Heaven 101 a Biblical Guide Study of Our Heavenly Home
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Heaven 101 A Biblical Guide Study of Our Heavenly Home Randy & Carol Houston 8/20/20 Calvary Chapel Palm Harbor and Dick Murdock H e a v e n 1 0 1 P a g e | 1 CONTENTS Why study about Heaven? ............................................................................... 5 1 Where do Believers go at Death? Do we Really Die? .......................... 12 2 When a believer dies, would you bring him or her back? ................... 14 3 How do we learn about Heaven? ........................................................... 15 4 What did the Early Church believe about Heaven? ............................. 16 5 Are dead people just sleeping? ............................................................ 17 6 What are believers doing in heaven? (See Question 26) ..................... 18 7 If heaven’s our home, does it mean the Earth isn’t? ............................ 19 8 Where is Heaven? (See Questions 39 & 40) ......................................... 22 9 Will we see God in Heaven? .................................................................. 30 10 Will the New Jerusalem cover the whole Earth? .................................. 35 11 What will our resurrected bodies be like? ............................................ 36 12 Will we remember what happened on earth?...................................... 52 13 Do we become angels when we die? ................................................... 54 14 Will we all look alike in heaven? ........................................................... 54 15 Will we eat and drink in heaven? .......................................................... 57 16 Will we be the same age in heaven as when we die? .......................... 58 17 Will we be learning in Heaven? ............................................................ 59 18 Can people in heaven see and hear us now? ....................................... 60 19 When we die, will we remember where we lived, what we did, and who we knew? ................................................................................................ 61 20 Will we remember things in heaven? (see Question 42) ..................... 63 H e a v e n 1 0 1 P a g e | 2 21 How can we be sure we’ll go to heaven? (See Question 24) .............. 67 22 Will there be animals on the new earth? .............................................. 72 23 How do I explain heaven and death to a child when one is dying? ... 79 24 How do I explain God’s offer of salvation? (See Question 21) ........... 82 25 Is Heaven one place or two? ................................................................. 83 26 What will we do for all eternity (see Question 6)? ............................... 86 27 Will there be time in Heaven? ............................................................... 94 28 If people in heaven know of bad things, could it really be heaven? .. 96 29 Will we recognize our loved ones in heaven? ...................................... 97 30 Is there marriage in heaven? ................................................................. 98 31 Is the present heaven a physical place? .............................................100 32 What’s “new” in the new earth? ..........................................................101 33 Will Earth be destroyed or renewed? .................................................102 34 Have you ever wanted to walk on the Earth with Jesus? ...................106 35 Is our Destiny Really to Rule and Reign with Christ? .........................107 36 What’s in the New Jerusalem? ............................................................111 37 Will we work in Heaven? .....................................................................113 38 Is it a good thing to think about Heaven? .........................................114 39 Is heaven really a Place and Location? ...............................................115 40 What is heaven? ...................................................................................116 41 Is there an intermediate holding place before Heaven? ................117 42 Will we grieve for loved ones when we are in heaven? (See also Question 20) ........................................................................................120 43 Are there two Books of Life? Judgements Afterward? ......................121 H e a v e n 1 0 1 P a g e | 3 44 Are children and mentally handicapped in heaven? .........................137 45 Do we have the right to say who is going to heaven? ......................138 46 Does Satan know in advance who will accept Christ? .......................139 47 Is it wrong to pray for God to take us to Heaven? ............................141 48 Where do infants, small children, and aborted infants go at death? ..................................................................................................141 49 What body will the infant have? Will we know them? ......................144 50 Why do we care about hearing about Heaven? ................................146 51 Are we all familiar with the Star Wars saga and final rebellion? .......147 52 Are the heavenly realms Geographically close (Also see Question 33)? .......................................................................................................149 53 What are the Three heavens? .............................................................149 54 How can all old and new believers fit in the New Earth? ..................150 55 How many people go to heaven or hell every day? ..........................151 56 When do we get our glorified Spiritual body?...................................152 57 Where did the saints from the old testament go when they died? ..157 58. Will everyone face God’s judgement when their life ends? ...............162 59 How brief is your life?............................................................................163 60 Why is death so unfamiliar to us now? ................................................164 61 Until God takes us home to Heaven, how do we reflect His love? .....166 62 Why hasn’t Jesus returned? .................................................................167 63 What do angels do today? ...................................................................167 64 Will we see, eat, and sleep, etc. in Heaven ? .........................................168 65 Time concept in Heaven? .......................................................................168 66 Will we have free will in Heaven? ..........................................................168 H e a v e n 1 0 1 P a g e | 4 67 How does the resurrected body happen if we’re cremated? ...............169 68 Are those in Heaven seeing the heartache on earth? ........................170 69 If I have a pet that I dearly love, will it be with me in Heaven?...........171 70 Does a chasm exist between hell and earth? .......................................172 71 Will we have a temporary body? ..........................................................175 72 What is the white stone that we receive in heaven? ..........................179 73 Does Satan have access to Heaven now? ..........................................181 74 Does Satan Know the Plan of God? .....................................................182 75 Where did Jesus go when he died? ....................................................183 76 Who will the residents of New Jerusalem be? ....................................186 77 If God knew the fall was going to happen why did he create? .............187 H e a v e n 1 0 1 P a g e | 5 We have listed some of the teachers and authors who teach the bible clearly. We are grateful for their lives that God has used to provide the following Heaven 101 Class notes information: Chuck Smith, Pastor Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa Brett Robinson, Pastor Calvary Chapel Palm Harbor Randy Alcorn, Pastor Good Shepard Community Church Max Lucado, Pastor OAK Hills Church of Christ Joni Earekson Tada, Author Chuck Missler, Founder, Koinonia House Robert Jeffress, Pastor First Baptist Church John MacArthur, Pastor Grace Community Church Don Stewart, Pastor Calvary Chapel & Understanding the Times Billy Graham, Evangelist John Piper, Kings Collage Greg Laurie, Pastor Harvest Christian Fellowship Paul Le Boutillier, Calvary Chapel Ontario Kayla Riley, Pastor Calvary Chapel Oceanside Tim LaHaye, Author Jerry Jenkins, Author JD Farag, Pastor Calvary Chapel Kaneohe Amir Tsarfati, Founder of Behold Israel May God use this information to glorify Himself and enlighten all to the reality of the adventure that awaits us through our transition of death in our continued life with Him, in the home He has created us for in Heaven. WHY STUDY ABOUT HEAVEN? At the beginning of our first Heaven 101 class, we asked the class, “Who can remember having one hour of teaching on ‘What will Heaven be like?’” No one indicated that they could remember having at least one of H e a v e n 1 0 1 P a g e | 6 teaching on what heaven would be like! The material that you will be exposed to in these notes, both can and will, change your life now and forever! There are 4 questions that we all ask ourselves: 1. Who am I, really? 2. Where did I come from? 3. Why am I here? 4. Where am I going? Death is in front of all of us. By answering question 4, where we are going when we die, we will cover the answers to questions 1-3. Our lives are tragically brief with an ultimate destiny…where will we spend it? What will it be like? These Class notes will dispel Hollywood misconceptions and give you a vibrant and accurate image of how and where believers will spend eternity. You