I know we don't know much and speculation is opinion, but something hit me today about them:
Maybe the reason we sit in them so long is for the Lord to figure out how to punish us or reward us (or for us to figure out whether we want reward or punishment) and that we can still switch.
Also, if there's 1,000 years to wait, then perhaps as the Earth progresses in technology, we can be judged by how we would have reacted to that greater technology (as if it is greater light).
My opinion that hit me today; what do you think?
Maybe the reason we sit in them so long is for the Lord to figure out how to punish us or reward us (or for us to figure out whether we want reward or punishment) and that we can still switch.
Also, if there's 1,000 years to wait, then perhaps as the Earth progresses in technology, we can be judged by how we would have reacted to that greater technology (as if it is greater light).
My opinion that hit me today; what do you think?