“What is the difference between Sheol, Hades, Hell, the lake of fire, Paradise, and Abraham's bosom?”……The different terms used in the Bible for heaven and hell-sheol, hades, gehenna, the lake of fire, paradise, and Abraham's bosom -are the subject of much debate and can be confusing.…The word "paradise" is used as a synonym for heaven…2 […]
There Shall Be No Night "And there will be no night there-no need for lamps or sun-for the Lord God will shine on them. And they will reign forever and ever".Revelation 22:5 In the account of the creation, we read that the first word from God was, Genesis 1:3 “Let there be light”. He did […]
The House of the Lord Psalm 27:4“The one thing I ask of the Lord-the thing I seek most-is to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, delighting in the Lord's perfections and meditating in his Temple“ The theme of the house of God is prominent in the book of […]
“What should we learn from the story of the rich man and Lazarus in Luke 16?”……Luke 16:19-31…19 Jesus said, "There was a certain rich man who was splendidly clothed in purple and fine linen and who lived each day in luxury.20 At his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus who was covered with sores. […]
“Will we be able to see and know our friends and family members in Heaven? ……Many people say that the first thing they want to do when they arrive in heaven is see all their friends and loved ones who have passed on before them. In eternity, there will be plenty of time to see, […]
“Will we have physical bodies in Heaven?”……Although the Bible tells us little about what it will be like in heaven, it seems that we will most likely have a physical body, although not in the same sense of "physical" that we have now. 1Corinthians 15:52says that “It will happen in a moment, in the blink […]
“Where is heaven? What is the location of heaven?”……Heaven is most certainly a "real place"(See is Heaven real below). The Bible very definitely speaks of heaven's existence-and access to heaven through faith in Jesus Christ-but there are no verses that give us a Mapquest-style location. The short answer to this question is, "heaven is where […]