The document discusses what life will be like in heaven based on passages from the Bible. It describes that in heaven, believers will receive a new body, live in a new home prepared by God, be reunited with righteous people from the Bible, be permanently separated from sin, and get to be with God. The ultimate reward is hearing God say "well done" and inheriting the kingdom of heaven.
2. Hebrews 11:13-16
• Hebrews 11:13-16 These all died in faith, not having received
the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured of
them, embraced them and confessed that they were
strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 14For those who say
such things declare plainly that they seek a homeland.
15And truly if they had called to mind that country from
which they had come out, they would have had opportunity
to return. 16But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly
country. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their
God, for He has prepared a city for them.
5. A Living Hope
• Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will
say, rejoice!
6. A Living Hope
• Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will
say, rejoice!
• Hebrews 11:13 These all died in faith, not having received
the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured
of them, embraced them and confessed that they were
strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
7. A Living Hope
• Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will
say, rejoice!
• Hebrews 11:13 These all died in faith, not having received
the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured
of them, embraced them and confessed that they were
strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
• Hebrews 11:16 But now they desire a better, that is, a
heavenly country. Therefore God is not ashamed to be
called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
8. New Body
• 1 Corinthians 15:50-54 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh
and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does
corruption inherit incorruption. 51Behold, I tell you a
mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed--
52in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last
trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be
raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53For this
corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must
put on immortality. 54So when this corruptible has put on
incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then
shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: "Death is
swallowed up in victory."
10. New Body
• 1 Corinthians 15:20 But now Christ is risen from the dead, and
has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
11. New Body
• 1 Corinthians 15:20 But now Christ is risen from the dead, and
has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
• Firstfruit - forerunner; promise of harvest
12. New Body
• 1 Corinthians 15:20 But now Christ is risen from the dead, and
has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
• Firstfruit - forerunner; promise of harvest
• Jamieson, Fausset, Brown: Firstfruit - the earnest or pledge,
that the whole resurrection harvest will follow, so that our
faith is not vain, nor our hope limited to this life. The time of
writing this Epistle was probably about the Passover (1 Co 5:7);
the day after the Passover sabbath was that for offering the
first-fruits (Le 23:10, 11), and the same was the day of Christ's
resurrection: whence appears the appropriateness of the image.
13. New Body
• 1 John 3:1-3 Behold what manner of love the Father has
bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God!
Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not
know Him. 2Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has
not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that
when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see
Him as He is. 3And everyone who has this hope in Him
purifies himself, just as He is pure.
14. New Body
• 2 Corinthians 5:1-4 For we know that if our earthly
house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from
God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the
heavens. 2For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be
clothed with our habitation which is from heaven, 3if
indeed, having been clothed, we shall not be found
naked. 4For we who are in this tent groan, being
burdened, not because we want to be unclothed, but
further clothed, that mortality may be swallowed up by
life.
15. New Body
• 2 Peter 1:12-14 For this reason I
will not be negligent to remind
you always of these things,
though you know and are
established in the present
truth. 13Yes, I think it is right,
as long as I am in this tent, to
stir you up by reminding you,
14knowing that shortly I must
put off my tent, just as our
Lord Jesus Christ showed me.
17. New Home
• John 14:1-4 "Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God,
believe also in Me. 2In My Father's house are many mansions; if
it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for
you. 3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again
and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be
also. 4And where I go you know, and the way you know."
18. New Home
• John 14:1-4 "Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God,
believe also in Me. 2In My Father's house are many mansions; if
it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for
you. 3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again
and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be
also. 4And where I go you know, and the way you know."
• 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as
some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing
that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.
19. New Home
• John 14:1-4 "Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God,
believe also in Me. 2In My Father's house are many mansions; if
it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for
you. 3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again
and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be
also. 4And where I go you know, and the way you know."
• 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as
some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing
that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.
• Slack - to delay
20. New Home
• John 14:1-4 "Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God,
believe also in Me. 2In My Father's house are many mansions; if
it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for
you. 3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again
and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be
also. 4And where I go you know, and the way you know."
• 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as
some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing
that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.
• Slack - to delay
• Slackness- tardy
22. Be With All The Righteous
• Ask David what it was like to fight Goliath....
• Ask Noah what it was like living in the ark...
• Ask Moses about parting the Red Sea...
• Ask Daniel about the lion’s den...
• Ask Shadrac, Meshac and Abendego about the fiery furnace...
23. Be With All The Righteous
• Ask David what it was like to fight Goliath....
• Ask Noah what it was like living in the ark...
• Ask Moses about parting the Red Sea...
• Ask Daniel about the lion’s den...
• Ask Shadrac, Meshac and Abendego about the fiery furnace...
24. Be With All The Righteous
• Ask David what it was like to fight Goliath....
