Dr. Robert Jeffress

Robert Jeffress - Is Heaven A Real Place?

February 1, 2026 | 27:29

On "Pathway to Victory," Dr. Robert Jeffress explores the concept of heaven as a real place through biblical teachings. He delves into the idea of a present heaven and a future heaven, describing the New Jerusalem as a magnificent city where sin no longer exists. Through vivid imagery and scriptural references, he paints a picture of a glorious, new existence free from pain and suffering. Dr. Jeffress reassures listeners that God is preparing a perfect place for believers, emphasizing the hope and promise of eternal life in a celestial realm beyond comprehension.

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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - Is Heaven A Real Place? | February 1, 2026

♪ music ♪
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From the pulpit
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Of the first baptist church of dallas, texas,
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This is "pathway to victory" with dr. robert jeffress.
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Hi, i'm robert jeffress
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And welcome again to "pathway to victory."
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Is heaven a real place
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Or simply a figment of somebody's imagination?
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If heaven is a physical destination, where is it,
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And what will it be like to live in this place forever?
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Today we'll turn to passages
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In both the old and new testaments
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To discover what the bible teaches about our eternal home.
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We're answering the question,
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Is heaven a real place or a state of mind,
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On today's edition of "pathway to victory".
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♪ when peace like a river ♪
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♪ attendeth my way ♪
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♪ when sorrows ♪
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♪ like sea billows roll ♪
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♪ whatever my lot ♪
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♪ thou hast taught me to say ♪
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♪ it is well ♪
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♪ with my soul ♪
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♪ it is well ♪
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♪ with my soul ♪
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♪ it is well ♪
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♪ with my soul ♪
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♪ o lord, haste the day ♪
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♪ when my faith shall be sight ♪
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♪ the clouds be rolled back ♪
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♪ as a scroll ♪
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♪ the trump shall resound ♪
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♪ and the lord shall descend ♪
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♪ even so ♪
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♪ it is well ♪
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♪ with my soul ♪
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♪ it is well ♪
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♪ with my soul ♪
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♪ it is well ♪
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♪ it is well ♪
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♪ with my soul ♪
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♪ amen ♪
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(congregation applauds)
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When loss leaves you searching for hope,
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Turn your eyes toward heaven.
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In "encouragement from a place called heaven,"
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Dr. robert jeffress offers comfort drawn
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From god's promises about eternity,
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Not the myths and misconceptions tv and movies tell us,
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But what scripture truly reveals.
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Whether you are grieving a loved one, facing illness,
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Or walking alongside someone in pain,
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This beautiful hardcover book
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Provides the encouragement you need.
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Request "encouragement from a place called heaven"
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When you give a generous gift to "pathway to victory."
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One morning in early 1971,
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Famed beatle john lennon sat down at his steinway piano
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And composed what became the anthem for the ages.
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It's a song entitled "imagine."
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And in that one-word tribute to utopian ideals,
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Lennon asked us to imagine
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What it would be like if there were no heaven
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Or, for that matter, no hell.
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Of course, critics would say,
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Just because an atheist like lennon
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Doesn't imagine heaven to be real
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Doesn't mean it isn't real.
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Of course, atheists would say,
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Just because christians imagine heaven to be real
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Doesn't make it real either, fair enough.
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But where do we go to find out if heaven
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Or, for that matter, hell are actual places
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Or just figments of our imagination?
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Well, for those of us who believe
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That this book is the inspired truth
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From god's own breath, the bible is the place we turn
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To find out, is heaven a real place,
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Or is it simply a state of mind?
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Now, to whom should we turn to in the bible
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To find out if heaven is really real or not?
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It seems like a good place to start
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Would be with the only person
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Who has actually lived in heaven
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And has come to earth to tell us what is really there.
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His name is jesus christ.
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And if you have your bibles this morning,
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As we begin to answer this question,
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Is heaven a real place or simply a state of mind,
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Let's turn to john 14.
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Look at verse one through three, verses one to three,
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The teaching of john 14.
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Jesus said, "let not your heart be troubled.
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Believe in god. believe also in me.
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For in my father's house are many dwelling places.
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If it were not so, i would've told you.
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For i go to prepare a place for you,
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And if i go and prepare a place for you,
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I will come again and receive you to myself
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That where i am, there you may be also."
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I want you to notice three key words in this passage
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That help us answer the question, is heaven a real place?
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First of all, the word topos. topos in greek.
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Literally, it is translated places.
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Heaven is a place.
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Jesus says this three times in verses two to three,
