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Oct 18, 2012 · The book of Revelation pictures a day when heaven and earth will be made new and the city of God will descend from heaven "prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband" (Rev. 21:1–2).
- Misconceptions About Heaven and Hell
- Heaven
- Hell
- What Is Heaven?
- What Is Hell?
Because there is so much confusion and incorrect teaching about both heaven and hell, we will start by digging into some of the most common false beliefs about both places. As always, we want to counter false ideas about these doctrines with the truth of the Bible. The most common misconceptions about heaven and hell have to do with their nature an...
Here are a couple of common misconceptions about heaven: Heaven is a spiritual place but not a physical place. This is a bit tricky because there is a sense in which heaven—as it exists right now—is a spiritual place. It is a real place (Jesus is there with his resurrected physical body!), but believers who have died are with Jesus in spirit only s...
Here are three common misconceptions about the doctrine—and reality—of hell: Hell is where Satan reigns. Often in popular literature, movies, and cartoons, Satan (usually pictured with horns and a pitchfork) is portrayed as ruling over all of the people who are in hell. This portrayal is usually fairly mild, with Satan acting as a kind of taskmaste...
Let’s now begin examining both heaven and hell more carefully. What is heaven? What ishell? Consider Luke 23:32–43 carefully, focusing on the conversation that Jesus has with the criminal who looks to him in trust and belief. Note what Jesus says to him; consider what that means about heaven now and in the future. As we compare this passage from Lu...
As we turn our attention from heaven to hell, we have to remember that this is a topic that we should never take lightly. We need to treat what the Bible teaches us about hell seriously because it emphasizes the seriousness of sin and the great holiness of the Creator God. Also, any discussion of hell should motivate Christians to share the gospel ...
Aug 4, 2024 · Heaven has befallen a similar depersonalization. We tend to think about heaven’s features, like golden streets and pearly gates, or about the experience there (freedom from suffering, total euphoria, and so on) before we think about the center of heaven’s promise: Jesus. Heaven became personal for me when my child went to live there.
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- Mike Wittmer
- We were never supposed to go to heaven. God created Adam and Eve to live on Planet Earth. Genesis 2:7 says, “Then the LORD God formed a man from the dust of the ground.”
- Scripture says little about heaven. The Bible tells of one person who went to heaven and back. He claimed he “heard inexpressible things” that he was “not permitted to tell” (2 Cor.
- Heaven is not the goal. Heaven is not where the Bible ends. Isaiah, Peter, and John all promise that our final destiny is a “new heaven and a new earth” (Rev.
- Fixation on heaven can forfeit the gospel. It’s no accident that in our heaven-obsessed culture, nearly half of “born again” Christians don’t believe their bodies will rise again.1 How can such persons be saved?
Nov 12, 2024 · Heaven, for some, is understood as a purely spiritual destination. However, in scripture we are told that the eternal life of the saints is lived not just in heaven, but in “the new heavens and the new earth” (See Is 65:17, Is 66:22, and 2 Pet 3:13). Heaven is not a dreamlike state or merely spiritual, heaven is physical. We will have bodies.
Mar 20, 2015 · Here’s why this matters: Alas, all too often the church today is being run on the natural energies of this age, rather than the supernatural energy loosed by the resurrection of Jesus and the descent of the Spirit! If we have lost our heavenly imagination, we will be disinclined to access, by faith and prayer, the heavenly energy from above.
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