The Heaven Answer Book

In Heaven, God observed a day of rest after creat ing the world in six days—but nothing in the Scriptures indicates He took a day of rest because He was tired. When we receive our Heavenly bodies, we will also work and not grow weary. And we will have rest; the Bible says that “they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them” (Revelation 14:13). God placed Adam in the Garden of Eden in perfect conditions and told him “to work it and take care of it” (Genesis 2:15). When God created the animals, He brought them to Adam to “see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name” (Genesis 2:19). If God gave man pleasurable work on earth in the beginning, then the same will be true in Heaven. There will be no drudgery in Heaven. Heaven is a place of service, and those who are going there long to hear Him say, “Well done, good and faith ful servant . . . Enter into the joy of your lord” (Matthew 25:21 nkjv ).

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