Resumo de Where Man Goes After Death

Is heaven the reward of the saved? Have your departed loved ones gone there? Will you? Do you have proof? Are there plain scriptures to the contrary? Yes?here they are!
You say heaven is the reward of the saved. Are you certain? Have you sought proof?
Almost all professing Christians believe the saved go to heaven upon death. Why? What assurance do they have? By what authority have countless millions believed that they are bound for heaven when they die?
Be honest. You probably consider yourself a Christian. You certainly want to be saved. You have probably also been assured that you will go to heaven some day. Should you not demand proof that heaven is really what you seek?and where you will go?
It is about time you know if you will spend all eternity in heaven!
So, let?s get the facts?the truth?of what God teaches.
We have many booklets explaining in detail the real reward of the saved. Though this booklet will address some of the truth on this matter, it will not and cannot cover everything about the truth of salvation. This is not the purpose or focus here. This booklet is written to examine whether heaven is the destination of the saved.
One of the fundamental rules of Bible study is to always start with the clearest scriptures on any subject. Then fit all less clear scriptures into the basic overall picture that has been established.
The subject of going to heaven is a classic example of the need to start with the most plain, obvious verses. We will examine a number of them. After doing this, we will examine all the supposed ?proof texts? about going to heaven. They will be correctly understood and the false idea of the saved going to heaven will collapse!
Let?s examine another plain scripture, which adds another element.
The apostle John recorded the following: ?And has made them [the saints] unto our God kings and priests: and they [the saints] shall reign on the earth? (Rev. 5:10).
The reward of God?s saints is to inherit future rulership ?on the earth??as ?kings and priests.? This is plain!
I?ll ask again: Have you ever heard a minister say that God?s purpose for you is to ?reign on the earth,? as ?kings and priests??
Be honest?of course not! You must at least admit that becoming a king is more appealing than riding clouds, playing harps or rolling around heaven.
Now, will you believe the plain words of the Bible?or continue in popular but baseless assumptions?
Christ and the saints will rule peoples and nations on earth.
You have surely heard Christ referred to as ?KING of kings and LORD of lords.? Now you know why!
Did you notice Christ ?comes? to earth rather than we ?go? to heaven? And the saints assist Him in ?executing judgment.?
The phrase ?in My throne? (Rev. 3:21) is used because Christ understood that His throne is on this earth?unlike the Father?s throne, which is in heaven. Luke 1:32 shows that Christ will sit in Jerusalem on the throne of David.
Now notice Revelation 20:4, 6: ?And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them?and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years?Blessed and holy is he that has part in the first resurrection: on such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.?
What could be plainer than these verses? When Christ returns, the saints rule with Him! Together, they will reign over the entire world!
What Christ Did Say About Heaven
Let?s turn the coin over. We have seen what Christ says IS the calling and reward of a Christian?but did He ever say what it is NOT? Did Jesus make any plain statements about men in heaven? He did?in stunning clarity!
He said, ?And no man has ascended up to heaven, but He that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven? (John 3:13).
There it is! Jesus did address people going to heaven. Take this verse for exactly what He said, neither adding to nor taking from it. He said, ?NO MAN? (not a single one) has gone to heaven!
Do you believe Him? Or do you believe the ministers of this world who virtually suggest, with their ideas about salvation, that Christ was misleading or did not know what He was talking about?
Now think of all God?s servants who had lived during the 4,000 years prior to Christ?s statement. Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Joshua, Samuel, David, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, and many more, cannot be in heaven. So says Christ!
If heaven is the reward of the saved, then none of these men made it. They all must have failed! Every one of them missed out on salvation.
But, of course, they did not fail. Heaven is not the reward of the saved?inheriting rulership over earth is, as we shall learn.
Notice that verse 13 comes only three verses prior to the most universally quoted passage in the Bible?John 3:16: ?For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.?
Why is almost everyone willing to believe this verse while virtually no one believes what is said just three verses earlier?
Now ask: If all the above men are not in heaven, where are they?

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