The Church...A Foretaste of Heaven?

Now I was in church on Sunday morning and the speaker was speaking about unity. As he spoke and I thought about what to right regard this, I thought about the family that we had dinner with on Sunday last. Allan and Heather and how a diverse family they are; Heather is South African, Allan is Irish, They have grandchildren who are English, Canadian and American and in-laws that are diverse themselves, yet they are one family. I thought that would have been a sufficient thought to share. But then the preacher went on and said, the Church is a foretaste of heaven, as I shared at REACH OUT, I came across another quote that says Worship (Corporate) is a foretaste of heaven. Both of these are really saying that when we gather, particularly on a Sunday Morning, for cooperate worship its a foretaste of heaven. But flipping heck (pardon the french) is it really? Well, if the church I was in on Sunday was a foretaste of heaven I really think I would pass. Even the passing traffic seemed more exciting that being in that church. How many of us can identify with that? If your own local church on a Sunday Morning was a foretaste of heaven would you really be excited about heaven? If all we had to judge in terms of the worship in heaven was the cooperate worship on a Sunday Morning. Check this passage which is a glimpse of heaven in John's apocalyptical writings,Revelation 4:11 "You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being." And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of rushing waters and like a loud peal of thunder. The sound I heard was like that of harpists playing their harps. Do those scenes represent the "foretaste" of what we have in Church. The sincere adorations of a might and awesome God. Charismatics are often times just loud, but empty, so lets not think I am talking about being loud. It has its place, well not in the church that I was in. But the scriptures sing forth an awesome experience. Richard Foster says, Worship is experiencing Reality and touching Life. I sincerely believe that cooperate worship should indeed be a foretaste of heaven, it is regretable that what is is not what ought to be. Foster continues on worship and says "it is invading the Shekinak of God, or better yet (and I think this is the actual reality) to be invaded by the Shekinah." The AWESOME, MAJESTIC, GLORIOUS, UNIQUE, AUGUST, GRAND, IMPERIAL GOD wants to manifest and invade our cooperate worship service, but is He welcomed?Well a suh mi si it...wha yu tink. TRANSLATION: That's how I see it...what do you think?
Revelation 4:11 "You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being."5:8 And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.14:2 And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of rushing waters and like a loud peal of thunder. The sound I heard was like that of harpists playing their harps. Do those scenes represent the "foretaste" of what we have in Church. The sincere adorations of a might and awesome God. Charismatics are often times just loud, but empty, so lets not think I am talking about being loud. It has its place, well not in the church that I was in. But the scriptures sing forth an awesome experience. Richard Foster says, Worship is experiencing Reality and touching Life. I sincerely believe that cooperate worship should indeed be a foretaste of heaven, it is regretable that what is is not what ought to be. Foster continues on worship and says "it is invading the Shekinak of God, or better yet (and I think this is the actual reality) to be invaded by the Shekinah." The AWESOME, MAJESTIC, GLORIOUS, UNIQUE, AUGUST, GRAND, IMPERIAL GOD wants to manifest and invade our cooperate worship service, but is He welcomed?