Heaven is Temporary

Heaven is a temporary place. Did that blow your mind?  Most people, even Christians, think that we will spend eternity in heaven but that is not Biblically correct. Heaven is a temporary place but hell is eternal.

Heaven is called by multiple names in the Bible. It’s called Abraham’s bosom. Jesus even told the thief on the cross that he would be with Him that day in Paradise.  However, we will not spend all of eternity there. The Book of Revelation gives us a clue of how things will go.

Christians will all go to heaven at the Rapture of the church. Paul says the dead in Christ will rise first. That is everyone that has already passed away as believers in Christ. Their bodies will come out of the grave and be changed to an incorruptible and immortal body. Right after that, Paul says that those of us that are still alive and remain will be changed in a twinkling of an eye, receiving the same incorruptible and immortal body as the others. We will meet Jesus in the air and go with Him to heaven.

At the end of the Book of Revelation, John writes that we will return with Jesus to the earth for the Battle of Armageddon. When the battle is complete and Jesus has won, He will set up His kingdom here on earth for one thousand years, called the Millennial Reign.

Once that one thousand years comes to an end and Satan is defeated one last time, the current heaven and earth is destroyed and a new heaven and a new earth is created. Out of heaven comes an eternal city called New Jerusalem and that is where we spend all eternity, not in heaven.

Have a great day and God bless.