So, Why Is My Life HELL….

…if we all live in Heaven already?! That is, I am sure, the question to be answered by many after reading my recent blog posts (check them out here.) Good question, BUT “first things first” as they say!

To reiterate: we do live in Heaven (actually “the heavens”), because the most basic and fundamental view of heaven is that it is wherever good relationships, peace, joy and happiness are abiding (whether with persons, or creation), and most of us are at least somewhat aware that some of that is going on right here on earth – even if not in our own household, right?!…

…BUT, more importantly, the Revelation of Jesus Christ, the Son of the Triune God, is challenging us at every level to reconsider and take seriously the fact that all things and persons are in Union with the One and Only Relational God in Him! (See my friend, Pastor Jonathan Stepp, and his succinct and clear article about the Union you have with God in Jesus right here, and my friend Dr. Baxter Kruger’s article here). That is what I am on about in almost every one of the posts on this blog, and I do the same on another site called The Adopted Life that you can find right here! The union Christ has with everything is humanity’s Good News and what we Christians are supposed to mean when we say believe and teach the Gospel, or Good News, of Jesus Christ (Col 1:15-20!)

All of this points to why those who embrace the Jesus Christ Who is the Son of the One Relational Triune God in 3 Persons can say with a concrete certainty that,

“Heaven, and “THE HEAVENS”, is the Relationship that the Father shares with the Divine/Human Son in the Spirit EVERYWHERE (and of which humanity and creation are NOW a permanent part in Jesus- 2 Cor 5:14, Eph 2:4!!!)”

So, putting all of these thoughts together in the context of the question we are asking in today’s blog post, one reason your life may be hell is because you ARE in Heaven! In other words, because Heaven and Good are the main things you know deep in your soul (see this article), you know hell ONLY because you know heaven so well! Another way of putting this is the way that writer and theologian C.S. Lewis put it. He wrote in Chapter 7 of his book “Mere Christianity” that ”badness, is only spoiled goodness.” Right on Clive Staples Lewis!!!

The Father, Son and Spirit are Good and have only created Good, in line with God’s Eternal Character (Gen 1:1-31, Mark 10: 17-18, Luke 18:18-19!), so if you are experiencing something other than good it can ONLY be because the good permeating your life is being twisted, perverted or misinterpreted. it can’t be that good isn’t in, with or near you!!!

This is why as Christians we MUST, and DO, speak about the subjects of Hell, Sin, Revelation, Prophecy, Reconciliation, Distinction, Faith, Repentance, Evil Creatures, etc. It is important to know that NONE of these teachings (nor our understanding or lack of understanding them) keep us from being adopted and included in the life of Triune God! We are in HIM, permanently, in Jesus by Grace (John 14:20, Eph 2:8-10!) 

However, these teachings DO help us understand that as Good as Triune God is, and as Good as we are in Him, some illusions and lies have crept into our distinct lives and keep us from Experiencing Heaven for what it REALLY is – something that is ours eternally and presently in Jesus, Who does not change (Hebrews 13:5-8!!!)

On future blog posts I will begin trying to help broaden your mind on these important biblical teachings in the Light of Who Jesus Christ is as He is experienced in our personal lives and relationships.

Meanwhile, if you would like to read a more thorough article on why it is possible to experience GREAT hell, right here in heaven on earth, you can find an article I wrote about it here! It is located in the article entitled, ”Objections to the Gospel, part 3“.