What is Heaven like?

Recently while "surfing the web", I came across a statement that I found to be... unnerving.
Someone actually declared that heaven was (essentially) nothing more than A giant cosmic waiting room.

The gist of what he was trying to say, as I understand it, was that everyone who is saved goes to Heaven and just sort of hangs out until Jesus returns to earth and restarts everything in his millennial kingdom.

Well to tell you the truth this has me floored! I cannot find anywhere in the Bible where it makes this declaration. I think he is looking at the book of Revelation, well I guess he would HAVE to be. but I think he might have misinterpreted things a bit.

But on the other hand it does raise an interesting question... "What is Heaven really like?"

Many people have contemplated what Heaven is. From Cartoonists to Authors, From singers and songwriters to movie producers.
But Really... WHAT is it really like.

Well the first thing to do seems to be dispensing with the idea that it's just a big Waiting room.
The Bible tells us quite a bit about it.

For example, it is God's Home/where God resides... (Deuteronomy 26:15, 1 Kings 8:30, Matthew 6:9, Colossians 4:1, 1 Thessalonians 1:10, and Revelation 11:19.)

It is where God rules from... (Isaiah 66:1, Matthew 7:21, 19:14, 26:18, Acts 7:49)
It is where our rewards (or even punishment) are held for us... (Matthew 3:2, 4:17, 5:12, 6:20, 19:21, Mark 10:21, Luke 10:20, 18:22.)
It is where the Angels (celestial beings, not the baseball team.) reside... (Luke 15:7)
And it is our future home... (Matthew 19:14, 19:23, 2 Corinthians 5:1, Philippians 3:20)

In short it is a place where we will want to be. (Matthew 23:13)

But what is it like?

Well according to Ms. Watson in Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, it is a place to sit around playing Harps, according to Calvin from the Comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, it is a place where you always behave, According to Star Trek it is a vast Desert Planet in the heart of the galaxy, and according to country/western singer Andy Griggs it is, simultaneously... Twilight,his home town, a fast train, a piece of cherry pie, and his last tear.

According to C.S. Lewis it is a place where all that was good that ever existed remains, safe from harm and everything you experience, see, taste, touch, hear or feel is better than anything we have ever experienced before.

Most of us consider Heaven to be a destination, a place to get to, but I wonder if that really ought to be the focus; I think we miss the point.

All these ideas are Human Perspective; and all of them are rather slanted.
While Twain's Ms. Watson LIKES the idea of floating around playing a harp, Huck Finn would rather not go there! Calvin could not see the point in going to all the effort of Behaving if the only thing he got in return was having to behave even more (for Calvin Behaving = no fun).

Some people would rather see forest and grass than a desert so Star Trek's version wouldn't suit them, AND there are a lot of people out there who prefer the dawn over the dusk, Hate where they live, would rather fly or even drive than take a train (or conversely would rather be on a slow train so they can enjoy the journey), would prefer key lime pie for it's crisp citrus taste, and would rather not tear up in the first place.

Of Course Lewis' ideal is probably the best because it is the vaguest and allows people to put they're own interpretation in there.

I think the problem with all of this though is that we are so worried about the destination place and not the COMPANY we are going to meet.

When I was a young boy My mother and I went to England, and we had a great time. I enjoyed the sights and the sounds, the food and the newness of everything, but best of all were the people (Mostly the family members) we went to see.
See the point is in Heaven is God. when we are there we will be fully in his presence and that will trump all.
God created it all, and therefore he is BETTER then it all. I think we will be focused on who we are with so much that WHERE we are isn't going to matter so much.