Heaven

What is heaven?Where is heaven?

What is heaven like? Is heaven real?

What will we do in heaven?

How do you get to heaven?

Who’s in heaven?

1"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. 2In 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. 3And 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. 4You know the way to the place where I am going.“ 5Thomas said to him, "Lord, we don't know where you are going, so how can we know the way?"  6Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 14:1-6

The latest FOX News poll finds that more than nine in 10 Americans (91 percent) believe in God and almost as many believe in heaven (87 percent).

Belief in heaven is highest among conservatives (96 percent) and Republicans (96 percent).

Women are more likely than men to believe in heaven (91 percent vs. 84 percent).

John 14:1-2a

"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you.

Heaven is a REAL Place

• Our citizenship is in Heaven (Phil. 3:20)

• Our names are written in Heaven (Luke 10:20)

• Our treasures are stored in Heaven (Matt. 6:20)

• Our eternal home will be in Heaven (John 14:2)

2I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 3And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. 4He 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."

Revelation 21:2-4

However, as it is written:    "No eye has seen,       no ear has heard,    no mind has conceived    what God has prepared for those who love him"

1 Corinthians 2:9

John14:2b-3

I am going there to prepare a place for you. 3And 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.

Heaven is a PREPARED Place

15The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city, its gates and its walls. 16The city was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide. He measured the city with the rod and found it to be 12,000 stadia in length, and as wide and high as it is long. 17He measured its wall and it was 144 cubits thick, by man's measurement, which the angel was using. 18The wall was made of jasper, and the city of pure gold, as pure as glass. 19The 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, 20the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst. 21The 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.

Revelation 21:15-21

• The width & length‑ approximately 1500 miles

• The height‑ 1500 miles tall

Hubble Space Telescope380 miles

New Jerusalem1500 miles wide x 1500 miles

longx 1500 miles high

or a surface area of 2.25 million sq. miles

Low Earth Orbital Satellites 2000 miles

Space Shuttle

150 miles

Space Station217 miles

scale in miles

1 1500 3000

Heaven-The New Jerusalem

• The width & length‑ approximately 1500 miles • The height‑ 1500 miles tall

• The wall‑ 216 feet high! That is equal to a twenty two story building

• The city‑ No earthly majesty and beauty can compare

•  The walls foundation- The foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones

 • The gates-That means each gate was made of solid

pearl

John 14:4-6

You know the way to the place where I am going.“ 5Thomas said to him, "Lord, we don't know where you are going, so how can we know the way?"  6Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Heaven is for Prepared PEOPLE

One survey asked- Why do you qualify for heaven?

10% said I believe in God

8% said I go to church

5% said they believed in the 10 Commandments

15% said they do they best they can

60% said they because they were a good person

Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.

Acts 4:12

9That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. . .13for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."

Romans 10:9-10, 13

Heaven is for prepared people, not just anyone

Are you prepared? Are you sure?

What Qualifies You To

Go To Heaven?