The Father's House
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Divine preparations made for believers in heaven
Divine preparations made for believers in heaven
In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
See also 2 Co 5:1; Heb 11:16
But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
Mansions
Mansions
The New King James Version (Chapter 14)
Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, eand We will come to him and make Our home with him.
The redeemed in heaven come from all peoples
The redeemed in heaven come from all peoples
After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
See also Is 59:19; Mal 1:11; Mt 8:11; Re 5:9
The redeemed owe their place in heaven solely to Jesus Christ
The redeemed owe their place in heaven solely to Jesus Christ
Re 7:14 Washing one’s robes in the blood of the Lamb symbolises cleansing through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ.
See also 1 Pe 1:18–19; Re 22:14
The redeemed are identified with Jesus Christ
The redeemed are identified with Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ acknowledges the redeemed as his own
Jesus Christ acknowledges the redeemed as his own
“Also I say to you, whoever confesses Me before men, him the Son of Man also will confess before the angels of God.
See also Mt 7:21–23
Believers possess the family likeness to Jesus Christ
Believers possess the family likeness to Jesus Christ
And as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man.
See also 2 Co 3:18; Php 3:21; 1 Jn 3:2
Believers share divine life
Believers share divine life
by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
See also Re 2:7; Re 3:21
Believers on earth at the second coming will be taken up to heaven
Believers on earth at the second coming will be taken up to heaven
And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here.” And they ascended to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies saw them.
See also Jn 11:26; 1 Th 4:16–17 Believers living on earth when Jesus Christ returns will not experience death, but be taken straight to heaven.
Conditions in heaven for the redeemed
Conditions in heaven for the redeemed
Perpetual and perfect fellowship with the Lord
Perpetual and perfect fellowship with the Lord
And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God.
See also Ps 17:15; Mt 5:8; Jn 14:3; 1 Th 4:17; Re 22:4
Joy in the immediate presence of God
Joy in the immediate presence of God
You will show me the path of life;
In Your presence is fullness of joy;
At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
See also Is 51:11; Mt 25:21; Lk 15:7; Lk 15:10; Jn 15:11; 1 Th 2:19–20; Heb 12:2; Heb 12:22; Jud 24
Restfulness
Restfulness
which is manifest evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer; since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who trouble you, and to give you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels,
See also Heb 4:3; Heb 4:9; Re 14:13
There will no longer be any need for the marriage relationship
There will no longer be any need for the marriage relationship
For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels of God in heaven.
Heaven is filled with the light of God’s glory
Heaven is filled with the light of God’s glory
The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light.
See also Da 12:3; Mt 13:43; 2 Co 4:17; 1 Pe 2:9
Believers will share Jesus Christ’s glory
Believers will share Jesus Christ’s glory
When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.
See also Jn 17:24; 1 Th 2:12; 1 Pe 5:4; 1 Pe 5:10
Divine glory will banish the memory of earthly troubles
Divine glory will banish the memory of earthly troubles
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
See also 2 Co 4:17; 1 Pe 5:1
There will be no more death or suffering in heaven
There will be no more death or suffering in heaven
And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.”
See also Is 25:8; Is 35:10; Is 51:11; Lk 20:35–36; Re 7:17
Believers are citizens of the heavenly Jerusalem
Believers are citizens of the heavenly Jerusalem
For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
See also Ps 87:5; Is 35:9–10; Is 51:11; Ga 4:26; Heb 11:16; Re 21:2
Their names are enrolled as citizens of heaven
Their names are enrolled as citizens of heaven
Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven.”
See also Php 4:3; Heb 12:23; Re 3:5; Re 13:8; Re 14:1; Re 17:8; Re 20:12; Re 21:27