We see references to this in both the Old and New Testaments ( Isa 65:17-19, Isa 9:7, Isa 11:6-9, Rev 21:1-5 ). Believers will be judged righteous not because of their acts, but because they are clothed in the righteousness of Christ. Following this resurrection, there will be the final judgment where Christ will stand as judge over all those who lived on the face of the earth. At that time, the spirits of the saints who have returned from heaven with Christ will be reunited with their resurrection bodies ( 1 Cor 15:12-57 ).
Scripture teaches when Christ returns, there will be a general resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked ( Dan 12:2 ). Then our souls will be united with our resurrection bodies and we will live in a physical new earth forever. We will stay there until the final resurrection. This heaven is not our final destination. In this heaven, we won’t have physical bodies we will be more like the angels ( Mark 12:25 ). This heaven is not eternal it is just a bus stop! It is where we go and wait for God to finish the work he is doing in our present age.
When Christians die, their souls go to heaven and their bodies return to the earth from whence they came ( Gen 3:19 ). In order to answer the question, we need to clear up a few things. One of our readers recently asked several questions I hear often: “In the life after death, what will we do? Will we work? Will any of the things we have today, like cars, be there?”
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