mleku on Nostr: this is entirely true, as far as concerns this current earthly life, but it doesn't ...

this is entirely true, as far as concerns this current earthly life, but it doesn't address my curiosity about what happens after the end of the first life, or the change that happens after Judgement.

for a long time, i found these promises of heaven to be empty because it seemed like this would be some perfect completion from which there can be no further to see or do.

what we do now, both in our surrender to the Will of God, as well as our striving for purification, matter equally, as i don't think there is any conflict between Works and Mercy, nor do i think there is any limitation to what that can mean, especially after the Harvest of the first fruits.

to ignore the importance of the motivation as to why you would surrender, and strive to purify yourself, as having nothing to do with the goal of passing through the pearly gates into the second life that we are promised, and that you should not "worry" about that. i'm not worried! i want to hear more of the stories of what comes next. to me Eternity is not static perfection, but "leveling up" to the next phase where the limits of this current existence are lifted and we get to live in the fullness of expressing our divinity through the process of time, after our trial is over.