Talking Heads, "Heaven"

One of the most successful New Wave bands from the seventies was Talking Heads. On their third album, "Fear of Music," appeared this song. Have a listen here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAa7J10D8Qw

People sure do have some weird notions about heaven. Many of those ideas of eternity are based on popular opinion and not on what little the Bible says.

We know that God lives in Heaven but what does he do there? He hears the prayers of all the righteous. When Solomon dedicated the temple, he prayed in 1 Kings 8:43 (Bible in Basic English), "Give ear in heaven your living-place, and give him his desire, whatever it may be; so that all the peoples of the earth may have knowledge of your name, worshipping you as do your people Israel, and that they may see that this house which I have put up is truly named by your name."

Heaven is also where all the nations are ruled, though Satan has been given power over the wicked. We read in 2 Chronicles 20:5 and 6 (BBE), "And Jehoshaphat took his place in the meeting of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord in front of the new open space, And said, 'O Lord, the God of our fathers, are you not God in heaven? are you not ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? and in your hands are power and strength so that no one is able to keep his place against you?'" The answer is obvious.

Prophecy also shows that God knows all things. As we read in Daniel 2:27 and 28 (BBE), "Then Daniel said in answer to the king, 'No wise men, or users of secret arts, or wonder-workers, or readers of signs, are able to make clear to the king the secret he is searching for; But there is a God in heaven, the unveiler of secrets, and he has given to King Nebuchadnezzar knowledge of what will take place in the last days. Your dreams and the visions of your head on your bed are these:'" Then he told him what they were.

As we know, that statue of various metals was a prediction of future kingdoms which all happened. And as heaven will be our home, we look forward to being with Almighty God where we'll be free from the nagging undertow of sin.

If Christ doesn't come for us by Monday, I hope to post about racism.