Eternity in Heaven Is God’s Promise to All Who Trust in Christ!

Heaven is the final eternal destination for all who put their faith in Jesus Christ. Yet, many believers have unanswered and unsettling questions about what this future home will be like, and whether they will actually even make it there.
The writer of Proverbs 30:4 penned, “Who has ascended to heaven and come down?” The apostle John answers that question in John 3:13. “No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.” In any study of heaven, the focus must be kept on the One who alone opens the way there—Jesus Christ (John 14:6).
What did Jesus say about entering heaven? His message to the thief on the cross was, “Today you will be with Me in Paradise.” Today! Not in the distant future, but this very day you will be with me in Paradise. And that promise is for all who put their faith in Christ. If you are trusting in Jesus you will be with Him in Paradise when you die.
Because of this promise, there’s no need for you to fear death. Our Savior has conquered the enemy of death. “Death is swallowed up in victory” (1 Corinthians 15:54).
The Bible doesn’t answer every question we have about heaven. But it does reveal that God is going to make a new heaven and a new earth, which will be a perfect environment in contrast to this present, broken world. The best part about heaven is that Jesus is there!
Joni Eareckson Tada, the well-known Christian author and speaker who has been confined to a wheelchair since an accident in her teens, says, “I still can hardly believe it, I with shriveled bent fingers, atrophied muscles, gnarled knees and no feeling from the shoulders down will one day have a new body, light, bright and clothed in righteousness, powerful and dazzling. Can you imagine the hope that this gives someone spinal-cord-injured like me?”
You have probably experienced some of the pain and sadness that this life and your own brokenness can bring. But if you place your faith and trust in Christ, then your sins are forgiven, and you too are given this incredible gift of perfect, eternal life.
So whether Christ returns first or you die first, your final destination is the same: heaven is your eternal home. May this truth grip your soul and warm your heart. Rejoice knowing that soon, and very soon, you shall be forever with the Lord.