What Is Heaven Like?

What Is Heaven Like?

Dear Minister:
I believe in the mighty Jesus and want to go to heaven. Can you tell me what heaven is like?
- Anna Maria

Dear Anna Maria:
Heaven is a real place. It is the eternal reward for those who live for God in this life (John 14:1-3). Earth's most wonderful and beautiful things are used by God to describe heaven.

It is like a great walled city, providing protection from harm.
It has many open gates so any who will may enter in.
It is described as made of the purest gold and precious jewels. No more beautiful place could be imagined.
Its great size will accommodate all the saved of all the ages and nations (Revelation 21:15-17).
It is a paradisiacal garden with the river and tree of life. All that was lost in Eden will be regained in heaven (Revelation 22:1-5).
In heaven we will live in God's house, with him as a loving father watching over us (Revelation1:3).
It is a place of reunion with loved ones and friends (Matthew 8:11).
There we will not be tempted or led away from God. Satan will be destroyed (Revelation 20:10) and there will be no more sin (Revelation 21:27).
Heaven is a place of moral and spiritual purity as it was with man in the beginning (Revelation 21:27).
It is a place of renewal for the sick, aged and afflicted, a place of eternal life with no fear of death (I Corinthians 15:50-54).
Jesus invites all to come unto him and he will give them rest in his heavenly home (Matthew 11:28-31). No matter what a person has done, he can be saved. The question is, does that person really want to go to heaven? He must be willing to trust Jesus as his savior (John 3:36), repent of his sins (Acts 17:30), confess his faith in him (Matthew 10:32) and be immersed in water to wash away his sins (Acts 22:16). Upon that compliance God will add him to his church (Acts 2:47). He must live faithfully for Christ and heaven will be his home (Revelation 2:10). Remember, Heaven is a prepared place for a prepared people.

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