The Bible says that in some ways it will be. We won’t feel like strangers; we’ll finally be home. But in other ways Heaven will be wonderful and perfect beyond measure. Why would anyone not want to go there? The greatest fact about Heaven, however, is that we can go there! Only one thing will keep you out of Heaven, and that is your sin.

Heaven will be a place to challenge the creative genius of the unfettered mind of redeemed man.” Revelation 21:4 says, “And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.”

2023年6月20日 · The Bible says “for the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart” (1 Samuel 16:7, NKJV). Part of Heaven’s glory is that our bodies will be transformed, and we will become like Jesus Christ in His perfect resurrected body.

The Bible doesn’t answer all our questions about heaven, including the question of what exactly we’ll look like when we get there. But one thing is clear: In heaven, we will have new and perfect bodies — bodies that will never age or become weak or die, because they will be like Christ’s glorious body after His resurrection.

No, in Heaven we won’t be disembodied spirits “floating around from place to place” (as you suggest), without any physical form or substance. Some religions do teach this, but the Bible tells us something far different.

2023年6月20日 · Q: Will we live in literal mansions or palaces in Heaven? The Bible assures us that in Heaven we will be living in God’s dwelling place forever, and it will be glorious beyond description. It will be greater than any earthly palace or mansion. Kings are confined to living in palaces. Owners of vast properties live on estates behind locked gates.

The Bible doesn’t answer all our questions about heaven — but it tells us all we need to know. And one of the things the Bible tells us about heaven is that it is far more glorious than anything we can possibly imagine. And as part of heaven’s glory, our bodies will be changed, and we will become like Jesus Christ in His resurrected body.

But the Bible does tell us this: Our new bodies will be like the body Jesus had after His resurrection. The Bible says, “Just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so shall we bear the likeness of the man from heaven” (1 Corinthians 15:49).

Almost the last chapter in the Bible describes what heaven will be like, and one of the things it tells us is that “the great street of the city was of pure gold, like transparent glass” (Revelation 21:21). Although this is hard for us to imagine, it reminds us that heaven is far more glorious than anything we will ever know in this life.

No, he certainly isn’t right. If he could have only a brief glimpse—even just a tenth of a second’s look—at what hell is like, he’d never say again that he looks forward to going there. Not one word in the Bible suggests that hell is a pleasant place, or a place where anyone would ever want to go.