Is Heaven a Quiet Place?

"saying with a loud voice, 'Worthy is the Lamb'". (Rev. 5:12)

It is amazing to me that everyone says they want to go to heaven when they die. I haven't met anyone that genuinely said, "I prefer the alternative." But what is heaven really like? The old Christmas classic, "It's a Wonderful Life" says that every time we hear a bell ring, some angel has gotten their wings. The implication is that people who die and go to heaven eventually can become angels. But the Bible teaches that angels are created beings separate from humans, and that people never become gods or angels, or anything other than human.

Heaven must be a loud place. When John opened the windows of heaven in the Revelation and let us look in, he described the activity of heaven in Rev. 4 and 5. All around the throne of God are gathered the myriads of angels, which means huge numbers that are staggering. And all of the elders and saints, being the redeemed of all ages. So multitudes of angels and people, and they are all praising God. The sheer volume of people would create a loud chorus of praise, but our scripture above says they say with a "loud voice."

That is interesting to me because of what I sometimes hear in church. On one Sunday, one person came up and said the music was too loud today. And yet another asked, "Why have you turned the volume down, it seems we lost some energy." How can both be true on the same day? Have we forgotten it is not about us anyway? One person who complained of it being too loud one day was wearing hearing aids. Couldn't you just turn them down?

So if heaven is not a quiet place, are you going to put in for a transfer?