It seems that all the books and movies tell us about heaven with its winged angels and robed saints lounging on cloudy cushions strumming harps forever. This picture is unbelievably wrong. Christians will live forever on earth. Jesus said, “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth” (Matthew 5:5).
In Revelation chapter 21 we find that the city of God comes down out of heaven to earth, and there God will dwell with his people. People who die and go to heaven are there only temporarily. Jesus will come again and reign on the earth with certain of his people for a thousand years. Afterward, he will remake heaven and earth, and we’ll all continue to live on earth.
What Do You Think?
a. Do you think that all Christians who died go to heaven? Why?
b. Why do so few know about the kingdom of God on earth? I think we learned easy-to-understand facts when we were young. We were expected to read the Bible to learn the full details. Why not make a list of spiritual truths you believe, then look up key verses in a concordance, and see what they have to say?
