What will Heaven be like?

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What will Heaven be like?

• What will we do in Heaven all day?
• Searchers Class

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Introduction

• Heaven is in our hearts
• We want to spend eternity with God
• The Bible gives some glimpses of heaven
• But, we lack the full capability to comprehend
  what will really be like
• Many have wrong conceptions about heaven

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Introduction

• Many have some doubts about heaven
• Heaven is one L O N G eternal day
• With nothing to do we will be bored
• Will heaven be one long church service?
• We will recognize and know others?
• This study will be in 4 parts

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What is Heaven Like?
Revelation 213 - 3And I heard a loud voice from
heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is
with men, and He will dwell with them, and they
shall be His people. God Himself will be with
them and be their God.

• 1. In the presence of deity
• Father, Son, Holy Spirit
• Angles, Saints of the past

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What is Heaven Like?
John 1724 - Father, I desire that they also
whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that
they may behold My glory which You have given Me
for You loved Me before the foundation of the
world.

• 1. In the presence of deity
• Father, Son, Holy Spirit
• Angles, Saints of the past

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What is Heaven Like?
2 Corinthians 56-8 - 6So we are always
confident, knowing that while we are at home in
the body we are absent from the Lord. 7For we
walk by faith, not by sight. 8We are confident,
yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the
body and to be present with the Lord. .

• 1. In the presence of deity
• Father, Son, Holy Spirit
• Angles, Saints of the past

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What is Heaven Like?
Revelation 212 - Then I, John, saw the holy
city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven
from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her
husband. .Hebrews 1222 - But you have come to
Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the
heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of
angels,

• 1. In the presence of deity
• 2. All distance removed

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What is Heaven Like?
Revelation 213 - And I heard a loud voice from
heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is
with men, and He will dwell with them, and they
shall be His people. God Himself will be with
them and be their God.

• 1. In the presence of deity
• 2. All distance removed

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What is Heaven Like?
Revelation 213 - And I heard a loud voice from
heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is
with men, and He will dwell with them, and they
shall be His people. God Himself will be with
them and be their God.

• 1. In the presence of deity
• 2. All distance removed
• 3. Fellowship with God

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What is Heaven Like?
1 John 13 - that which we have seen and heard we
declare to you, that you also may have fellowship
with us and truly our fellowship is with the
Father and with His Son Jesus Christ.

• 1. In the presence of deity
• 2. All distance removed
• 3. Fellowship with God

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What is Heaven Like?
Revelation 320 - Behold, I stand at the door and
knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the
door, I will come in to him and dine with him,
and he with Me.

• 1. In the presence of deity
• 2. All distance removed
• 3. Fellowship with God

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What is Heaven Like?
Revelation 222 - In the middle of its street,
and on either side of the river, was the tree of
life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree
yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the
tree were for the healing of the nations.

• 1. In the presence of deity
• 2. All distance removed
• 3. Fellowship with God
• 4. Eternal life and health

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What is Heaven Like?
Revelation 214 -And God will wipe away every
tear from their eyes there shall be no more
death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no
more pain, for the former things have passed
away.

• 1. In the presence of deity
• 2. All distance removed
• 3. Fellowship with God
• 4. Eternal life and health

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What is Heaven Like?
Philippians 121-23 - 21For to me, to live is
Christ, and to die is gain. 22But if I live on in
the flesh, this will mean fruit from my labor
yet what I shall choose I cannot tell. 23For I am
hard-pressed between the two, having a desire to
depart and be with Christ, which is far better.

• 5. Far better

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What is Heaven Like?
2 Corinthians 56-8 - 6So we are always
confident, knowing that while we are at home in
the body we are absent from the Lord. 7For we
walk by faith, not by sight. 8We are confident,
yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the
body and to be present with the Lord.

• 5. Far better

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What is Heaven Like?
Psalm 1611 - You will show me the path of life
In Your presence is fullness of joy At Your
right hand are pleasures forevermore. Luke 157
- I say to you that likewise there will be more
joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than
over ninety-nine just persons who need no
repentance.

• 5. Far better
• 6. Full joy and pleasure

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What is Heaven Like?
Revelation 1413 - Then I heard a voice from
heaven saying to me, Write Blessed are the
dead who die in the Lord from now on. Yes,
says the Spirit, that they may rest from their
labors, and their works follow them.

• 5. Far better
• 6. Full joy and pleasure
• 7. Happy and restful

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What is Heaven Like?
Hebrews 46-7 - 6Since therefore it remains that
some must enter it, and those to whom it was
first preached did not enter because of
disobedience, 7again He designates a certain day,
saying in David, Today, after such a long time,
as it has been saidToday, if you will hear His
voice, Do not harden your hearts.

