Christmas is a time when we remember the gift of eternal life offered to us through Jesus Christ. He is God’s love gift to us, and when we receive Him as our Savior, eternal life that resides in Him, becomes ours. It continues on throughout eternity.
The book of Revelation gives a beautiful description of heaven in chapter 21 and the beginning of chapter 22. To me the most significant part of that description is what it says about the temple and the light of heaven. The temple on earth was the place God had designated where a worshiper could meet Him. In the Old Testament you had to come with a sacrifice. In the New Testament Jesus Christ made the sacrifice, so now we can come right into the presence of God and pray and worship Him.
In heaven there is no need for a temple, for God the Father and Jesus Christ the Son are the temple of heaven. They are always there and accessible. There is also no need to have light provided for heaven like God has provided the sun for the earth. In fact there will be no night there. Why? Because God is the light of heaven and Jesus Christ is the lamp. They are the light of heaven, and since they are always present there will always be light, there will never be night there.
This would suggest you will not need to rest or be refreshed there, you will always be able to concentrate, worship and enjoy God the Father and Jesus in their glorified, august presence.
That first Christmas was when God brought something of heaven to us, so we can get a foretaste of what heaven in its fullness will be like.
