I'm not trying to be an asshole here. I'm sure I would love to gaze upon the Presence and Glory of God for, say, 1,000,000 years or so, but nothing stays exciting forever. How do I politely tell God that I want to go for that Buddhist final death thing?
So, at one point several angels rebelled against heaven. They would have had little more than their fists to rely on but this was such a threat to God that they had to be placed away from him.
So what I am saying is you don't ask, you tell him of your choice