If your mother died 50 years ago, there’s no way of knowing if her soul has experienced the passage of time in the same way that you have. Who can say for sure if 50 years of earth time will feel like 50 years of heaven time? It may not. In fact, it may seem much shorter.

But Christianity has always taught that on the day of the last judgement, at the end of the world, all those who have died will rise again in a similar way that Christ did. At that moment, our bodies and souls will be joined together again, never to be separated. But before that takes place, there’s going to be a period of waiting, a period of time before we get our physical bodies back.

How long will that be? Only God knows the answer. It may be a few centuries. It may be a few hours.

No one can say for sure. Nor can we venture to guess what that wait will feel like to us.

Once our souls are separated from our bodies, we’ll be outside of all time and space.

We can certainly put our whole trust in the goodness and mercy of our creator God.

NB Each new dimension must include all of any previous dimensions.