Is there a HEAVEN
Heaven is truly where the citizenship of the Christian is!
Scriptures follow below.
Jesus told the story of the rich man A's the poor man. They both
sites. The rich man went to hell, the poor man to heaven. They went immediately
after they died.
Jesus told the theif on the cross that He would be with Him in
paradise. Jesus went to heaven.
Jesus said that where He was going we would go also. That in His
Father's house there are many mansions and He went to prepare a place for us,
abd said if He goes to prepare a place for us, He will come and bring us there.
Elisa and Moses appeared to Jesus at the mount of
transfiguration. They had been in heaven.
John sees a vision of heaven. He sees the 24 elders. (The 12
disciples and 12 tribes of Jacob)
Stephen sees heaven open up and Jesus waiting to receive
him.
Countless people have gone to heaven, and hell and returned to
tell it is real. Not one single person who went to heaven wanted to come back.
Heaven is magnificent.
God created the world and made man to dwell on the world. But
man would not live forever and when man died, he went to heaven for eternity.
We have a soul and a spirit. Those live forever. The body gets buried but we
are forever with the Lord. When the rapture occurs, the bodies are resurrected
and joined to the body, then those who belong to Christ will be brought up to
Him and ask off us get new bodies. Our immortality turns to mortality. We
become incorrupt.
We get glorified bodies.
There is a heaven
The Bible says that
Jesus will descend out of heaven, with the angels to get His Bride, the church.
at the rapture. Then at the end of the tribulation,, all those who have gone to
heaven will come back with Him to battle the anti christ and all who serve him.
Those who come back, have been with Him in heaven. And have taken part of the
marriage super.
Philippians 3:20-21 But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
Matthew 25:34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world.
John 14:2-4
2 In My Father’s house are many dwelling places. If it were not so, I would have told you, because I am going there to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back again and I will take you to Myself, so that where I am you may be also. 4 And [to the place] where I am going, you know the way.”
Matthew
16:19New Living Translation (NLT)
19 And I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. Whatever you forbid[a] on earth will be forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit[b] on earth will be permitted in heaven.”
Matthew 24:30-36
"At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory. And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
"At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory. And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
Matthew 24:32-36
32"Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. 33Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it is near (My Return), right at the door.34 I tell you the truth, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. 36"No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only
Luke 16:19-31 New International Version
(NIV)
The
Rich Man and Lazarus
19 “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine
linen and lived in luxury every day. 20 At his gate was laid a
beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores 21 and longing to eat
what fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.22 “The
time came when the beggar died and
the angels carried him to Abraham’s side (in heaven.) The rich man
also died and was buried. 23 In Hades (hell), where he was in
torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side. 24 So
he called to him, ‘Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the
tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this
fire.’25 “But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your
lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but
now he is comforted here (in heaven) and you are in agony. 26 And
besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been set in place, so
that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over
from there to us.’27 “He answered, ‘Then I beg you, father,
send Lazarus to my family, 28 for I have five brothers. Let him
warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.’29 “Abraham
replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.’30 “‘No,
father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will
repent.’31 “He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and
the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’”the
Father. (NIV)
Matthew 18:10 “See that you do not despise
one of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in
heaven.
Revelation 5:13
Revelation 5:13
13 Then I heard every
living thing in heaven and on the
earth and under the earth and in the sea and all that are in them. They were
saying, “Thanks and honor and shining-greatness and all power are to the One
Who sits on the throne and to the Lamb forever.”
1 Kings 8:30 And listen to the plea of your
servant and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. And listen
in heaven your dwelling
place, and when you hear, forgive
2 Corinthians 5:8 Yes, we are of good courage,
and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
Philippians 1:23- There is a strong pull from both sides. I have a desire to leave this world to be with Christ, which is much better
Philippians 1:23- There is a strong pull from both sides. I have a desire to leave this world to be with Christ, which is much better
(2 Corinthians 5:1). “We know that if the earthly tent (body) we
live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, and eternal house in heaven,
not built by human hands”
The word heaven is spoken of 692 times inin
the Bible, and countless other references
to being with Jesus without actually using the word heaven. It would be very
difficult to accept the Bible and the teaching of the scriptures without a
complete acceptance of the reality of heaven.