Hi, this is Pastor Roger Jimenez from Verity Baptist Church in Sacramento, California.
Today I'm making a video to answer the question, what age are people in heaven?
I recently made a video in which I answered the question,
do babies go to heaven when they die? And somebody asked an interesting question
in the notes section of that video and they asked, what age are people when they die?
And of course, when a baby dies, do they get to heaven and are they in the state of a baby?
Or when an elderly person dies, do they get to heaven and they are in the state
in which they died as an elderly person? I thought that was an interesting question to kind of
talk about and make a video about. And I want to start off by saying that, you know, the Bible
doesn't actually tell us the answer to this question. In Deuteronomy 29 and verse 29,
the Bible says this, the secret things belong unto the Lord our God, but those things which
are revealed belong unto us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.
There are some things that are secret things that we're not going to have the answer for,
but because of the fact that as believers, we are looking to that blessed hope,
I think we like to think about heaven and we like to dream about heaven. I thought that this would
be a fun video to make, not to be dogmatic, but just to give my opinion about the age of people
in heaven. Let me also say this, that I think the more accurate question would be, what age do
people appear in heaven? Because we know that we're going to be with God for all of eternity
and age will be irrelevant. What we're wondering about is how are people going to look when they
get to heaven? And my personal opinion, and I want to be clear that this is just my opinion,
is that when we get to heaven, we're going to look like an adult. And if I had to take a specific
guess, I would say we will look the way we look in our early thirties. The reason for that is
because of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Bible tells us in Luke chapter three and verse 23,
when Jesus began his ministry, it says, and Jesus himself began to be about 30 years of age. And of
course we know that a few years later, Jesus ascended up to heaven in his body as someone in
their early thirties. So because of that reason, I personally believe that when we get to heaven,
no matter what age you were when you died, whether you were a baby or whether you were an elderly
person, that when you get there, you're probably going to look like someone in their early thirties.
Just some other thoughts that kind of go with that is Adam and Eve. When God created Adam and
Eve, we're not told what age they looked, but they do seem to be in an adult state. Of course, God
married them and he told them to be fruitful and multiply. So they seem to be in adult bodies.
If I had to take a guess, I would say that Adam probably appeared to be a 30 year old man because
of the fact that Jesus is actually referred to as the last Adam in first Corinthians 1545. Now,
if you would have talked to Adam the day after his creation, he would have been one day old,
but he would have appeared, in my opinion, as a grown man, someone who's 30 years old.
Something else to think about in regards to that is the fact that Elijah and Enoch,
these were both men that were caught up to heaven that did not see death. And this happened to them
when they were in an adult state. So because of that reason, I think that we're probably
going to get to heaven and look like a grown up, look like the 30 year old version of you.
And of course, I'm not dogmatic about that. I don't think the Bible really tells us the answer
to that question, but those are just my thoughts. And I think, like I said, this is kind of a fun
subject. So if you've got some insight, maybe some verses I'm not thinking about that either agree
with my thoughts on it, or even disagree with my thoughts on it, I'd love to see your thoughts in
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