“What Life is Like in Heaven” Revelation 7:9-17

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Date: July 16, 2023 Author: Wayne J. Edwards

Recent polls suggest that nearly 80% of all Americans believe there is a place called heaven, and most people expect to go there when they die. However, when asked, “Do you think you will go to heaven when you die?” the majority of people said, “I hope so,” or “I think so,” or perhaps “I think I’ve got a good chance.” There is a 100% chance that we all have loved ones who have died and their souls have gone to heaven, and there is a 100% chance we all have wondered about what their life is like in heaven. While poets, songwriters, and pastors have tried to comfort us with their descriptions of heaven in earthly terms, the only thing we can know for certain about heaven are the things revealed in the Bible. Everything else is just speculation and hearsay. We will explain this further in our sermon, Our Immediate State After Death – “What Life is like in Heaven.”

Recent polls suggest that nearly 80% of all Americans believe there is a place called heaven, and most people expect to go there when they die. However, when asked, “Do you think you will go to heaven when you die?” the majority of people said, “I hope so,” or “I think so,” or perhaps “I think I’ve got a good chance.”

There is a 100% chance that we all have loved ones who have died and their souls have gone to heaven, and there is a 100% chance we all have wondered about what their life is like in heaven. While poets, songwriters, and pastors have tried to comfort us with their descriptions of heaven in earthly terms, the only thing we can know for certain about heaven are the things revealed in the Bible. Everything else is just speculation and hearsay.

We will explain this further in our sermon, Our Immediate State After Death – “What Life is like in Heaven.”

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Old Testament – Psalm 16:1-11 New Testament – Philippians 3:1-21

In John 14:2-3, Jesus said He was going back to His Father’s House to prepare a place for those who receive Him as their Savior and Lord, and that He would come again and receive them unto Himself, that where He was, they would be also.

However, knowing that truth in our minds doesn’t always satisfy that emptiness in our hearts when we think of our loved ones who are now in heaven and we wonder what life is like for them.

The doorway into heaven is death. In Hebrews 9:27, the Bible says, “It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment.”

Doctrinally and theologically, our eternal salvation is broken down into three phases.

The specific context of Revelation 7:9-17 refers to the result of that final evangelistic harvest of souls during the seven-year tribulation.

At this moment, heaven is filled with the souls of those who expressed their faith in Jesus Christ as their Savior, and hell is filled with the souls of those who did not.

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