Heaven Series

Good day! No matter what is going on in our world, it is always good when we are with God for God is always good! God is love! God loves us beyond our comprehension and all He asks is for us to trust Him through Jesus Christ! Do you trust Jesus Christ? – then let us worship Him. Pray along with me to start our worship….

Let us now sing a couple of praise songs to our God! Sing them from your heart!!

We have been noting the last few weeks that we are living in the last days according to God’s schedule; it seems even closer now with all the craziness from the recent death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. According to God’s Word, we are living in the Church Age, a time to return to God through the gift of Jesus Christ to people. It is God’s desire for all people to return to Him, but sadly, many just refuse to believe in the Only Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! So, God will end this age because God will say enough sinning and the Judgment Age will come soon.

But for us Believers of Christ, the end of this Church Age will bring the Eternal Age for us in heaven! Today, I would like us to get a glimpse of what heaven will be like according to God in Scriptures, not made up visions from man. Yes, heaven is where God desires every person to be and we are to look forward to it. Aren’t you getting tired of all the craziness already happening in the world? I am saddened by our selfish humanity but praise God He gives us forgiveness and the promise of heaven through Jesus Christ! I can not wait to be changed and be in heaven!

But I believe there are at least 2 challenges for us while we are still alive on earth as we focus on heaven; this is God’s intention for us, so He gives us a glimpse of heaven! I will end the message with those 2 challenges after seeing heaven through God’s eyes. Please open your Bibles to the Book of Revelation, the last book in our Bibles.

First of all take a look Revelation 2:17….

This note is for all who will go to heaven; a special white stone will be given by God to all who go to heaven with a name written on it which only God and the person who received the stone will know the name!! What does this mean? There will be a personal relationship between Almighty God and every person in heaven. God will intimately know each one of us and every creature in heaven by a special name! I’m ready to go, aren’t you??

Now read with me Revelation 4….. and let us also read Revelation 5:6-12…

Let us highlight what the Apostle John saw in heaven for us; try to picture it.

In heaven, the splendor of the Throne of God is there, surrounded by colors, gems, 12 Elders dressed in white and with golden crowns, flashes of lightning and rumblings and peals of thunder, spirits of God, a glassy crystal sea, magnificent creatures always worshiping God along with the 12 Elders, Jesus the Lamb of God is there and there will be music and singing and the worship of thousands upon thousands and ten thousands upon ten thousands of Holy Angels (Mighty Servants of God)! One of these days, we Believers of Jesus Christ will be there in splendor as well!!

Now turn to Revelation 7:9-10…

Because of Jesus Christ, in heaven, there will be a multitude of people from this earth from every nation, tribe, and language! People today are looking for unity in this world; it will only happen through Jesus Christ in heaven! Don’t you want to be there?

And one more special passage for us; turn to Revelation 21:1-4…

In heaven, we Believers of Jesus Christ will have an eternal and personal relationship with our God Jesus Christ and in heaven there will be no more tears, no more death or mourning, no more crying or pain, and all things bad will be gone!! Rejoice in the Lord always and again I say rejoice!

And so, we see glimpse of our future in heaven. As Believers of Jesus Christ we know for sure we are going to heaven. Remember what is said in 1 John 5:13 “These things are written to you Believers of Christ so that you may know you have eternal life!” How can we be confident that heaven is our future to come soon? God tells us heaven will be our eternal home!

God tells us about our eternal home because I believe there are 2 challenges that we must consider knowing our future: