirituals realms are so totally different that there are no equivalents that they exactly share in the sensory sense.


     So going into specific descriptions as if they were realities that await us in the resurrection would ignore this basic fact.

     Also, please note that while it is true that there are many different views concerning what heaven is like, there are certain limits that the Bible specifically places on how heaven itself, and those resurrected to live there, should be described.

    In short, some descriptions blatantly contradict the scriptural evidence. So this is definitely not a matter which is open to any and all interpretations, as some would have us believe. It is a very serious matter that is strictly limited by the scriptural evidence that has been clearly provided for us which describes both heaven and the specific reason why certain humans are resurrected there.

    Also, there are serious warnings against adding ideas to the Bible that should be heeded.

     Seeing that the Bible clearly admonishes us to be careful not to add nor to subtract from the things revealed biblically, great care should be taken not to do so lest we accidentally invoke the punishment that we are told will descend on those who ignore the warnings and dare to so.

     So there is absolutely nothing in this following story that contradicts what the Bible tells us about the purpose of people being resurrected to heaven.


     John Wanamaker, who had recently just died in a car accident in a head on collision with a sixteen wheeler on the Interstate Highway when he had fallen asleep at the wheel, suddenly found himself in heaven. Of course, he was glad to be in heaven and not at that other horrible place that many accuse God as having created specifically to torture people. Yet, even though he had been a regular churchgoer and should have known what to expect, he only had extremely vague hopes that his life would be a pleasant one in the heavenly realm but nothing more.

     In fact, pleasure was the main thing on his mind in relation to a heavenly life. He had read stories and watched films depicting heaven as a large diversified playground where all unsinful wishes were being constantly granted to resurrected humans whose only motivation while being in heaven seemed to be to want to play or otherwise be entertained. In short, God was depicted as this mindless, benevolent, all-powerful genie who rewarded loyalty with pleasures. So it came as a great shock to John when he was solemnly informed of his heavenly gubernatorial responsibilities.

     This happened during his orientation session when John suddenly found himself being led by two angels down this long white marbled corridor to this large white room with a white desk behind which a silver- haired full-bearded, tall man attired in what resembled a white toga adorned with twelve precious stones sat smiling while seated with his back to a large oval window where thick, white clouds were languidly drifting by. After the man had invited him to take a seat, the newest-arrival-orientation session began.

     “So John, how do you feel about having been given the privilege of being in heaven?” the man behind the desk said in a calm soothing voice that seemed to emanate more from his mind than form his lips which barely moved at all.

     “It is great! I really appreciate all my sins being forgiven and my being allowed to be here.”

     “Yes! True. Our Lord Jesus Christ made that possible for sinners such as you by paying the price for death with his own life. But do you really have any idea why you are here?”

     “To live the rest of eternity?”

     “True John. To live forever. But doing what?”

     At that question, john hesitated in responding, since he had never given the idea much thought. The church pastor had never delved into the subject. So he was really at loss-as to what to say. He didn’t want to sound stupid either. So he just opted to be honest.

     “Well, sir, to be absolutely honest, I really don’t know. Is it to have fun? You know, play, romp and have a good time enjoying the good things I have always wanted but couldn’t have when alive on Earth?”

     The man behind the desk smiled compassionately at John, and fully understood why he believed such things. Never having been provided with with any specific descriptions due to clergy irresponsibility, the Christians who were arriving in heaven after the first century of our common era, a time during which the great apostasy began to appear, were usually clueless about their eternal destiny despite the Bible clearly telling them what that destiny would be repeatedly in the book of Revelation and in the inspired letters written by the Apostle Paul.

     “Well, John, the reason you are here is to assist with the rulership of the Earth and of the rest of the spiritual and material universe with Christ.”

     At that john just sat wide-eyed as if struck with a mind-numbing electric bolt. Rule what? The Earth and the rest of the universe? the man had said. Who him? John? The tele marketer with only a high school education? Surely the man behind the desk must have been jesting.

    “Rule over what?” he asked after remaining silent for a long while attempting to digest the information he had just been handed.

     “Rule the Earth and the rest of the Universe John, as Co rulers with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.”

     Noticing how utterly disoriented john looked, the man behind the desk proceeded to patiently clarify

     “Yes John, we know how shocking this might seem to you. After all, on earth you were not a prominent person nor an intellectual. Neither was your formal education exceptional. But please note John, that here in heaven such things are not necessary because you are a new creature now, a creature far superior to any other presently on Earth. You are now an immortal, with intellectual capabilities far beyond any that anyone might have or ever has had on Earth John.

     “But I don’t feel different sir!” John responded.

    “True John, you don’t. That’s because you are essentially still you. The essence of who you are still identifies with your former limited self. But gradually, once you attain proper understanding, you will reorient until both personality and your present essence will merge into the glorious creature that you have now become. A glorified son of God who will be given administrative responsibilities over the Earth, to transform it into a global paradise as was originally intended, to assist in raising mankind to physical perfection as they were first created and to govern your assigned section of the visible universe in righteousness along with Christ. So no, you will not be merely an angel John.’ the man said as he perceived the question about angels enter John’s consciousness.

     “Far higher than the angels and vastly more powerful as well!”

     Here, let me provide you with the scriptural evidence that you were denied back on Earth, evidence which describes the judgmental authority powers and responsibilities that resurrected humans, such you are, are granted.


“Disobedient angels John. You will participate in their defeat at Armageddon and their ultimate destruction after their incarceration for a thousand years. “

John heard the man say.

Here are other scriptures that make reference to your glorious duties in the Heavenly Kingdom.



     So it is with the noble purpose to judge and to rule, that you have been resurrected to heaven, as is also the case for all those others who have preceded you and those who will follow you, John.

     Ah! Yes, true, here in heaven there also pleasures and relaxations. Of those blessings our God has also assured you. But such activities will be as a reward for faithful service via rulership of Earth and the rest of the universe which will be your primary responsibility and which must always be uppermost in your mind. So no, John, heaven is not primarily intended to be one large playground for resurrected humans. It is and has always been the seat of universal administration of both visible and the spiritual realms and you as a glorified human being are given the privilege of being one of its representatives via the resurrection.

    John suddenly realized just how misinformed he had been and being a man of a noble and obedient heart, he uttered these words.

     “Whatever my Lord and Savior wants me to do in his service, here I am. Send me!” upon that statement. his glorification was complete, and the gates of heaven were opened before him, revealing all of heaven’s splendors.