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Will we know everything when we get to heaven?

God alone is omniscient. God sees clearly and comprehensively. In Heaven, we will see things with clarity (1 Corinthians 13:12). But we will never see comprehensively. We will know much more than we do now, but we will never know everything because we will never be God. In Heaven we'll be without flaws, but not knowing everything isn't a flaw. It's part of being finite. Angels don't know everything and they long to know more (1 Peter 1:12. They are flawless but finite. Shouldn't we expect to long for greater knowledge, just as angels do? We'll spend eternity gaining the greater knowledge we'll seek. God puts us in the heavenly realms "in order that in the coming age he might show the incomparable riches of his grace" (Ephesians 2:6-7). This means that God will be revealing himself to us throughout eternity. That seems to clearly indicate we will learn in Heaven. When we enter Heaven, we will presumably begin with the knowledge we had at the ti...