Doctrine Of Heaven

In my Father’s house are many homes. If it weren’t so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.

to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn’t fade away, reserved in Heaven for you,

then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the Lord forever.

In my Father’s house are many homes. If it weren’t so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you. — read the full passage →

and made us kings and priests to our God, and we will reign on earth.”

For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;

I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more. — read the full passage →

I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I don’t know, or whether out of the body, I don’t know; God knows), such a one caught up into the third heaven.

But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers,idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.”

I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, “Behold, God’s dwelling is with people, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.

Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. But we know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.

There will in no way enter into it anything profane, or one who causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

The devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are also. They will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.

But as it is written, “Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear, which didn’t enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him.”

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

No one has ascended into heaven, but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. — read the full passage →

These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

There will be no night, and they need no lamp light; for the Lord God will illuminate them. They will reign forever and ever.

I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.

I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more.

For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first, — read the full passage →

There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”

Jesus said to him, “Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”

I tell you that many will come from the east and the west, and will sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven,

Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky.”

There will be no curse any more. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants serve him.

Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over these, the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with him one thousand years.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of my God.

But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.

to the general assembly and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,

For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I was also fully known.

When I came to you, brothers, I didn’t come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God. — read the full passage →

who also said, “You men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who was received up from you into the sky will come back in the same way as you saw him going into the sky.”

Pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

But the humble shall inherit the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

“Behold, I come quickly. My reward is with me, to repay to each man according to his work.

The beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who worked the signs in his sight, with which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.

He who overcomes, and he who keeps my works to the end, to him I will give authority over the nations.

He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.

Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Isn’t it even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming? — read the full passage →

in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins;

But I am in a dilemma between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.

how he was caught up into Paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.

I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I don’t know, or whether out of the body, I don’t know; God knows), such a one caught up into the third heaven. — read the full passage →

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

“He said to him, ‘Well done, you good servant! Because you were found faithful with very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.’

“Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day. — read the full passage →

I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.

I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.

but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal;

Listen to the supplication of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place. Yes, hear in heaven, your dwelling place; and when you hear, forgive.

He showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb, — read the full passage →

I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more. — read the full passage →

He who overcomes, and he who keeps my works to the end, to him I will give authority over the nations. — read the full passage →

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes, to him I will give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, which no one knows but he who receives it.

Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and embraced them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

If we endure, we will also reign with him. If we deny him, he also will deny us.

who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,

because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the Good News,

Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God.

to an administration of the fullness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things on the earth, in him;

The first man is of the earth, made of dust. The second man is the Lord from heaven.

For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

For David didn’t ascend into the heavens, but he says himself, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit by my right hand,

“Brothers, I may tell you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me. — read the full passage →

for I tell you, I will not drink at all again from the fruit of the vine, until the Kingdom of God comes.”

“But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.

Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.

The kingdom and the dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole sky, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High: his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forever more.

He showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb, — read the full passage →

I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God, the Almighty, and the Lamb, are its temple.

I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more. — read the full passage →

Therefore they are before the throne of God, they serve him day and night in his temple. He who sits on the throne will spread his tabernacle over them.

He who overcomes, I will give to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father on his throne.

He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will go out from there no more. I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God, and my own new name.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. He who overcomes won’t be harmed by the second death.

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.

For we don’t have here an enduring city, but we seek that which is to come.

For he looked for the city which has the foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

For most certainly in this we groan, longing to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven;

Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand, — read the full passage →