Forget most of what you think the reality of this present world is. What God's Word reveals about a previous world earth age, and a future world earth age, and the two different dimensions of existence, should become central to how you understand true reality.
If one's little existence in just this present flesh world is all one can think about, then that means living in a false bubble of reality, a reality of being 'self-absorbed' and 'self-centered'.
I find that when speaking with many Christian brethren about the reality of the heavenly in Christ's future Salvation, they most often still think of it as being like a life in the flesh of this present world, and that even though God's Word declares that this present world is ordained to be destroyed by fire, and that we will be changed to the "spiritual body" type...
1 Cor 15:48-50
48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
KJV
That "image of the earthy" is about our outward flesh image of this present world. But that "image of the heavenly" is about our heavenly image body in that other dimension of Spirit. And do remember that in John 3 Lord Jesus contrasted the two separate dimensions of flesh vs. Spirit.
So how could Apostle Paul above claim that 'flesh and blood' cannot inherit the future kingdom of God? especially since God through His Old Testament prophets revealed that the meek shall inherit the earth, and that the saved shall build houses and plant vineyards in His future kingdom involving this earth? How will that work with that "image of the heavenly" type body Paul spoke of for God's future kingdom?
Some brethren wrongly think there won't be any more earth when God's future Kingdom comes, but to believe that they have to deny many Bible Scriptures to the contrary, especially the Old Testament prophets about Christ's future reign and Kingdom involving this earth, and even denial of the Revelation 5:10 verse about the future reign of Christ's elect on the earth.
How does that work then, having that "image of the heavenly" in God's future Kingdom and still being able to walk and live upon this earth?
If you are not yet understanding that future "image of the heavenly" condition of the world to come is about a totally separate dimension of existence other than this earthy material dimension, then you show you have not actually believed one of the foundation principles of The Bible, the fact that in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Hebrews 11:3 reveals the existence of the two separate dimensions of existence, and how it was that GOD created the material universe...
Heb 11:3
3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
KJV
That part in 'red' above is an idea even proven by scientific fact, that material matter can neither be created nor destroyed, that is, by us I mean. Material matter of the universe can only change its form (solid, liquid, gas, vapor). Only GOD created it, and only GOD can destroy it. But how does GOD relate to that material matter?
Since material matter cannot be created nor destroyed, it means matter did not... create itself. Something which is NOT material matter had to have created it, and that means it had to be something from another dimension other than matter. In God's Word, just what other dimension would that be? In John 4:24, he said that "God is a Spirit". There it is, the dimension of Spirit is that other dimension where the creation of material matter originated, when GOD spoke, and the material universe came into existence. Am I then talking parallel worlds here? No, more like parallel dimensions of existence, even the "image of the earthy" compared to the "image of the heavenly".
The above is what materialistic scientists do not understand, i.e., the existence of two separate dimensions of existence being the true reality. I find that many of my Christian brethren don't understand it either, when they should, because the idea of the two separate dimensions of existence is from God's Word, and is not simply opinion.
In Isaiah 45:18, God said He did not create the earth "in vain", but that He formed the earth to be inhabited (i.e., lived upon). That "in vain" KJV phrase is the same Hebrew word tohu translated "without form" in Genesis 1:2 and Jeremiah 4:23. God said He did not create the earth that way.
GOD reveals in His Word that the dimension of the heavenly is presently where His abode is, and of the angels. That dimension exists behind a type of veil to us, so we cannot see it, unless God shows it to us like He did with Isaiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel, etc. (see Isaiah 6; Ezekiel 1; Daniel 7:9).
Ecclesiastes 12:5-7, Matthew 10:28, Luke 16, 2 Corinthians 5, reveals that while we live on earth in this present material earthly dimension, our soul/spirit manifests in a flesh vehicle. And when our flesh body dies, we still have another body, one made of spirit that comes forth, eternal in the heavens, like Apostle Paul taught in 2 Cor.5.
All this means the Christian has no excuse to not understand about God's creation of the two separate dimensions of existence, and our relationship to them according to His Plan of Salvation through His Son Jesus Christ. Knowing His Word about this matter is paramount to understanding some of the events that are coming at the end of this world too.
