Faith Temple Deliverance Center

Outreach Ministry-Bible Study

Senior Bishop Johnny Harris-Instructor

HEAVEN

The Future Dwelling Place Of The Righteous

 

Heb 11:10

10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

Heb 11:16

16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

　Here Heaven is represented as a city. A place prepared by God Himself. A place where the righteous will go and spend eternity.

　John 14:1

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

John 14:2

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.

John 14:3

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.

*Mansion

A large, impressive house. A splendid structure. A place of awe and astonishment.

A marvelous and magnificently beautiful, elaborate and extravagant dwelling place.

A DESCRIPTION OF OUR CITY

Rev 21:18

18 And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.

Rev 21:19

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;

Rev 21:20

20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.

Rev 21:21

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.

WHO WILL GO THERE?

1 Thess 4:16

16 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:

1 Thess 4:17

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.

WHO WILL GO THERE?

OVERCOMERS!!

Rev 21:7

He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

　

An over comer is one that has committed himself to the Lordship of Christ through the new birth and has remained faithful to him. Has not yielded to the constant bombardment of offers by the Devil to conform to the sinful ways of the world. (Romans 12:2)

He overcomes by THE BLOOD of the Lamb and by their testimony.

Rev 12:11

And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

See Further

1 Peter 1:19

Acts 1:8

Acts 2:38

　

HEAVEN WILL BE A PLACE OF JOY

Ps 16:11

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.

　

Fulness of joy

Jude 24

24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with EXCEEDING JOY,

Jude 25

25 To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

　

EXCEEDING JOY

The jubilant celebration of the victory over our chief enemy, the devil, the loud roar of celebration will be without measure.

We have made it!! We over came!! Through Christ, we have won!!!

Jubilation...the great celebration of happiness, victory and triumph will be unmeasurable. It will be our time of EXCEEDING JOY!!!!!

HEAVEN WILL NOT HAVE:

PAIN

SORROW

WEEPING

DEATH

Rev 21:4

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.

Sorrow, pain, sickness, death and any type of unhappiness are by-products of man’s fall in the Garden of Eden. In Heaven, these gifts from Satan will be gone forever and we will never experience them again throughout eternity.

JOHN’S VISION OF OUR CITY

Rev 21:15

15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.

Rev 21:16

16 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.

The city is made like a cube, fulfilling the Holy of Holies of the Tabernacle where God met his people which in type represented Heaven.

Twelve thousand furlongs are approximately 1,500 miles in each direction and extending the same distance into the air. [See our definition of Mansion on page one]

THE DIMENSIONS OF THIS CITY IS MIND BOGGLING. IT PASSES ALL HUMAN UNDERSTANDING. IT COMPLETELY FULFILLS OUR NEXT VERSE.

　

Eph 3:20

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly ABOVE ALL THAT WE ASK OR THINK, according to the power that worketh in us,

Heaven is God’s Habitation

Deut 26:15

Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

OUR NEXT LESSON

THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH