Heaven - Mark Brauss - July 10, 2022

☼ The End of the Story …..  I John 5:13

 

• Revelation 1:1-3

 

• Hebrews 11:16

 

☼ Wrong Assumptions About Heaven?

 

     □ An Unending Church Service?

 

    □ Current Culture Assumptions…

 

        ⌂ Channeling ….Deuteronomy 18:10-12

 

• Isaiah 8:19-20

 

        ⌂ Reincarnation …. II Corinthians 11:13-14

 

        ⌂ Near Death Experiences …. Acts 7:56

• Revelation 1:17-18

 

 

☼ What Happens the Moment I Die?

 

     ⌂ Key Theology Words

  

•    Sheol …. Genesis 37:35

 

•   Hades…. Matthew 16:18

 

•   Hell ….. Matthew 5:22

 

⌂ The Transition ….

 

       □ Death ….. John 5:24

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        □ Present Heaven – where Christians go when they die.

         ↓     • I Thessalonians 4:13-18

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         ↓    • The Intermediate State

         ↓    • Temporary

         ↓    • Not our Final Destination

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        □ Eternal Heaven – when God will dwell with believers

                                           on the new Earth

 

• Revelation 21:1

 

• Revelation 20:14-15

   

☼ Application

 

 

• Set Your Mind….. Colossians 3:1

 

 

 

• Live for the End of the Story…. Ephesians 5:15

 

 

 

• Do Not Fear Death! ….. Hebrews 2:14-15