• 5. Far better
• 6. Full joy and pleasure
• 7. Happy and restful

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What is Heaven Like?
Hell is the opposite a place of no
rest Revelation 1411 - And the smoke of their
torment ascends forever and ever and they have
no rest day or night, who worship the beast and
his image, and whoever receives the mark of his
name.

• 5. Far better
• 6. Full joy and pleasure
• 7. Happy and restful

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What is Heaven Like?

• There are 4 kinds of rest
• Physical
• Sensory
• Emotional
• Mental
• In heaven the rest is spiritual

• 5. Far better
• 6. Full joy and pleasure
• 7. Happy and restful

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What is Heaven Like?
Hebrews 1116 - But now they desire a better,
that is, a heavenly country. Therefore God is not
ashamed to be called their God, for He has
prepared a city for them. Heaven is not a dream,
fantasy world Heaven is real.

• 5. Far better
• 6. Full joy and pleasure
• 7. Happy and restful
• 8. Country

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What is Heaven Like?
1 Peter 14-5 - 4to an inheritance incorruptible
and undefiled and that does not fade away,
reserved in heaven for you, 5who are kept by the
power of God through faith for salvation ready to
be revealed in the last time.

• 5. Far better
• 6. Full joy and pleasure
• 7. Happy and restful
• 8. Country
• 9. Inheritance

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What is Heaven Like?
1 Corinthians 29 - But as it is writtenEye has
not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into
the heart of man The things which God has
prepared for those who love Him.

• 5. Far better
• 6. Full joy and pleasure
• 7. Happy and restful
• 8. Country
• 9. Inheritance

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What is Heaven Like?
Hebrews 119-10 - 9By faith he dwelt in the land
of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in
tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of
the same promise 10for he waited for the city
which has foundations, whose builder and maker is
God.

• 10. City

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What is Heaven Like?
Revelation 211-2 - 1Now I saw a new heaven and a
new earth, for the first heaven and the first
earth had passed away. Also there was no more
sea. 2Then I, John, saw the holy city, New
Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,
prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

• 10. City

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What is Heaven Like?
Revelation 2110 - And he carried me away in the
Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed
me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending
out of heaven from God,

• 10. City

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What is Heaven Like?
Revelation 212 - Then I, John, saw the holy
city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven
from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her
husband. Revelation 2110 - And he carried me
away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain,
and showed me the great city, the holy Jerusalem,
descending out of heaven from God,

• 10. City
• 11. More than a city

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What is Heaven Like?
John 109 - I am the door. If anyone enters by
Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and
find pasture.

• 10. City
• 11. More than a city

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What is Heaven Like?
Revelation 2112 - Also she had a great and high
wall with twelve gates, and twelve angels at the
gates, and names written on them, which are the
names of the twelve tribes of the children of
Israel

• 10. City
• 11. More than a city
• 12. Secure

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What is Heaven Like?
Revelation 2127 - But there shall by no means
enter it anything that defiles, or causes an
abomination or a lie, but only those who are
written in the Lambs Book of Life.

• 10. City
• 11. More than a city
• 12. Secure

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What is Heaven Like?
Those not in the Book of Life are denied
access Revelation 2127 - But there shall by no
means enter it anything that defiles, or causes
an abomination or a lie, but only those who are
written in the Lambs Book of Life.

• 10. City
• 11. More than a city
• 12. Secure
• 13. Restricted

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What is Heaven Like?
Revelation 218 - But the cowardly, unbelieving,
abominable, murderers, sexually immoral,
sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have
their part in the lake which burns with fire and
brimstone, which is the second death.

• 10. City
• 11. More than a city
• 12. Secure
• 13. Restricted

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What is Heaven Like?
Revelation 2214-15 - 14Blessed are those who do
His commandments, that they may have the right to
the tree of life, and may enter through the gates
into the city. 15But outside are dogs and
sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and
idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie.

• 10. City
• 11. More than a city
• 12. Secure
• 13. Restricted

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What is Heaven Like?
1 Peter 47 - But the end of all things is at
hand therefore be serious and watchful in your
prayers. Revelation 106 - that there should no
longer be time. (MKJV) Song When the Roll is
Called up Yonder Time shall be no more.

• 10. City
• 11. More than a city
• 12. Secure
• 13. Restricted
• 14. Time does not exist

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What is Heaven Like?
Matthew 2230 - For in the resurrection they
neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are
like angels of God in heaven. Our relationship is
spiritual, not genetic, physical, or emotional.

• 10. City
• 11. More than a city
• 12. Secure
• 13. Restricted
• 14. Time does not exist
• 15. Relationships end