A GREAT video on Heaven. It’s comforting to know that Heaven will be 1400 times the size of New York City. And please if you’re going to watch it, watch it all the way through. I wouldn’t want you to miss the special treat at the end.
I LOVE this stuff. Could watch it all day long. It’s part of who we are, embrace it!
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Whoah…very funny clip.
“Does this excite you?”
That was a bizarre video, and I don’t quite know how to process my emotions at the moment. I don’t know if excitement is the word to describe what I am feeling.
The evangelistic moment at the end was pretty cool though.
Thanks Dusty:)
Now I know how Richard Dawkins looks at people like us.
dpotter, that is hilarious! And true!
Ah, I feel like the little boy in the congregation watching the midget..a little creeped out. By the way now I know where the missing St. George’s Christmas Pageant Angel constumes went.
I…dont know if I want to… go there…any more.
Apparently there will only be white people in heaven. Not having to make “appeals” like that at the end is all the reason I need to believe in predestination.
I do hope that my “glorified body” has hair just like that preacher’s, though.
My observations –
1. that math was crazy:
1,400 = 5,000 = 7,000,000
huh? yes, it does stagger the imagination…
2. Heavenly mansions are pretty drafty.
3. Reverse aging is somewhat terrifying to me.
4. No one ages except poor Saint Peter.
5. People wear toga/choir robes in heaven. I’m into that.
6. Some of the kings just give God a knowing nod.
7. check out 2:02 – there are definitely drugs in heaven.
8. Evelyn Talbert is a firecracker.
This is the best video clip ever.
that guy’s hair was pretty awesome. . .
I have missed you so much, Dusty. Probably nobody else could have found this. It was just GREAT.
Have you seen THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE? I think you would like it too.
Upon reflection, I am rethinking my first reaction to this video. Except for the “fear factor” “come to Jesus” speach at the end, it has some things I think are good. This is no “have your best life now” Christianity; there is an implied understanding that “this world is not our home,” and we can be excited now about the prospects of real life with God, a kind of hoaky Hebrews 11. There is no “business model” Christianity here. I think I actually prefer this church to the “how to handle life now” church of the “go for it” variety. Finally, and most importantly, the midget lady singing is obviously the product of a lot of love she has had in her little goofy Christian world. She has the joy and self-confidience that comes from being loved, and she is held up as an example of “you can have joy now, no matter what your circumstances, because there’s a new world comin'”
So sign me up, I’m ready to join the cast of the next “goof balls for Jesus” video, and smile from heaven when 40 years later 100 million watch me on YouTube and get a good belly laugh.
Why does everyone in the congregation look so depressed/scared?
Aaron– That may be a cultural misread. That was the way everyone looked at public events back then, and these people were not used to being in front of a camera. Have you seen pans of the “congregation” at Bob Dylan’s concerts in the 60’s. Same look.
terrified little boy at 2:50 …
…a- for the win.
– caroline
ah – jake already called it! anyway, thanks dusty.
Sorry, the boy at 2:51 doesn’t look at all terrified to me; that’s just wide-eyed admiration for the midget.
Michael Cooper I am convinced that your insights into this video are indeed prophetic. Especially in light of this world is not my home, what glorious news that is to everyone who is handicap, especially with the curse of sin!
1,400 X 5,000 = 7,000,000
Heaven looks like CA.
White robes are creepy.
The preacher sounds like a used car commercial.
God speaks using a cheap intercom speaker.
Earthquakes, while they are sudden, do not happen that often- he should have instead mention swine flu.
that video was INCREDIBLE!
josh, i’m sorry you didn’t like it… i thought we could have had a lot of fun there together… pretty sure you can ride dinosaurs in that heaven.
seriously though, if you can get past the seeming absurdity of the small lady’s song, that is one of the most powerful things i have ever seen. in terms of abreaction (my first use of the word, thank you very much), she puts susan boyle to SHAME!
Colton–You are so right about putting Susan B. to shame… and thank you for referring to her as the “small lady”… I did not mean any disrespect to her in using the “m” word. She is, in fact, my new heroine, or should that just be “hero”?
i just wanted to thank you. i was talking about heaven this week with the highschool students and this clip worked quite well…
grew up in a Southern Baptist Church in NC and I can remember Little Evelyn coming to sing for our revivals. I was just a child and her size fascinated me. They would lift her little wheel chair onto a table and give her a mic. I agree the video is whacko but Little Eveyln was truely a sweet person who sang from the heart.