The document discusses beliefs about heaven, describing it as the final home for Christians. It provides details about heaven from various biblical passages, portraying it as a place of glory, beauty, and joy where believers will be with God and see his face. The document emphasizes that through faith in Jesus, believers have assurance of their heavenly citizenship and will be spared from death through resurrection to eternal life in heaven.
2. Every Child Needs to Know
• Life is temporary
• Life is fragile
• But I’m going to heaven
3.
4. In a Round
Heaven is a wonderful place,
Filled with glory and grace.
I wanna see my Savior’s face,
‘Cause Heaven is a wonderful place.
I wanna go there!
5. MADE FOR HEAVEN
• “…and these whom He
predestined, He also called;
• and these whom He called, He
also justified;
• and these whom He justified,
• He also glorified.” ROMANS
8:30
6. • We…prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be
at home with the Lord. 1Cor. 5:8
• Let not your hearts be troubled… In My Father's house
are many dwelling places…for I go to prepare a place for
you…I will come again and receive you to Myself, that
where I am, there you may be also. (John 14:2-3)
• For our citizenship is in heaven… (Phil. 3:20)
• On earth, we are “aliens and strangers” 1Peter 2:11
Heaven Is Our Home
7. “Eye has not seen
Ear has heard
No human mind has conceived
the things God has prepared
for those who love Him.”
1 Cor. 2:9
8. Heaven is…
• A place…like a city…
• “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.” Rev. 21:23
• Where God reigns with billions of angels and saints
• A great multitude…from every nation, from all tribes and peoples
and languages, standing before the throne…and crying out with a
loud voice:
• “Salvation belongs to our God [the Father] Who sits on the
throne, and to the Lamb!” And all the angels…fell on their faces
before the throne and worshiped God… (Revelation 21:9-12)
9. Heaven is…
• Where we will reign with Jesus as joint heirs with Him
• “And they [Christians] will reign for ever and ever.” Rev.
22:5-9
• Where we work & rule with God
• “Do you not know that we will judge angels? ( 1Cor.
6:3)
10. Heaven is…
• Where we see God face-to-face
• “We will be like Him, because we will see Him just as
He is.” (1John 3:2)
• A place of inexpressible beauty, love, peace and joy
• “And God will wipe every tear from their eyes.” Rev.
7:15-17
• “In Your Presence there is fullness of joy; at your right
hand are pleasures forevermore.” (Psalm 16:11)
11. Jesus is the Way Home
• Jesus answered, “I am the
way and the truth and the life.
No one comes to the Father
except through Me. John 14:6
• “My sheep listen to my voice; I
know them, and they follow
me. I give them eternal life,
and they shall never perish; no
one will snatch them out of my
hand. John 10:27-28
12. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised
imperishable… For the perishable must clothe itself
with the imperishable, and the mortal with
immortality…then the saying…will come true:
‘Death has been swallowed up in victory.’
“Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?