I too am looking forward, with baited breath even, to meet the Father, but we do that at our resurrection because Jesus is the exact person of the Father in human form. He is the vale, that we may see the glory.

In the sanctuary when the Shekinah glory was there, the six inch thick woven vale was just thick enough to filter the light to a visible level so the image of God could be detected through it.

Jesus is THAT vale.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faster_than_the_speed_of_light and more than I can comprehend

Universal expansion

The expansion of the universe causes distant galaxies to recede from us faster than the speed of light, if comoving distance and cosmological time are used to calculate the speeds of these galaxies. However, in general relativity, velocity is a local notion, so velocity calculated using comoving coordinates does not have any simple relation to velocity calculated locally[17] (see comoving distance for a discussion of different notions of 'velocity' in cosmology). Rules that apply to relative velocities in special relativity, such as the rule that relative velocities cannot increase past the speed of light, do not apply to relative velocities in comoving coordinates, which are often described in terms of the "expansion of space" between galaxies. This expansion rate is thought to have been at its peak during the inflationary epoch thought to have occurred in a tiny fraction of the second after the Big Bang (models suggest the period would have been from around 10−36 seconds after the Big Bang to around 10−33 seconds), when the universe may have rapidly expanded by a factor of around 1020 to 1030.[18]

And then there's neutrinos but there may be a question if the same principle would apply to whole galaxies. If the galaxies did expand faster than the speed of light and faster than billions of years, then say the "big bang" occurred only thousand of years ago after sin. Stars started "dying" immediately and reached the earth and it only appears to us that they have been traveling a long time.

But, I'm probably doing a poor job of supporting something I don't believe. I tend more to believe that stars dying isn't sin. What and why, I don't know. When it's said there are other "worlds" out there, it implies to me they are in our "reality", our universe, our time (whatever time means). Therefore, if sin was causing stars way far away to die, it could be a great hazard for the other worlds and taint them with sin. While it's true they are not unaffected by the great controversy, I would not expect them to experience the actual effects of sin such as a star dying nearby them.

Yes, that was what I was thinking.

Your on the right path Kland. Excellent.

Since the fall we do not see space from the perspective of angels, who are in tune with God the fathers clock, His perspective.

We are separated in quarantine.

The theory of relativity proves that our being is inherently selfish even by the natural forces, since time is relative to our individual perspectives.

The damage of the first sin has spread through our universe like a cancer. What we see today is not what was seen at the beginning of our universe 6,000 years ago. The constellations have marched across the heavens like on a chess board.

The process of advancement is progressing today, why is the expansion of our Universe speeding up instead of slowing down? To what end will the universe be allowed to expand?

Soon the light will shine in the dark places and all that was dark will be light.

If Moses spent 40 days and nights without eating or drinking where he received the Ten Commandments on Tablets of Stone, then I think we can easily go without eating or drinking on our way to Heaven, not to say that we will not be eating or drinking on our way there.

Luke 5:34 And Jesus said to them, “Can you make wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them?

When we are with Jesus after translation into our heavenly bodies there is no reason to fast any more. So why would He insist that we do?

When Jesus was resurrected He even ate broiled fish that same day.

What if He didn't? Have you ever seen small children be asked by their parents to eat before they can go to the park with their friends? They'd rather just play!

I have a feeling the saints will all feel a bit like kids again--and rather focus their attentions on something other than their stomachs during such exciting adventures.

Blessings,

Green Cochoa.

Um, James and GC: Is there any reason to eat?