Dear friends, the promise of being reunited with loved ones who have gone before us brings tremendous comfort and hope, and rightly so. As a follower of Christ, we have the assurance that death is not the end and our Lord Jesus Christ himself has proved it. There is life beyond this world – an eternity spent in God’s presence.
In heaven, we will be free from sorrow, pain and suffering. Until that glorious day, we hold on to the Lord’s promise that He is preparing a place for us. Jesus assured us that He would return to welcome us to our eternal home. We can trust him at his word.
While walking through this earthly life, especially after losing someone we love, the hope of heaven sustains us. We can rejoice knowing that one day we will be reunited with those who have gone before.
Dear friends, may this hope give you strength and courage to persevere in sorrow. The Lord is faithful – we will see our loved ones again. Keep your eyes on Jesus. He intercedes, so that we all may one day live together and happily in our forever homes. So Let’s Go To The Bible Verses.
Isaiah 66:22“For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain”
Explanation:- God will destroy this earth and renovate it with his righteousness. There will be no more pain and suffering in that new heaven. The Lord himself will be king there and he will rule his faithful saints. Now it is high time for each of us to prepare ourselves for our eternity. Once we miss this golden opportunity during our earthly life, we will never get it back any longer.
1 Thessalonians 4:17“Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord”
Explanation:- The bible is very clear about the second coming of Jesus and it is the hope for the believers. On this earth, we are to suffer for the sake of Christ but we have a hope where we will dwell with the Lord in heaven. Jesus says he will come to take his people and they will enjoy their never-ending life with the presence of Jesus.
John 14:1-3“Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. 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. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also”
Explanation:- Jesus has assured his disciples that he will come again and take his children for their eternal life. There are many mansions in heaven where believers will dwell. But heaven is not for all, it is for those who will suffer and endure persecution for the sake of Jesus. Jesus will reward them in heaven and live there happily.
John 3:16“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life”
Explanation:- God’s plan is to give us eternal life but we have to do something to achieve it. We need to obey all the teachings that Jesus has said. The Lord made himself empty and took the form of a man and sacrificed himself on the cross to redeem us from death. Now we can come before the Lord by washing our sins with the blood of Jesus by taking water and spirit baptism.
2 Peter 3:13“Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness”
Explanation:- One day we all will be reunited again in the new heaven as the Lord promised us. We have a hope of resurrection with a glorified body and reign with Jesus in his kingdom. Jesus established this hope by giving his life on the cross and making the path of heaven. We all can receive that eternal life by following Jesus till our last breath.
1 John 3:2“Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is”
Explanation:- Now we are living in a temporal world that will come to an end a few years later. But for the believers, hope exists that is a heaven where they will live with the Lord forever. The world may now seem that give us joy but in reality, it will not last forever. We should prepare ourselves so we can reach that place where we will enjoy our eternity.
2 Corinthians 5:1“For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens”
Explanation:- Heaven is real and we are running to enter that place. Jesus gave Himself on the cross so we can be part of his heaven. He will come again on this earth and take us to his home where we will not see death anymore. Such a life will be given to us and we shall be dwelling with the Lord in that new heaven.
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
“But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words”
2 Samuel 12:23
“But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me”
John 14:2-3
“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. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also”
1 Corinthians 13:12
“For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known”
Deuteronomy 18:10-12
“There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch. Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord : and because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee”
Revelation 21:4
“And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away”
1 Corinthians 15:52-57
“In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ”
Philippians 3:20-21
“For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself”
Matthew 17:1-3
“And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him”
Luke 23:43
“And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise”
Romans 8:38-39
“For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord”
John 11:25-26
“Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?”
1 Corinthians 2:9
“But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him”
2 Corinthians 5:8
“We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord”
Hebrews 12:1
“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us”
Psalm 16:11
“Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore”
Matthew 25:34
“Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world”
Psalm 73:24
“Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory”
Revelation 22:3-5
“And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads. And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever”