If one's little existence in just this present flesh world is all one can think about, then that means living in a false bubble of reality, a reality of being 'self-absorbed' and 'self-centered'.
I find that when speaking with many Christian brethren about the reality of the heavenly in Christ's future Salvation, they most often still think of it as being like a life in the flesh of this present world, and that even though God's Word declares that this present world is ordained to be destroyed by fire, and that we will be changed to the "spiritual body" type...
1 Cor 15:48-50
48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
KJV
That "image of the earthy" is about our outward flesh image of this present world. But that "image of the heavenly" is about our heavenly image body in that other dimension of Spirit. And do remember that in John 3 Lord Jesus contrasted the two separate dimensions of flesh vs. Spirit.
So how could Apostle Paul above claim that 'flesh and blood' cannot inherit the future kingdom of God? especially since God through His Old Testament prophets revealed that the meek shall inherit the earth, and that the saved shall build houses and plant vineyards in His future kingdom involving this earth? How will that work with that "image of the heavenly" type body Paul spoke of for God's future kingdom?
Some brethren wrongly think there won't be any more earth when God's future Kingdom comes, but to believe that they have to deny many Bible Scriptures to the contrary, especially the Old Testament prophets about Christ's future reign and Kingdom involving this earth, and even denial of the Revelation 5:10 verse about the future reign of Christ's elect on the earth.
How does that work then, having that "image of the heavenly" in God's future Kingdom and still being able to walk and live upon this earth?
If you are not yet understanding that future "image of the heavenly" condition of the world to come is about a totally separate dimension of existence other than this earthy material dimension, then you show you have not actually believed one of the foundation principles of The Bible, the fact that in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Hebrews 11:3 reveals the existence of the two separate dimensions of existence, and how it was that GOD created the material universe...
Heb 11:3
3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
KJV
That part in 'red' above is an idea even proven by scientific fact, that material matter can neither be created nor destroyed, that is, by us I mean. Material matter of the universe can only change its form (solid, liquid, gas, vapor). Only GOD created it, and only GOD can destroy it. But how does GOD relate to that material matter?
Since material matter cannot be created nor destroyed, it means matter did not... create itself. Something which is NOT material matter had to have created it, and that means it had to be something from another dimension other than matter. In God's Word, just what other dimension would that be? In John 4:24, he said that "God is a Spirit". There it is, the dimension of Spirit is that other dimension where the creation of material matter originated, when GOD spoke, and the material universe came into existence. Am I then talking parallel worlds here? No, more like parallel dimensions of existence, even the "image of the earthy" compared to the "image of the heavenly".
The above is what materialistic scientists do not understand, i.e., the existence of two separate dimensions of existence being the true reality. I find that many of my Christian brethren don't understand it either, when they should, because the idea of the two separate dimensions of existence is from God's Word, and is not simply opinion.
In Isaiah 45:18, God said He did not create the earth "in vain", but that He formed the earth to be inhabited (i.e., lived upon). That "in vain" KJV phrase is the same Hebrew word tohu translated "without form" in Genesis 1:2 and Jeremiah 4:23. God said He did not create the earth that way.
GOD reveals in His Word that the dimension of the heavenly is presently where His abode is, and of the angels. That dimension exists behind a type of veil to us, so we cannot see it, unless God shows it to us like He did with Isaiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel, etc. (see Isaiah 6; Ezekiel 1; Daniel 7:9).
Ecclesiastes 12:5-7, Matthew 10:28, Luke 16, 2 Corinthians 5, reveals that while we live on earth in this present material earthly dimension, our soul/spirit manifests in a flesh vehicle. And when our flesh body dies, we still have another body, one made of spirit that comes forth, eternal in the heavens, like Apostle Paul taught in 2 Cor.5.
All this means the Christian has no excuse to not understand about God's creation of the two separate dimensions of existence, and our relationship to them according to His Plan of Salvation through His Son Jesus Christ. Knowing His Word about this matter is paramount to understanding some of the events that are coming at the end of this world too.