HEAVEN IS REAL

"[Yes] we have confident and hopeful courage and are pleased rather to be away from home out of the body and be at home with the Lord." 2 CORINTHIANS 5:8
"For me to live is Christ [His life in me], and to die is gain [the gain of the glory of eternity]." Philippians 1:21
"DO NOT let your hearts be troubled (distressed, agitated). You believe in and adhere to and trust in and rely on God; believe in and ad here to and trust in and rely also on Me. In My Father’s house there are many dwelling places (homes). If it were not so, I would have told you; for I am going away to prepare a place for you. And when (if) I go and make ready a place for you, I will come back again and will take you to Myself, that where I am you may be also" John 14.1-3
Jesus Comforts His Disciples
“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 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." John 14.1-31
1.HEAVEN IS A REAL PLACE
Heaven is not an unreal, indifferent place. It is a place as literal and concrete as the house you live in today.
“Many mansions” literally means “dwelling places”. Streets of Gold
2.HEAVEN IS A PERMANENT PLACE
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you" 1 Peter 1:3-4
3.HEAVEN IS A PERSONAL PLACE
1. People are there.
a.. Elijah was taken up in a chariot.
b. Paul was taken up to Heaven – He called it Paradise
2. Jesus is there. He was taken up at the ascension.
4.HEAVEN IS A HOLY PLACE
“And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away." Revelations 21:4
Heaven will be holy because of what is not there. No sin, No sickness, No sorrow, No pain, No more death!
5.HEAVEN IS A REWARD
1. It is a reward for those who say “YES” to Jesus.
2. It is a place of preparation. No one is there by accident.
“Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." John 3:3
6.HEAVEN IS A PLACE OF REUNION
King David said at the death of his infant son, “You cannot come to me but I can go to you.”
Who is there?
1. Our Heavenly Father is there.
2. Jesus is there.
3. Those who have died in the Lord before us.
4. Those who will die in the Lord after us.
5. You will be there – if you made your reservation.
“Now also we would not have you ignorant, brethren, about those who fall asleep [ in death], that you may not grieve [for them] as the rest do who have no hope [beyond the grave]. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will also bring with Him through Jesus those who have fallen asleep [ in death]. For this we declare to you by the Lord’s [own] word, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord shall in no way precede [into His presence] or have any advantage at all over those who have previously fallen asleep [in Him in death]. 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud cry of summons, with the shout of an archangel, and with the blast of the trumpet of God. And those who have departed this life in Christ will rise first. Then we, the living ones who remain [on the earth], shall simultaneously be caught up along with [the resurrected dead] in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so always (through the eternity of the eternities) we shall be with the Lord DO NOT let your hearts be troubled (distressed, agitated). You believe in and adhere to and trust in and rely on God; believe in and adhere to and trust in and rely also on Me." 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17