Believers will be active, busy, and purposeful in eternity — serving, ruling, and enjoying God's new creation with Christ.
Les Feldick teaches that heaven will not be a boring, passive existence of sitting on clouds and playing harps. Instead, eternity will be a place of intense activity where the kingdom economy continues into the new heaven and new earth, and believers will rule and serve with Christ forever.
Revelation 21:1 — Announces the new heaven and new earth that are the setting for the believer's eternal activity.
Revelation 21:4 — Describes the removal of death, sorrow, and pain, making the believer's eternal activity joyful rather than burdensome.
Revelation 20:4 — Shows the redeemed living and reigning with Christ, a pattern Les sees continuing into eternity.
Revelation 20:4 shows thrones and judgment given to those who live and reign with Christ a thousand years. Revelation 21:1 then moves the scene forward: "And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea." Revelation 21:4 adds the sorrow-free quality of that eternal state: "And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away." These verses picture the eternal setting as a renewed creation where the redeemed live and reign with Christ, free from the curse of the old order.
Les Feldick repeatedly says heaven will not be boring or monotonous. He remembers being afraid as a young person of sitting on a cloud strumming a harp and doing nothing but shouting praises — and he insists that while praise and worship will certainly be part of it, eternity will be a viable exercise and a place of intense activity. He says God's not going to have anything to do with idleness, so believers will be busy with tremendous activity that is glorious beyond comprehension. The old fear of a passive, harp-playing eternity is replaced by a picture of the millennial kingdom continuing into the new heaven and new earth. For the body of Christ, Les adds that believers will be heavenly, with responsibilities throughout God's new creation, ruling with Christ in the heavenlies — not for a thousand years but for eternity. He also connects rewards in this life to activity and responsibility in the kingdom.
No, according to Les Feldick. He says heaven will be quite the opposite of boring — it will be a place of intense activity and a viable exercise. The old image of sitting on a cloud and strumming a harp or only shouting 'holy, holy, holy' may be part of it, but it is not the whole picture. Believers will be busy and active, doing things even better than the best earthly joys like fishing, hunting, or pro football.
Les describes eternity as a time when you are going to be as busy as you can be, with all kinds of things to enjoy, because God is preparing pleasures evermore — pleasures as God defines them, not as the world does. He says the body of Christ will have responsibilities throughout God's new creation, perhaps even serving as garden plots for believers in the new universe, and believers will not be limited by time and space. He also says rewards for labor in this life will be compensated with activity and responsibility when Christ sets up His kingdom.
Les teaches that eternity will not be spent floating around on a cloud somewhere. Rather, the Old Testament promises of an everlasting kingdom and Christ ruling on the throne of David not for a thousand years but forever mean there has to be a continuation of the kingdom economy into the new heaven and new earth. The new earth will carry all the aspects of the thousand-year reign — animals, birds, and activity — into the eternal state.
What Happens When God's Wrath Replaces Grace — Revelation 9 & 11
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Heaven as Active, Not Boring
Les says the old picture of heaven as boring harp-playing is wrong; eternity will be a viable exercise and a place of intense activity, with praise as only part of it.
God Has No Place for Idleness
Les teaches that God will not allow idleness — believers will be busy and active, with something even better than fishing, hunting, or pro football.
God Has No Place for Idleness
Repeats the same teaching as Clip 2: heaven is a place of intense activity, and believers will be busy, not idle.
Eternity Continues the Kingdom Economy
Les says the new earth will be an extension of the kingdom economy, and believers will be busy with all kinds of things to enjoy because God is preparing pleasures evermore.
Heavenly Responsibilities for the Body of Christ
Les says the body of Christ will be heavenly, with responsibilities throughout God's new creation and will rule with Christ in the heavenlies for eternity, not bounded by time or space.
Rewards Become Activity and Responsibility
Les connects rewards for faithful labor in this life to future activity and responsibility, and he quotes Revelation 20:4 about reigning with Christ.
The Kingdom Continues into the Eternal State
Les says eternity is not floating on a cloud — the kingdom will continue forever with Christ ruling on the throne of David, so there must be a continuation of it.
Revelation 20:4: And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Les quotes this verse in Clip 6 to show the redeemed reigning with Christ, a pattern he sees continuing into eternity.
Revelation 21:1: And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
This is the new heaven and new earth Les repeatedly refers to as the place of eternal activity.
Revelation 21:4: And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
This shows the sorrow-free condition of the eternal state that Les describes as being without the problems and tribulations of the present life.
Les directly rejects this picture. While worship and praise will be part of eternity, he teaches that heaven will be a place of intense activity and believers will be busy with glorious, purposeful responsibilities.
Yes. Les says the body of Christ will be heavenly and will rule with Christ in the heavenlies — not for a limited time, but for eternity. He also quotes Revelation 20:4 about reigning with Christ.
Les says God's not going to have anything to do with idleness — the idle mind is the devil's workshop — and believers will be busy and active. This activity is a continuation of the kingdom's productive pattern in the new earth.
Watch the Teaching: What Happens When God's Wrath Replaces Grace — Revelation 9 & 11