Heaven is a place – a real place. Jesus says He is going to a place, not a state of mind. Heaven is not some existence where our disembodied spirits ride clouds and play harps.
This earthy life, this brief journey through the shadowlands, is like the sweet smell of supper. The fragrance promises something good to come, but it is not the promise itself fulfilled. The aroma is only the first suggestion. The promise is not realized until the food meets the palate. The meal is the real.
Heaven is real and immensely substantive. The most exhilarating, satisfying experience in this life is but a foretaste of the life God invites us to enjoy eternally in Heaven. Heaven is where God lives, and where God lives we truly come to life.
Heaven is a prepared place. Jesus says He is preparing a place for us. The places He is preparing are perfectly suited for people to become all that God originally purposed for us to be. Imagine becoming again like Adam before the Fall – real flesh and blood, without sin or encumbrance, free to know God and walk with God and talk with God. Heaven is a place prepared and suited perfectly for that purpose.
Heaven is a prepared place for prepared people. Though God does not want anyone to perish, He requires without exception that any who would enter Heaven be prepared (1 Peter 3:9; John 3:16). How does a person prepare? The only way to prepare for Heaven is to receive Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord of your life (John 14:6). Receiving Jesus is as easy as ABC:
A – Admit to God you are a sinner (Romans 3:23).
B – Believe that Jesus is Who He says He is (Romans 10:9-10).
C – Commit your life to know Jesus and to make Him known (James 2:26).
Friend, Heaven is indeed a place, a prepared place for prepared people. I have heard it said that we are prepared to live until we are prepared to die. Are you prepared?
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