• Ask Noah what it was like living in the ark...
• Ask Moses about parting the Red Sea...
• Ask Daniel about the lion’s den...
• Ask Shadrac, Meshac and Abendego about the fiery furnace...
25. Be With All The Righteous
• Ask David what it was like to fight Goliath....
• Ask Noah what it was like living in the ark...
• Ask Moses about parting the Red Sea...
• Ask Daniel about the lion’s den...
• Ask Shadrac, Meshac and Abendego about the fiery furnace...
26. Be With All The Righteous
• Ask David what it was like to fight Goliath....
• Ask Noah what it was like living in the ark...
• Ask Moses about parting the Red Sea...
• Ask Daniel about the lion’s den...
• Ask Shadrac, Meshac and Abendego about the fiery furnace...
27. Be With All The Righteous
• Ask David what it was like to fight Goliath....
• Ask Noah what it was like living in the ark...
• Ask Moses about parting the Red Sea...
• Ask Daniel about the lion’s den...
• Ask Shadrac, Meshac and Abendego about the fiery furnace...
28. Be With All The Righteous
• 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 But I do not want you to be ignorant,
brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you
sorrow as others who have no hope. 14For if we believe that
Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him
those who sleep in Jesus. 15For this we say to you by the word
of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming
of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep.
16For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout,
with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God.
And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17Then we who are alive
and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds
to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with
the Lord. 18Therefore comfort one another with these words.
30. Permanently Separated From Sin
• Romans 5:12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered
the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all
men, because all sinned--
31. Permanently Separated From Sin
• Romans 5:12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered
the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all
men, because all sinned--
• 1 John 2:15-17 Do not love the world or the things in the world.
If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16For all that is in the world--the lust of the flesh, the lust of
the eyes, and the pride of life--is not of the Father but is of the
world. 17And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but
he who does the will of God abides forever.
32. Permanently Separated From Sin
• 2 Peter 3:10-13 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in
the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great
noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the
earth and the works that are in it will be burned up
11Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what
manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and
godliness, 12looking for and hastening the coming of the day of
God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on
fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?
13Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new
heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
33. Permanently Separated From Sin
• James 1:12 Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for
when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life
which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
34. Rejoice Evermore
• 1 Peter 4:12-13 Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the
fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing
happened to you; 13but rejoice to the extent that you partake
of Christ's sufferings, that when His glory is revealed, you may
also be glad with exceeding joy.
36. “Well Done”
• Matthew 25:21 His lord said to him, "Well done, good and faithful
servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over
many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'
37. “Well Done”
• Matthew 25:21 His lord said to him, "Well done, good and faithful
servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over
many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'
• Matthew 25:34 Then the King will say to those on His right hand,
"Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared
for you from the foundation of the world:
38. “Well Done”
• Matthew 25:21 His lord said to him, "Well done, good and faithful
servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over
many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'
• Matthew 25:34 Then the King will say to those on His right hand,
"Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared
for you from the foundation of the world:
• Hebrews 11:16 Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God
39. Be With God
• Acts 7:54-55 When they
heard these things they
were cut to the heart, and
they gnashed at him with
their teeth. 55But he, being
full of the Holy Spirit,
gazed into heaven and saw
the glory of God, and Jesus
standing at the right hand
of God, 56and said, "Look!
I see the heavens opened
and the Son of Man
standing at the right hand
of God!"
40. Be With God
• Exodus 33:17-23 So the LORD said to Moses, "I will also do this
thing that you have spoken; for you have found grace in My
sight, and I know you by name." 18And he said, "Please,
show me Your glory." 19Then He said, "I will make all My
goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the
LORD before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be
gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have
compassion." 20But He said, "You cannot see My face; for no
man shall see Me, and live." 21And the LORD said, "Here is a
place by Me, and you shall stand on the rock. 22So it shall be,
while My glory passes by, that I will put you in the cleft of the
rock, and will cover you with My hand while I pass by. 23Then
I will take away My hand, and you shall see My back; but My
face shall not be seen."
42. Who Goes To Heaven?
• 1 Corinthians 15:20-24 But now Christ is risen from the dead,
and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
21For since by man came death, by Man also came the
resurrection of the dead. 22For as in Adam all die, even so in
Christ all shall be made alive. 23But each one in his own order:
Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ's at His
coming. 24Then comes the end, when He delivers the
kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule
and all authority and power.
43. Who Goes To Heaven?
• 1 Corinthians 15:20-24 But now Christ is risen from the dead,
and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
21For since by man came death, by Man also came the
resurrection of the dead. 22For as in Adam all die, even so in
Christ all shall be made alive. 23But each one in his own order:
Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ's at His
coming. 24Then comes the end, when He delivers the
kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule
and all authority and power.
• Ephesians 5:23 For the husband is head of the wife, as also
Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the
body