WHAT WILL THE NAMETAGS LOOK LIKE IN HEAVEN, AND WILL THERE BE A DIRECTORY?

My first inclination is to say, "of course not; that's silly". God won't need a name tag to identify us. He knows every detail of our lives, every hair on our head.

But then there is also scriptural evidence. Don't you like that term scriptural evidence? When the Bible has been proven authentic archeologically, historically, and spiritually, and I come up with scriptural evidence. Anyway(s) what I mean is the Bible states that God looks at the heart. (1 Sam 16:7) The verse says that "The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance."

So am I saying the name tags in Heaven would be necessary? Naugh, I 'm just joshing. What I think 1 Samuel means is that the important thing about us is our hearts. God can recognize us by our appearance; He just doesn't dwell on it.

Now what about that Directory? We know that Jesus knows us by our voices. And we will follow no other voices except that of the Good Shepherd. (John 10:3) But what about identification by face? Once again, am I being silly? Probably, but bear with.

Whether school pictures or church directories, people get dressed up, cleaned up, gussied up. You choose. And the Lord is pleased when we are washed. Blessed are those that wash their robes (Rev 22:14) Without saying, "washed in the Blood of the Lamb" is not only pleasing to God but required. Sanctification or made holy is imperative, too as (1Cor 6:11) tells us "you were washed, you were sanctified".

Ok, maybe the directory and maybe the name tags are big stretches. But what's important is that we have a heart for God and that we are washed. Ready, you might say, for the Heavenly Directory.