HEAVEN:

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HEAVEN Our Eternal Home
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The Reality of Heaven

• The Bible teaches that Heaven is a Real,
  Literal Place

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2 Kings 211 As they were walking along and
talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and
horses of fire appeared and separated the two of
them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a
whirlwind.
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Acts 111 "Men of Galilee," they said, "why do
you stand here looking into the sky? This same
Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven,
will come back in the same way you have seen him
go into heaven."
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Hebrews 924 For Christ did not enter a man-made
sanctuary that was only a copy of the true one
he entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in
God's presence.
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The Description of Heaven
Heaven is a place of

• beauty splendor

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Revelation 2111-225 It shone with the
glory of God, and its brilliance was like that of
a very precious jewel, like a jasper, clear as
crystal. It had a great, high wall with twelve
gates, and with twelve angels at the gates. On
the gates were
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written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel.
There were three gates on the east, three on the
north, three on the south and three on the west.
The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and
on them were the names of the twelve apostles of
the Lamb.
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The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod
of gold to measure the city, its gates and its
walls. The 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
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long. He measured its wall and it was 144 cubits
thick, by man's measurement, which the angel was
using. The wall was made of jasper, and the city
of pure gold, as pure as glass. The foundations
of the city walls were decorated with every kind
of precious stone.
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The first foundation was jasper, the second
sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth
emerald, the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian,
the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the
ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh
jacinth, and the
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twelfth amethyst. The 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. I did not see a temple in the
city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb
are its
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temple. The city does not need the sun or the
moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives
it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. The nations
will walk by its light, and the kings of the
earth will bring their splendor into it. On no
day will its gates ever be shut,
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for there will be no night there. The glory and
honor of the nations will be brought into it.
Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will
anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful,
but only those whose names are written in the
Lamb's book of life.
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Then the angel showed me the river of the water
of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the
throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of
the great street of the city. On each side of the
river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve
crops of fruit, yielding its fruit
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every month. And the leaves of the tree are for
the healing of the nations. No longer will there
be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb
will be in the city, and his servants will serve
him. They will see his face, and his
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name will be on their foreheads. There will be no
more night. They will not need the light of a
lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God
will give them light. And they will reign for
ever and ever.
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The Description of Heaven
Heaven is a place of

• beauty splendor
• perfect satisfaction

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Psalm 1715 And I--in righteousness I will see
your face when I awake, I will be satisfied with
seeing your likeness.
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The Description of Heaven
Heaven is a place of

• beauty splendor
• perfect satisfaction
• perfect knowledge

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1 Corinthians 1312 Now we see but a poor
reflection as in a mirror then we shall see face
to face. Now I know in part then I shall know
fully, even as I am fully known.
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The Description of Heaven
Heaven is a place of

• beauty splendor
• perfect satisfaction
• perfect knowledge
• perfect holiness

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Revelation 2127 Nothing impure will ever enter
it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or
deceitful, but only those whose names are written
in the Lamb's book of life.
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The Description of Heaven
Heaven is a place of

• beauty splendor
• perfect satisfaction
• perfect knowledge
• perfect holiness
• perfect joy

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Psalm 1611 You have made known to me the path
of life you will fill me with joy in your
presence, with eternal pleasures at your right
hand.
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The Description of Heaven
Heaven is a place of

• beauty splendor
• perfect satisfaction
• perfect knowledge
• perfect holiness
• perfect joy
• permanence

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John 142-3 In 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. And
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.
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The Way to Heaven
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John 146 Jesus answered, "I am the way and
the truth and the life. No one comes to the
Father except through me.
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The Way to Heaven

• Is by way of the death of Jesus to bear the
  punishment for our sins
• Is by His burial
• Is by His bodily Resurrection from the dead

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HEAVEN Our Eternal Home