{"id":2318,"date":"2013-02-10T12:18:57","date_gmt":"2013-02-10T20:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=2318"},"modified":"2014-08-23T15:45:28","modified_gmt":"2014-08-23T22:45:28","slug":"do-you-go-to-heaven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/10\/do-you-go-to-heaven\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Go to Heaven When You Die?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>John 3:13, <i>No one has ascended to heaven.<\/i><\/strong> Most Christians believe that when they die, they immediately go to heaven in spite of Yeshua\u2019s clear statement in this verse.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/10\/do-you-go-to-heaven\/heaven-christian-21823731\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2319\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2319\" alt=\"Heaven, Christian -21823731\" src=\"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Heaven-Christian-21823731-277x300.jpg\" width=\"277\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Heaven-Christian-21823731-277x300.jpg 277w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Heaven-Christian-21823731.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some believers see this verse as referring to saints who died <i>before<\/i> his resurrection, but not true of those who died <i>afterwards<\/i>, even though Yeshua doesn\u2019t say this. Therefore, they reason, this is why, according to Peter, David, who was born <i>before <\/i>Yeshua, is still resting in his grave awaiting the last days resurrection (Acts 2:29).<\/p>\n<p>If what the majority of Christians believe on this subject is true, then the saints of old are second-class citizens and YHVH is a respecter persons (which he is not, see Acts 10:34; Rom 2:11) in that they have to wait for resurrection day and for their ultimate reward of eternal life, while saints born since Yeshua receive their glorified bodies immediately upon death.<\/p>\n<p>Laying aside all the church traditions and doctrines of men, what does the Bible in the simplest and clearest terms say about the timing of the saints receiving immortality?\u00a0Paul states that the resurrection of <i>all<\/i> the dead saints and their receiving immortality occurs <i>not<\/i> at the time of their physical death, but at the second coming of Yeshua at the last trumpet (1 Cor 15:51\u201354; 1 Thess 4:13\u201318 cp. Rev 11:15, 18).<\/p>\n<p>Actually, men\u2019s eternal inheritance isn\u2019t heaven, but the New Jerusalem, which is coming <i>down from<\/i> heaven to the new earth (Rev 21:2).<\/p>\n<div class=\"evernoteSiteMemory\"><a href=\"javascript:\" onclick=\"Evernote.doClip({title: 'Do You Go to Heaven When You Die?',url: 'https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/10\/do-you-go-to-heaven\/',contentID: 'post-2318',suggestTags: 'Death,Heaven,John,Resurrection',providerName: 'Hoshana Rabbah Blog',styling: 'text' });return false\" class=\"evernoteSiteMemoryLink\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.evernote.com\/article-clipper.png\" \nclass=\"evernoteSiteMemoryButton\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"evernoteSiteMemoryClear\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John 3:13, No one has ascended to heaven. Most Christians believe that when they die, they immediately go to heaven in spite of Yeshua\u2019s clear statement in this verse. 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