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"i go to prepare a place for you."
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Now, this greek word topos is the word,
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The root word for our word to topography.
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When we talk about topography,
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That is the act of detailing the actual physical features
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Of land on a map.
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When jesus said heaven is a place,
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He is saying heaven
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Is an exact geographical location.
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That's why i titled this series, a place called heaven.
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That comes from the lips of jesus himself.
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The second word is the greek word mone.
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That is, in my father's house are many mone.
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It's translated dwelling places.
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This word means the habitat, the lodging,
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The domicile of a person.
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Again, underscoring the fact
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That heaven is a real place.
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In my father's house are many dwelling places.
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And then the third significant word here
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Is the word prepare.
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I go to prepare a place for you.
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Guess what? you don't have to prepare a state of mind.
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No, this indicates jesus is in heaven right now
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Preparing a future residence for us.
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It's an actual geographical location.
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Now, that should be enough
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To settle the issue whether heaven is a real place.
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But let me tie a bow on it
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By having you turn to acts 1:9-11
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Remember, after jesus was crucified,
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On the third day, he arose from the dead.
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He spent 40 days on the earth in his new resurrection body,
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But at the end of those 40 days, he fulfilled his promise
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To ascend back to his father in heaven.
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And his followers gathered with him on the mount of olives,
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And it was at that geographical location,
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The mount of olives overlooking the city of jerusalem,
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That luke records what happened, verse nine.
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"and he," that is jesus, "was lifted up while they,"
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That is the disciples, "were looking on
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And a cloud received him out of their sight.
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And as they were gazing intently
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Into the sky while he was departing,
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Behold two men in white clothing stood beside them.
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And they also said, 'men of galilee,
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Why do you stand looking into the sky?
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This jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven
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Will come in just the same way
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As you have watched him go into heaven.'"
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Now, this is so simple,
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But it's so profound at the same time.
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Jesus was at an actual geographical location,
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The mount of olives,
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And he ascended into this place called heaven.
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Now, can you think of somebody
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Who goes from a geographical location into a state of mind?
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That doesn't make sense, does it?
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You don't go from a location to a state of mind,
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Just as jesus was literally
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And visibly brought from earth to heaven,
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One day, jesus is literally
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And visibly going to return from heaven back to earth.
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Heaven is a geographical location,
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But of course, that brings up the question,
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Well, where then is this place called heaven?
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Where is it? can you locate it on a map?
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Where is this place called heaven?
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Well, we have a few clues in the bible
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About where this place called heaven is.
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Now, there are only clues,
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But we can put some things together.
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If we look at the clues.
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First of all, the bible seems to indicate heaven is up.
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Wherever it is, it's up. how do we know this?
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Satan told us so.
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Now, i know you can't depend on satan for a lot of things.
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Most of the time he's a liar,
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But you know, just kind of like a broken clock
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Is right at least twice a day,
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Satan is right about a few things.
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In isaiah 14:13,
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When satan mounted his rebellion against god,
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He said, "i, lucifer, will ascend to heaven.
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I will raise my throne above the stars of god."
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Wherever the throne of god is, it's up.
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He said, "i'm going to ascend to where you are, god."
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Heaven is up.
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In some sense, it tends to be north,
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But some people wonder, well, is this place called heaven
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A place that actually exists in a time-space situation?
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Even though it may be a gazillion miles away,
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Is it a place in this universe?
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Or is perhaps heaven existing
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In some other dimension that we can't even see right now,
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Kind of like that fifth dimension unknown to man
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That rod serling used to talk about in "the twilight zone."
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Is that what heaven is,
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It's just a whole other realm of existence
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That we can't see right now?
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Well, to answer that question,
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And this is the foundation of this message,
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We need to understand the difference
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Between the present heaven and the future heaven.
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This will help you understand the bible.
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It will help you understand what awaits you as well
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And your loved ones who are christians.
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There is a difference between the present heaven
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And the future heaven.
