ON THE HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN
WHAT IS
HEAVEN LIKE?
Matthew
3:2
The
kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Matthew
13:45
The
kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
Matthew
13:52
The
kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a householder, which bringeth
forth out of his treasure things new and old.
HEAVEN IS
A REAL PLACE
Genesis
1:1-2
In the
beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless
and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was
hovering over the waters.
Notice the Holy Trinity in the verse
God the Father
God the Word Jesus
God the Holy Spirit
Heaven,
Hebrew word shamayim (shaw-mah'-yim);
dual of an unused singular shameh (shaw-meh'); from an unused root meaning to
be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in
which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial
bodies revolve):
The Bible
describes more than one heaven
2
Corinthians 12:2
I know a
man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven
Whether
it was in the body or out of the body I do not know — God knows. 3 And I know
that this man — whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, but
God knows— 4 was caught up to paradise.
Some theologians
describe the three heavens
First heaven: the atmosphere, the sky
Deuteronomy
28:12
Second heaven: The place of the planets, moon, and
stars Psalms 19:4-6
Third heaven: The dwelling place of God Matthew 5:16
HEAVEN IS A CREATED PLACE
Genesis 1:1
God
cannot be contained in any one place. He is bigger than big
He made
heaven His throne
Colossians
3:1-2
Since, then, you have been raised with Christ,
set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of
God.
All
Believers are commanded to set their minds on heaven,
Colossians
3:2-4
Set your minds on things above, not on earthly
things. 3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. 4 When
Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
This
earth is not your home, you are just passing through
John
14:1-4
Do not
let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. 2 In my Father's
house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. 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 and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.
THE THIRD
HEAVEN IS A PARADISE
Revelation
21:18-21
The wall was made of jasper, and the city of
pure gold, as pure as glass. 19 The foundations of the city walls were
decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation was jasper,
the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, 20 the fifth
sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the
ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth
amethyst. 21 The twelve gates were
twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city
was of pure gold, like transparent glass.
JESUS WAS
SENT FROM HEAVEN
John
6:38-39
For I
have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent
me. 39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all
that he has given me, but raise them at the last day
JESUS
RETURNED TO HEAVEN
Luke
22:69
But from now on, the Son of Man will be seated
at the right hand of the mighty God."
ALL POWER
OVER HEAVEN AND EARTH IS IN HIS HANDS
WE WILL
HAVE FULL KNOWLEDGE IN HEAVEN
1
Corinthians 13:12
Now we see but a poor reflection as in a
mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know
fully, even as I am fully known.
WE WILL
HAVE WORK IN HEAVEN
John 5:17
"My
Father is always at his work to this very day, and I, too, am working."
Revelation
5:13
Then I heard every creature in heaven and on
earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, singing:
"To
him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb
be praise
and honor and glory and power, forever and ever!"
THERE
WILL BE NO SORROW IN HEAVEN
Revelation
21:3-4
They will
be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. 4 He will
wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or
crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away."
WE WERE
PREDESTINED FOR HEAVEN
Ephesians
1:4-7
4 For he
chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in
his sight. In love 5 he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus
Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will.
WE WILL
RECEIVE A CROWN IN HEAVEN
Revelation
22:12
"Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to everyone
according to what he has done.
Revelation
2:10
Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life.
2 Timothy
4:8
Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous
Judge, will award
to me on that day
1
Thessalonians 2:19-20
For what is our hope, our joy, or the crown
in which we will glory in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes? Is
it not you? 20 Indeed, you are our glory and joy.
SOME WILL
BE FIRST IN HEAVEN
Matthew
20:15-16
15 Don't
I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious
because I am generous?'
16
"So the last will be first, and the first will be last."
THERE
WILL BE JOY IN HEAVEN
Luke 6:23
"Rejoice
in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven.
WE WILL
KNOW EACH OTHER IN HEAVEN
1
Thessalonians 4:16-18
For the Lord himself will come down from
heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the
trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 After that, we
who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the
clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.
YOUR EARTHLY
MARRIAGE WILL NOT EXIST
Matthew
22:30-31
At the resurrection people will neither marry
nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven.
THE
CURRENT HEAVEN IS CORRUPT
The first
sin was in heaven
Isaiah
14:12-14
12 How
art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut
down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For
thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my
throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the
congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I will
ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
THE
CURRENT HEAVEN AND EARTH WILL BE DESTROYED BY FIRE
Revelation
21:1
Then I
saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had
passed away, and there was no longer any sea.
JUDGMENT
WILL TAKE PLACE IN HEAVEN
Revelation 20:12-15
And I saw the dead, great and small, standing
before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the
book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded
in the books. 13 The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades
gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to
what he had done. 14 Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire.
The lake of fire is the second death. 15 If anyone's name was not found written
in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
YOU WILL
NOT REMEMBER YOUR PAST
Isaiah
65:17
17
"Behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth.
The
former things will not be remembered,
nor will
they come to mind.
YOU HAVE A
PERMANENT RESIDENCE IN HEAVEN
Philippians
3:20-21
But our citizenship is in heaven. And we
eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who, by the power
that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our
lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.
YOU WILL
HAVE A NEW HUSBAND
REVELATIONS
21:2
I saw the
Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a
bride beautifully dressed for her husband.
TO GET
INTO HEAVEN YOU NEED FAITH IN JESUS NOW
John 3:16
"For God so loved the world that he gave
his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have
eternal life.
SEE YOU
IN HEAVEN
Rev. M.
Mitchell
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