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WHAT WILL IT BE LIKE TO LEARN IN HEAVEN?

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Could God impart knowledge so we immediately know things when we get to Heaven: Certainly. Adam and Eve didn't go to school. They were created, it appears, with an initial vocabulary. But Adam and Eve are the exceptions. Every other person has learned by experience and study, over time. And Adam and Eve were learners the rest of their lives. Nothing ever came automatically again. When we enter Heaven, we'll presumably begin with the knowledge we had at the time of our death. God may enhance our knowledge and will correct countless wrong perceptions. I imagine he'll reveal many new things to us, then set us on a course of continual learning, paralleling Adam and Eve's. Once we're in resurrection bodies with resurrected brains, our capacity to learn may increase. Perhaps angel guardians or loved ones already in Heaven will be assigned to tutor and orient us. We will also study. Martin Luther said, "If God had all the answers in his right hand, and the struggle...
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Reconnaissance in the Last Days

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  Soldier, consider this your official mission briefing. The spiritual battlefield is set, and the final engagements of the war between light and darkness are upon us. Every believer is called to a critical role in the fight against escalating spiritual warfare, as the enemy mobilizes at an unprecedented scale. Your assignment: Reconnaissance. Specifically, Spiritual Reconnaissance. First, let’s define reconnaissance. Reconnaissance in the military is the process of obtaining information about enemy forces. This includes information about the number of forces, positions, movements, etc. Spiritual reconnaissance is the practice of carefully examining Scripture and current events in tandem to “spy out”  how the final days are unfolding. Think of the Bible as the ultimate intelligence dossier provided by God. Within its pages, the Lord has revealed the enemy’s strategies and the road map of the future. Just as military scouts scout the battlefield, spiritual reconnaissance means ...
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