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Let's talk about the present heaven for just a moment.
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Right now in the present world,
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There are actually three heavens the bible talks about.
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The first heaven is the earth's atmosphere.
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That is the air we breathe.
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That's where the birds and the jet liners fly.
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The earth's atmosphere, that's the first heaven.
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The second heaven in the bible is outer space,
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Where the stars, the planets, the galaxies exist.
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But there is a third heaven right now
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That is the abode of god.
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It's where god is, the presence of god.
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That's the third heaven.
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By the way, in 2 corinthians 12,
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Paul said that he had an experience
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In which he at least was caught up
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To the third heaven where god is.
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By the way, this third heaven
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Is the place you and i go when we die.
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If we're a christian, we go into the presence,
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The abode of god.
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2 corinthians 5:8 says,
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"for a christian to be absent from the body
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Is to be at home with the lord."
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Right now, jesus is overseeing
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What i call the ultimate in prefab housing.
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He's building a city for us to live in.
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It's called the new jerusalem.
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And one day that city that is being built where god is,
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Is going to descend out of the third heaven
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And come down to a newly recreated earth.
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Turn over to revelation 21
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And look at what john sees in revelation 21:1 and 2.
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John says, "i saw a new heaven and a new earth,
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For the first heaven and the first earth passed away,
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And there's no longer any sea.
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And i saw the holy city, the new jerusalem,"
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That's what jesus is working on now,
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"the new jerusalem coming down
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Out of heaven from god made ready
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As a bride adorned for her husband."
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The new heaven, the new jerusalem
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That jesus is creating for us
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Is going to come out of the current heaven
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And rest on the newly recreated earth,
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And that is our future
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And permanent home right here on earth.
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Now, maybe the concept of a present heaven
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And a future heaven is a little bit confusing to you.
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Let me illustrate it for you this way.
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Let's say that you have this dream
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That one day when you retire,
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You're going to move to the city
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Where all of your children and grandchildren are.
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For you, that will be heaven
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To be with your children and grandchildren, the same city.
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It's heaven for you.
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Of course, it'll be hell for them,
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But that's another sermon that we'll get to, you know.
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But for you, that's a great thought
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That you would actually be with them.
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So the day of your retirement comes and you go to that city,
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And you decide you want to construct your retirement home.
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You find a little place by the lake, a piece of land,
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And you buy it,
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And you're going to build the home of your dreams there.
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While that construction project is going on,
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You've got to have a place to live.
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So you rent a condominium, you rent an apartment,
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And it's nice, and it's comfortable,
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But it's not your permanent dwelling place.
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You have a present home, but you also have a future home.
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Now, the same thing is true for christians when they die.
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When we die, right now, we go into the presence of god.
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We don't sleep, we're awake, we're aware,
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We're with our loved ones, but it's only a temporary place.
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God is building a permanent home for us right now.
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This place called heaven that will come out of heaven
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Back to earth one day.
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Now, let me give you some characteristics
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Of this future heaven that will be our eternal place.
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And all of this comes straight from scripture,
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Revelation 21 through 22.
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First of all, john says our future home will be new.
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Look at verse one.
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"i saw a new heaven and a new earth,
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For the first heaven and the first earth passed away,
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And there is no longer any sea."
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After the millennium, the thousand-year reign of christ
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And the white throne judgment talked about
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In revelation 20,
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After all unbelievers are judged
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At the end of revelation 20,
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In the white space of your bible
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Between the end of chapter 20
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And the beginning of chapter 21,
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There is a great destruction
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Of the present heaven and earth.
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They passed away, john says, in verse one.
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It's already happened when we get to chapter 21, verse one.
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Secondly, the new heaven,
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Our eternal place, will be a physical location.
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You know, we are not disembodied spirits.
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Once we die, we inhabit a new body.
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We are created to be physical beings
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As well as spiritual beings.
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And therefore, since we are physical beings,
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We need a physical location in which to live.
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Thirdly, this new place called heaven
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Is going to be familiar to us.
