When we get to heaven, how much will we under¬stand?

Question:
When we get to heaven, how much will we understand? Will there still be confusion? Is it Scriptural that we will continue to learn throughout eternity?

Answer:
First Corinthians 13:11, 12 tells us, “Then shall I know even as also I am known.” First John 3:2 says: “When He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is.” Revelation 21:6, 7 says, “I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be My son.”

The relationship between us as Father and sons will exist throughout eternity. We can’t possibly know all about God. He is the Creator and we are the created. His thoughts are far higher than our thoughts (Isaiah 55:8, 9). But God “reveals” many things to us by His Spirit (1 Corinthians 2:9, 10). “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” (Deuteronomy 29:29). By the Spirit of God indwelling the believer, he has the capacity to know all things (1 John 2:20, 27), and “there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed” (Matthew 10:26).
But what shall be revealed in the coming day in the glory? — “The glory of the Lord shall be revealed” (Isaiah 40:5; 1 Peter 4:13). Sin has kept His glory from being manifest on this earth, but soon “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever” (Hebrews 13:8) will be proclaimed “King of kings and Lord of lords” (1 Timothy 6:15).
Everyone who is in His presence in heaven will have “fullness of joy; at Thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Psalm 16:11). The Psalmist David, inspired by the Holy Spirit, also says: “As for me, I will behold Thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with Thy likeness” (Psalm 17:15).Paul, who is held in high esteem as a mature Christian, had the desire, “That I may know Him” (Philippians 3:10). There are depths we will never know, but there is much we will know of Christ as we search the Scriptures and desire to know Him better. God will show us what He wants us to know, and what He chooses to withhold from us is according to His own Divine and perfect will. But this shouldn’t stop us from asking the Lord to know more. Once we get a taste of how wonderful Christ is, we will want to know more.