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What does Heaven Look Like? What does heaven look like when we die?
Heaven is a beautiful place according to the bible.
It's filled with light and glory, the elders, believers, different appearances of angels, gold, and precious stones, and it is filled with the glory of God. Heaven and eternity with God is for all those who believe in His Son, The Lord Jesus Christ. It is for all those who confess Him with their mouth and believe in their heart that God raised Him from the dead.
Do You Want Quick Facts About The Appearance of Heaven based On Biblical Descriptions?
- In heaven, the light of the great city of Jerusalem will be like a glorious stone, shining pure like crystal.
- Heaven is depicted as where the righteous go after death.
- Heaven is a real place where the people of God will live one day.
- Our heavenly bodies will be different from our present earthly bodies (1 Corinthians 15:43)
- Heaven is where God lives and His very presence is what makes heaven what it is
- No More Tears and pain (Revelation 21:4)
- No death
- God will dwell among us (Revelation 21:3, 2 Corinthians 6:16)
Bodies of Believers Will Be Changed To Resemble The Lord's Glorious Body!
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Scriptures About What Heaven Looks Like
- “For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray…But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us…so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.” (Titus 3:3-7)
- “In your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.” (Psalm 16:11)
- “There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12)
- “There will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.” (Luke 15:7)
- “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.” (Revelation 21:3)
- “Set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.” (1 Peter 1:13)
- “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’” (Matthew 7:21-23)
Watch this video of a near-death experience, where a young man died and was taken eventually to heaven to see God.
Description of Heaven in The Bible: Revelation 21
- Revelation 21:16-23 And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
- 17 And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
- 18 And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.
- 19 And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
- 20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
- 21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
- 22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
- 23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.