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Number four, heaven will have no oceans.
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Look at verse one again of chapter 21.
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"and i saw a new heaven and a new earth,
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For the first heaven and the first earth passed away,
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And there is no longer any sea."
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You realize the oceans take up 71%
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Of the space on our planet.
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There'll be no oceans.
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I didn't say no water,
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But no oceans in the new heaven and earth.
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Next, the new heaven will have no sun or moon.
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Look at verse 23.
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"and the city," the new jerusalem,
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"has no need for the sun or the moon to shine on it,
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For the glory of god has illumined it
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And the its lamp is the lamb."
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Next, the new heaven and new earth will be free from sin.
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Not only will the oceans and the lights
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And the sky be missing, there'll no longer be any sin.
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Furthermore, everybody will know the lord at that time.
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Habakkuk 2:14 says, "for the earth will be filled
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With the knowledge of the glory of the lord
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As the waters cover the sea."
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The next truth about the new heaven
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Is it will have a capital.
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There will be a capital, the centerpiece
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Of the new heaven and earth called the new jerusalem.
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That's interesting. even from the old testament,
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The focus of heaven was a focus on a city,
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Not just some undefined space up there.
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It was an actual city,
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And it's going to be unlike any city
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We have ever seen or visited.
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One mathematician calculated
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That if a new jerusalem is shaped like a cube,
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It would have enough room for 20 billion residents
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If each individual residence were a massive 75 acres.
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There would also be plenty of room left over
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For parks and streets and other features
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That you'd likely see in any major city.
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That's the size of the new jerusalem.
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You know, today, if you live in a gated community,
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The gates are shut.
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They're locked at night.
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If you don't, you at least lock your door, don't you?
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Even the happiest place in all the world,
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Disneyland, locks its gates at night.
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But in the new jerusalem, there'll be no locking the gates.
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You won't have to lock your windows, lock your doors.
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You can leave the windows open of your car,
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You can leave your keys in the car and nothing will happen
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Because sin and sinners will be eliminated forever.
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And notice the splendor of the new jerusalem.
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As john describes it,
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It is more beautiful even than the emerald city
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Of the fictitious land of oz.
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We see in verses 10 and 11, the holy city, jerusalem,
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Coming down out of heaven from god having the glory of god.
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Her brilliance was like a very costly stone
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And a stone of crystal clear jasper.
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And then chapter 22, verse one.
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"and the angel showed me a river of the water of life,
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Clear as crystal,
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Coming from the throne of god and of the lamb."
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I said there wasn't going to be an ocean in heaven,
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But there's going to be plenty
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Of clear, fresh water pouring from the throne of god.
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And look at verse two.
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"and on either side of this river
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Was the tree of life bearing 12 kinds of fruit,
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Yielding its fruit every month,
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And the leaves of the tree
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Were for the healing of the nations."
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And by the way, something else that's not in heaven,
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Chapter 21, verse 22.
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I did not see a temple either because god almighty
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And the lamb are the temple.
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If you go to jerusalem right now,
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Even though the temple has been pretty much destroyed,
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You can see it was the focal point of the city of jerusalem.
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But in the new jerusalem, there'll be no house of worship.
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There'll be no temple. there'll be no first baptist church.
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It won't be necessary
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Because god and his son
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Will represent the temple of god.
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The bible says, right now,
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Jesus is in heaven preparing a place for you.
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And you know the greatest thing about that
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Are those two words for you.
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God is creating heaven right now with you in mind.
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Cs lewis said it this way.
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Your place in heaven will seem to be made for you
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And you alone because you were made for it,
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Made for it stitch by stitch
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As a glove is made for a hand."
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There's a contemporary christian song,
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"i can only imagine."
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The truth is that place god is preparing for you right now
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Is beyond our wildest imagination.
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Don't you want to go?
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"i go to prepare a place for you,
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And if i go and prepare a place for you,
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I will come again and receive you unto myself
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That where i am, there you may be also."
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Beyond our wildest imagination,
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God is preparing a place in heaven right now
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For those who trust in christ.
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Robert Jeffress - Is Heaven A Real Place?

February 1, 2026 | 27:29

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