Essay On Futureville

This session with Dr. Kramer has really caused me to really think deeper about my beliefs about heaven, and what it looks like. I have been introduced to an idea that I have never thought of, nor heard of. I had always grown up with the idea that when Jesus returned, that we would leave theses bodies and our spirits would go to heaven, or “evacuation theory”. I feel that I am not alone, and that there is a large population of Christians that would identify with similar beliefs, really I was unaware that people thought differently than that. The idea that heaven will look much more like our current Earth, and we will have our bodies, but it will all be perfect and as God intended it, was very intriguing to me. The more we explored Futureville
This gives meaning to any occupation, they all play a role, and we must all do our part to create things that are beautiful and that bring glory to God. In Futureville we learn that missionaries are not the only ones doing God’s will, and we all have a specific calling we are to follow. If we follow that calling, we are doing God’s will. When Jesus does return, we will all do everything perfectly and as God intended, something that is almost unfathomable. A world where everyone has the right intentions and does everything to the best of their ability working in complete harmony, the thought is quite amazing. So to say that, yes, we might be doing “work” in heaven is off-putting at first, but when you realize that it will be done perfectly and for God’s ultimate glory, it won’t seem like “work” as we know it. For our current situation, it means that we should attempt to achieve this harmony and this perfection until it occurs. We may never actually reach it, but it is our responsibility to, as Lewis Smedes says, “create some imperfect models of the good world to