Pastor Jim Bohrer– February 28, 2021

The Best is Yet to Come

You Only Go Around Twice!

What people think typically about heaven and eternal life now:

•      __________

•      __________

•      __________

•     God’s Original Plan for the earth and people did not get  __________  by the Devil and Adam.

Genesis 2:8 NASB95

•     Jesus came to redeem the entire  __________.

John 3:16 NASB95

Genesis 1:1 NASB95

Revelation 21:1–3 NASB95

1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea. 2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them.

Thinking Biblically about Heaven

1.   Heaven

a.   ___________  heaven.

•     God’s  __________  Place with His angels and redeemed people.

2 Corinthians 5:8 NASB95

•     God’s  __________ from where He rules and Jesus is seated at His right hand.

Psalm 132:7 NASB95

Acts 7:49 NASB95

•     Our  ____________Experience.

2 Corinthians 5:8 NASB95

1 Samuel 28:13 ESV

2.   ____________  Heaven.

1 Corinthians 7:31 NASB95

Isaiah 65:17 NASB95

2 Peter 3:13 NASB95

Revelation 21:1 NASB95

•     kainós  ____________ to néos.

•      ____________  bodies.

Romans 8:22 NIV

Job 19:26–27 NLT

1 Corinthians 15:42 NASB95

•     _____________ Individual identity.

•      ___________  reality of Eden.

•     We will  ________  and  _______  with the Lord forever.

 

Questions to consider:

•     Discuss with someone how this view of heaven changes your thoughts about the future.

•     What are some things you look forward to enjoying in heaven?

•     If you reap what you sow, what are you sowing in this earthly body that you will reap in heaven?