1. We will live in mansions, crafted by the LORD. John 14:1-3.

14 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.


2. Our homes will be grown out of gemstones. Isaiah 54:12. Isaiah 60:17. So, likely the beams and rafters will be petrified wood, and the windows stain glass made out of Agate stone.

12 And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.

17 For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.


3. We will be married to Zion. And even consummate our marriage with the Land. Matthew 25:1-13. Isaiah 62:4. Isaiah 54:5. Psalm 27:4. Isaiah 60:22. And also be able to enquire of God anything we wish.

25 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.

3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:

4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.

7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.

8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.

9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.

10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.

11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.

12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.

13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

2 Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the Lord delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.

5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.

4One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple.

22 A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the Lord will hasten it in his time.


4. We will eat and drink. Revelation 19:20. John 4: 7 - 15. 

20 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.

7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.

8 (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)

9 Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.

10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

11 The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?

12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?

13 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:

14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

15 The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.


5. The city of Zion will be the as tall as the distance between the Earth and the Moon. Revelation 21:16. And there will be rivers, suburbs and pastoral land. And Mount Zion. Ezekiel 47:5. Revelation 22:2. Ezekiel 48:17. Ezekiel 48:18. Micah 4:1. Isaiah 2:2.

16 And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.

5 Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over.

2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

17 And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.

18 And the residue in length over against the oblation of the holy portion shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward: and it shall be over against the oblation of the holy portion; and the increase thereof shall be for food unto them that serve the city.

1 But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.

2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.


6.There will be no sin, idol, accusation nor death. Revelation 19:20 Revelation 20:10. Revelation 20:14 - 15

19. And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.


7. We will be at eternal rest, and cease from all our labors. Hebrews 4:11 Matthew 11:28 - 29. Revelation 14:3.

4 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.

28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.


29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

3 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.

It is a simple thing to understand, that much of what she says is true. But, the primary ethic cannot be simply what benefits me. There are things which would benefit me---I have an urge to make love, and it would make me satisfied if I could. But, without love, what is sex? Really, what is life without love? What is life without sharing, intimately, in someone else's success, fortune, wellbeing, even at some points sinking into obscurity with them, for no other sake than the fact that they need you?

There is also a matter of survival. Sometimes, our happiness comes at the expense of others'. If I nurture a love, have children, and then leave my wife on the whim that I now love some other woman, and I particularly am disinterested in my children, so I abandon them too---so I am happy? There are people like this. Albert Einstein was one of them, who left three people destitute, while he was given the whole world.

What is joy, without sacrificial love? What is life, without people who share it? There are times, many times, when commitment precedes a desired happenstance. There are times when someone needs you, and you cannot do the things you want to do. Wives, husbands, children---children sometimes have to make hard decisions, and care for their elderly parents. Parents sometimes have to give up hefty salaries, and give up dream vocations, so they can take care of their children or make their spouse, friends, family and parents happy (Which is a very important thing, too)..

If we all were independently happy, and not conditioned on the behaviors of our fellow man, this virtue of selfishness could be enacted. If we were essentially separated, and lived in isolation, with no one as our dependents, no one who loved us... can anyone survive for long being unloved?

If people were truly this rational, and self willed creature she determines, then the Stoics would be right, that happiness can be cultivated with much, or little. So her entire philosophy wouldn't really matter that much. If the mind cultivated all our faculties, and men were empowered by reason, then Religion would also be the highest ideal, not the lowest. As, if this life is my goal, and life is all there is, why not subdue everyone around me, for my own happiness? So long as I do not cheat, steal, or murder them... I simply live in a grey shadow, stringing them along, but keeping them all at a distance, never allowing them the satisfaction to love me? How empty and hollow would that life be? No, but rather, I could manufacture happiness on my own. Whether in poverty, or in wealth. Whether in sickness, or in health. This is not true, as we are social creatures. But, what would create the happiest being, is not the worldly success and fame and fortune. It is simple what makes us happy. Yes, exercising reason is happy, being occupied with work is happy, being satisfied with your fruits of labor is happy, but to live in isolation is not. And what do men need? They need other men, so therefore, as Ralph Waldo Emerson said, to live with other men, we must know also how to make them happy. And that is the role of Religion, is to suit us for fellowship with other men, and make us subject to God's will, which is not our own. For, if we make all other men miserable, in order to obtain our own happiness, then perhaps we are jubilant... there are such men in the world who possess entire worlds, where they are happy, while no one else is. Let me never be one of them.