HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, November 30, 2024 – Jesus isn’t called “Jesus” in Heaven. He also isn’t called “Yeshua” or “Isho” any of the other variations of “Jesus” in different languages that people around the world use to call on him. Scripture says that Jesus has a whole different name in Heaven that cannot be known to us while we’re still on Earth. We’re supernaturally unable to know Jesus’ heavenly name while we’re still here, though I’m guessing Jesus will share his heavenly name with us if and when we make it home.

We also have different names in Heaven. Those names are the ones that are written in the Book of Life, not the names that we go by now on Earth. The names we go by now will be forgotten by us when we get to Heaven. No-one is called “Mary” in Heaven (just like no-one marries in Heaven). No-one is called “John” or “Judas”. All the heavenly names are unique and one-of-a-kind, and no-one on Earth is ever called by any of those names. Heavenly names are for use in Heaven and Heaven only.

When heavenly beings come to Earth, like the angels, we call them names that they don’t have in Heaven. The names that angels call themselves here are not their heavenly names. Like with us, their heavenly names are used in Heaven only. On Earth, they may be known as “Gabriel” or “Michael”, but not in Heaven. In Heaven, they’re called something else altogether.

The language spoken in Heaven is also entirely different from any language on Earth. That’s why our names will be different in Heaven – they’ll be in a different language. Everyone in Heaven speaks the one heavenly language, including the animals. When I say “speak”, I mean communicate. You don’t necessarily have to speak in Heaven to communicate. The main form of communication in Heaven is thought transfer, which is similar to what we call “telepathy” on Earth. You can speak openly in Heaven, but most of the communication is by thought transfer, though even “thought transfer” is a clumsy way of describing heavenly communication. It’s more an instantaneous “knowing” than a process of transfer from one being to another.

God, of course, is not known as “God” in Heaven. That name is not used with him there. None of the names we’ve been told to call God are used in Heaven. We’ll forget all of them if and when we make it home, and we’ll call God by a different name. He’ll still be our heavenly Father, though. The relationship we have with him now – Father and child – lasts forever.

And our relationship with Jesus will be as a friend. That’s why Jesus told us, just before he went home, to call us his friend. All the beings in Heaven are friends, other than for God, who is everyone’s Father. So, in Heaven, we’re all friends and all children of God.

Being a friend is a much higher and more intimate calling than being a brother or sister. You might not be friends with your brother or your sister, but they’re still your brother or sister. You don’t have to be friends with your brother or your sister – you can even be their sworn enemies – but you have to be friends with your friends. Other than for the Father/child relationship we’ll have with God, everyone is friends in Heaven, and there are no unfriendly friends like on Earth. There are no phony friends or back-stabbing friends in Heaven. Just genuinely friendly friends, forever.

I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait to get home. Earth holds very little pleasure for me in comparison to what I know is waiting for me in Heaven, if I make it there. Don’t get me wrong – I’m not knocking Earth; it has its good points (the godly God-made ones), but Earth is as nothing compared to Heaven. You’ll see what I mean, if and when you make it Home.