Heaven is where God dwells. It is a specific place a place of unparalleled tranquility and beauty. It includes the new heaven and new earth.

It is only as we focus our thoughts on heaven that we will correctly interpret life on earth.

The new earth will be like Eden. ..the deserts will gush with water. ... A beautiful and bountiful land will flourish.

Scripture indicates that heaven is not distant but rather... heaven is near in another realm.

Existence continues at death for the believer in a fuller, more fulfilling way. Death should hold no fear for the believer.

God prevented Adam & Even from ETERNAL SINFULNESS by giving them the gift of death, the ability to exit this life & arrive safely in the wondrous life to come. Death, though it would appear to be man's greatest enemy, would in the end, prove to be his greatest friend. Only through can we go to God.

On the new earth heaven we will have perfect bodies, resistant to any ailment. Our new bodies will continue on forever, without missing a beat.

While we look forward to a new heaven, let's first consider the new earth, for the new earth will indeed be like heaven on earth. We will live on a restored earth.

During the tribulation there will be a national turning of Israel to the Lord they will walk in righteousness. ... God established an everlasting covenant with Israel and it will be of everlasting duration.

We are limited by our visual, physical senses yet from the Scriptures we can readily conclude that heaven is indeed not distant at all. It is nearby.

Prosperity and security are ours in heaven. We will live in peace and safety.

Death brings release & removal from all evil, every tragedy & all difficulty. Death is not an enemy.

As believers we have no need to fear death. Christ himself assures us of a safe arrival home in heaven!

Many of the passages that describe the millennial kingdom also, in continuity, describe the new heaven and the new earth the eternal state.

There is a day coming when all of the suffering, all of the maladies of this life are destroyed, when we, in our glorified bodies, will live in heaven, on the new earth, eternally fulfilling God's ordained purpose for us.