Yes, the Bible teaches that Heaven is a real, literal, physical place.
Jesus said in John 14:2-3, "I go to prepare a place for you. And if I
go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you
unto myself; that where I am, there may ye be also."
I mention that Heaven is a place because some think that Heaven is
a state of the mind. Jesus said:
"Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth
corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for
yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth
corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:" (Matthew
6:19-20).
Now, friends, that could only be said of an actual, real literal,
physical place.
If I had time to read Revelation 21 and 222 you would see a
beautiful description of the Holy City, the New Jerusalem, which is
the eternal home of the saved. In those chapters the Bible says that
Heaven has foundations, and the foundations are garnished with all
manner of precious stones. The Bible says that wall s of the city are
made of jasper. It goes on to say that there are three gates on the
east, three on the west, three on the north, three on the south, and
it says that gates are made of pearl and every several gate is of one
pearl.
Say, that could not be said of a state of mind; it could only be
said of a real, literal place.
In Revelation 21 and 22, the Bible gives the measurements of the
Holy City. It is given in cubits. If you were able to take the cubits
and multiply them into feet and then divided them into miles, you
would find that the Holy City, the New Jerusalem is fifteen hundred
miles square--fifteen hundred miles in four different directions!
Now, friends, there is no way to measure the state of man's mind.
You could not measure Heaven unless it was a real, literal, physical
place.
End of Chapter One
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