29-Heaven - NAS

1. Heaven Is a Real Place.
John 14:1-3 "Do not let your heart be _troubled_; believe in God, believe also in Me. [2] "In My _Father's_ house are many _dwelling_ places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. [3] "If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and _receive_ you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also.

2. Our Lord Has Promised to Create a New Heavens and a New Earth.
2 Peter 3:10-13 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up. [11] Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy _conduct_ and godliness, [12] looking for and _hastening_ the _coming_ of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be destroyed by _burning_, and the elements will melt with intense heat! [13] But according to His _promise_ we are looking for new heavens and a new earth, in which _righteousness_ _dwells_.

Isaiah 65:17 "For behold, I create new _heavens_ and a new earth; And the former things will not be _remembered_ or come to mind.

3. The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth.
Matthew 5:5 "_Blessed_ are the gentle, for they shall _inherit_ the earth.

4. The Holy City, New Jerusalem Will Descend From God Out of Heaven.
Revelation 21:1-5 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea. [2] And I saw the holy city, new _Jerusalem_, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her _husband_. [3] And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, "Behold, the _tabernacle_ of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His _people_, and God _Himself_ will be among them, [4] and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any _mourning_, or _crying_, or pain; the first things have passed away." [5] And He who sits on the throne said, "Behold, I am _making_ all things new." And He said, "Write, for these words are _faithful_ and true."

5. God Created This World to Be Inhabited.
Isaiah 45:18 For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens (He is the God who formed the earth and made it, He _established_ it and did not create it a waste _place_, but formed it to be inhabited), "I am the LORD, and _there_ is none else.

6. The Original Dominion Will Be Restored to the Human Race.
Micah 4:8 "As for you, tower of the flock, Hill of the daughter of Zion, To you it will come - Even the former _dominion_ will come, The kingdom of the daughter of _Jerusalem_.

7. God Will Give Us Glorious Immortal Bodies.
Philippians 3:21 Who will _transform_ the body of our humble state into _conformity_ with the body of His glory, by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself.

1 Corinthians 15:51-54 Behold, I tell you a _mystery_; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, [52] in a moment, in the _twinkling_ of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. [53] For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality. [54] But when this perishable will have put on the imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then will come about the _saying_ that is _written_, "DEATH IS _SWALLOWED_ UP in _victory_.

8. All Physical Deformities Will Be Cured.
Isaiah 35:3-6 Encourage the exhausted, and _strengthen_ the feeble. [4] Say to those with anxious heart, "Take courage, fear not. Behold, your God will come with _vengeance_; The _recompense_ of God will come, But He will save you." [5] Then the eyes of the blind will be opened And the ears of the deaf will be _unstopped_. [6] Then the lame will leap like a deer, And the tongue of the mute will shout for joy. For waters will break forth in the _wilderness_ And streams in the Arabah.

9. They Shall Live Where They Build and Eat What They Plant.
Isaiah 65:21-23 "They will build houses and inhabit them; They will also plant _vineyards_ and eat their fruit. [22] "They will not build and another inhabit, They will not plant and another eat; For as the _lifetime_ of a tree, so will be the days of My people, And My chosen ones will wear out the work of their hands. [23] "They will not labor in vain, Or bear _children_ for _calamity_; For they are the offspring of those blessed by the LORD, And their _descendants_ with them.

10. No Harm Shall Come to Anyone Or Anything in That Holy Place.
Isaiah 65:25 "The wolf and the lamb will graze together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox; and dust will be the _serpent's_ food. They will do no evil or harm in all My holy _mountain_," says the LORD.

11. We Shall Fellowship with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and the Greatest Minds of the Ages.
Matthew 8:11 "I say to you that many will come from east and west, and recline at the table with _Abraham_, Isaac and Jacob in the _kingdom_ of heaven;

12. God Himself Shall Be with Us.
Revelation 21:3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, "Behold, the _tabernacle_ of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God _Himself_ will be among them,

13. We Shall Lovingly Serve Our God Forever and Enjoy Closest Fellowship with Him.
Revelation 22:3-4 There will no longer be any curse; and the _throne_ of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His bond-servants will serve Him; [4] they will see His face, and His name will be on their _foreheads_.

14. God's Holy City Is Big!
Revelation 21:16-17 The city is laid out as a square, and its length is as great as the width; and he measured the city with the rod, fifteen _hundred_ miles; its length and width and height are equal. [17] And he measured its wall, seventy-two yards, _according_ to human measurements, which are also _angelic_ measurements.

15. This Spectacular City Has Walls with Foundations Made of Gem Material, Streets of Gold, and Gates of Pearl.
Revelation 21:18-21 The material of the wall was jasper; and the city was pure gold, like clear glass. [19] The foundation stones of the city wall were adorned with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation stone was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, _chalcedony_; the fourth, emerald; [20] the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, _chrysolite_; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, _chrysoprase_; the _eleventh_, jacinth; the twelfth, _amethyst_. [21] And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each one of the gates was a single pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like _transparent_ glass.

16. There Is a List of Requirements for Entry into This City of God.
Revelation 21:7-8 "He who overcomes will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be My son. [8] "But for the cowardly and _unbelieving_ and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and _idolaters_ and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and _brimstone_, which is the second death."

17. You Are Invited to Live in This City.
Revelation 22:17 The Spirit and the bride say, "Come." And let the one who hears say, "Come." And let the one who is _thirsty_ come; let the one who _wishes_ take the water of life without cost.

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