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1. Heaven: Is it worth the wait? Series on Heaven: Worth the Wait!
4. What is Heaven like? “a Paradise garden where, freed from sin, we see God face-to-face”
5. What is Heaven like? “Paradise”
6. What is Heaven like? “Paradise”
7. What is Heaven like? “Paradise”
9. What is Heaven like? “Paradise”
10. What is Heaven like? “Paradise”
“Freed from sin”
11. What is Heaven like? “Paradise”
“Freed from sin”
“See God face-to-face”
12. What is Heaven like? “Paradise”
“Freed from sin”
“See God face-to-face”
13. What is Heaven like? “Paradise”
“Freed from sin”
“See God face-to-face”
“prefer” 2 Cor 5
“to die is gain… very much better” Phil 1
14. What is Heaven like? “a Paradise garden where, freed from sin, we see God face-to-face”
15. Stages of Heaven Present Heavens
Post-rapture Heavens
Resurrection!
Before: “absent from the body” (2 Cor 5:8)
After: clothed in a glorified body (Phil 3:21)
17. Stages of Heaven Present Heavens
Post-rapture Heavens
Millennial Kingdom
18. Stages of Heaven
19. Stages of Heaven Present Heavens
Post-rapture Heavens
Millennial Kingdom
New Heavens and New Earth
Revelation 21
20. New Heaven & Earth New but still earth
No sea = no separation or chaos
Heaven on earth
No more tears (end to death, sadness, grief, pain)
Glorious (even streets and stones!)
Illuminated by God’s Presence
21. Stages of Heaven Present Heavens
A paradise where freed from sin we see God
Post-rapture Heavens
Resurrected to perfection and celebration
Millennial Kingdom
Ultimate fulfillment as we rule with Christ
New Heavens and New Earth
Heaven on a resurrected earth, our true home
22. Application Do you know that this is where you’re going?
Meditate on Rev 21-22 to grow in hope
Even in disappointment
Even in sickness and pain
Even in grief
Even in death (= departure – 2 Tim 4:6)