Dear Jesus, I Still Have Questions (Edition 2)
What did Heaven do without you and what is our relationship with angels?
Q4- Dear Jesus, what was Heaven like when you were absent for thirty-plus years?
Hi Jesus. According to many accounts I have read, your role in Heaven is often that of a greeter and, sometimes, a tour guide, particularly to those who will return to earth. You also maintain involvement in many “life reviews” of my friends when they visit.
In my case, you kind of played two roles. The first time, I couldn’t look at you, but you stood nearby. You spoke to me and then carried me back to earth. Awww. The second time, I kneeled and stood before you. Wow! You touched my hand and wrist, and spoke to me again. I felt so privileged to see the deep love in your eyes as we stood in the large meadow near the towering tree.
Then, you assigned me earthly work.
Just the week before, I had begged to return to Heaven, or to experience a Heaven dream. I missed you so.
I had no idea that you planned to honor that.
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In Randy Kay’s experience, the parts of the Trinity (Father, Son, HS) can manifest into each other’s forms in Heaven, or into any other form they want to. 1 So this raises questions—
Did God and Holy Spirit take turns “becoming” like you and working a double shift?
Did they get a sub?
Was it known to people there that you were away from your “norm” post for a while?
Did they understand that and know why you were on earth?
Apparently, when I research, it raises more questions.
As I study and pray, I hear this from you: Because the Lord is omnipresent and because we are three-in-one, I also remained in Heaven, even while living on earth.
“Am I only a God nearby,” declares the LORD, “and not a God far away? Who can hide in secret places so that I cannot see them? Do I not fill heaven and earth?” -Jeremiah 23:23–24
“…He is not far from any one of us. For in him we live and move and have our being.” -Acts 17:27–28
“The heavens, even the highest heaven, cannot contain you.” 1 Kings 8:27
Q5- Dear Jesus, what is our role/relationship with angels?
Hi Jesus, I understand from your scriptures and from other Heaven testimonies that angels look up to us. Huh? This challenged me. Why is it that we seem to revere angels? I suppose because they are otherworldly and supernatural. And, at times, they play a part in your miracles.
I Corinthians 6:2-3 says, “Or do you not know that the Lord’s people will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases? Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life!”
The word used for “angels” in 1 Corinthians is ἄγγελος angelos, which means: angel or messenger; can be human.
But what about Psalm 8:5-6? Is it contraindicated? David is speaking here of mankind when he says, “You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor. You made them rulers over the works of your hands...” And he then lists all the things (not people) that humans have authority over.
This passage does not contradict the other because the word for “angels” in Psalm 8 is not the same one we read in 1 Corinthians. This time, אֱלֹהִים ’ᵉlōhîm is used. It can mean angels, but according to BibleGateway and Strongs/BibleHub, it is primarily used as: God (plural of majesty: plural in form but singular in meaning, with a focus on great power); gods (true grammatical plural); any person characterized by greatness or power: mighty one, great one, judge.
When Jim Woodford experienced an 11-hour clinical death, he met his guardian angels. And one said, “James, man was created by the very breath of God. The light of God’s essence is in you. That light becomes tarnished with sin and turning away from God. But the light is still in you and all of mankind. When we bow to you, we are honoring the light of God in you.”
Jim then realizes, “I began to understand that these powerful, majestic beings were in awe of us—of mortal man. What moved him to bow to me was not anything about me…We are precious and unique beyond our mortal comprehension.” 2
Jesus, I have read your words in scripture, as well as other people’s Heaven experiences, and understand that although angels are incredibly special and unique beings, you created them to glorify you and assist us, to carry out important missions, to serve in Heaven, to become instruments of your glory, to demonstrate the supernatural realities of the world beyond, and to bring hope.
What a breathtaking testimony of your love! You didn’t leave us to walk this life alone or unprotected, but instead surrounded us with unseen guardians, encouragers, and helpers who carry your heart into our everyday moments.
With every message delivered, every battle waged, every comfort shown—we see your tenderness and care about every detail of our journey. Angels remind us that Heaven is not distant, and you are not passive—you are actively, lovingly involved in our lives, surrounding us with presence, protection, and purpose. And angels respond with loyal kindness, praise, servanthood, blessing, and respect. An example of true goodness for a wayward mankind.
Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation? Hebrews 1:14
NEXT TIME: Dear Jesus, do you still love Satan?
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Read Q1-Q3 in a previous post here
Dear Jesus, I Still Have Questions (Edition 1)
Welcome to a new series. Turns out, going to Heaven doesn’t answer all the questions after all (or at least all of Curious Julie’s questions). :-)
Great questions--and I love how you focus it back to how Jesus has every detail in His hands. Nothing escapes His watchful eye. Thanks, Julie.
Julie, what a refreshing blog! Thank you for raising questions we probably wonder about but don't seek the Lord to learn the answers. It is so impossible for me to imagine what it is like to be omniscient and omnipresent, and yet to offer a temple in Heaven where all can come and worship in person. Our Lord is wonderful!