Heaven: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To

As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire with horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up into heaven in a whirlwind.

There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.

You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.

As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.

Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

Who may ascend the hill of the LORD? Who may stand in His holy place?

Lift up your heads, O gates! Be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of Glory may enter!

You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.

Your eyes will see the King in His beauty and behold a land that stretches afar.

…to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill.

They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.

Then the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever.

“They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.

His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.

Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.

For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.

I say to you that many will come from the east and the west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”

Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.

So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous

See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.

Jesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”

In the resurrection, people will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven.

Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

I tell you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will also confess him before the angels of God.

Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.

Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

…comes home, and calls together his friends and neighbors to tell them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep!’

I tell you that in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who do not need to repent.

In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”

But it was fitting to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”

One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.

Jesus answered, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage. …

And I bestow on you a kingdom, just as My Father has bestowed one on Me,

…so that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

And Jesus said to him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”

Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice

…and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.

If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, My servant will be as well. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.

“Lord, where are You going?” Simon Peter asked. Jesus answered, “Where I am going, you cannot follow Me now, but you will follow later.”

In My Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and welcome you into My presence, so that you also may be where I am.

I have given them the glory You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one—

Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.

“Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”

For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!

For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows. …

I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,

…the faith and love proceeding from the hope stored up for you in heaven, of which you have already heard in the word of truth, the gospel

…that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood the grace of God.

…giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.

When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.

…encouraging you, comforting you, and urging you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.

After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.

…and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels

To this He called you through our gospel, so that you may share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, knowing that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession.

For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.

Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels …

Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be filled with gratitude, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe.

For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.

…and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,

…and you will receive a lavish reception into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

But in keeping with God’s promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.

To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.

Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and on these thrones sat twenty-four elders dressed in white, with golden crowns on their heads.

And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.

After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.

Then one of the elders addressed me: “These in white robes,” he asked, “who are they, and where have they come from?” …

Then I looked and saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads. …

And I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, beside which stood those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name. They were holding harps from God,

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. …

Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.” …

The wall was made of jasper, and the city itself of pure gold, as pure as glass.

The foundations of the city walls were adorned with every kind of precious stone: The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,

And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, with each gate consisting of a single pearl. The main street of the city was pure gold, as clear as glass. …

But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.

Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb …