HEAVENBOUND: BELIEVERS GO TO HEAVEN WHEN THEY DIE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I) Jn 14:1-4

1) Jn 14:1

a) BELIEVING = BELIEVING IN (INTO) = BELIEVING ON (UPON) = BELIEVING THAT

i) Jn 6:29-30

ii) Jn 8:30-31

iii) Jn 20:31

b) BELIEVING IN (GREEK = "EIS" = IN, INTO) DOES NOT CONSTITUTE ORGANIC OR SPIRITUAL UNION WITH THE OBJECT OF BELIEF

i) 1 Jn 1:8-10

ii) 1 Jn 3:24

iii) 1 Jn 2:6

iv) Jn 15:1-2

v) Jn 15:8

vi) 1 Cor 3:15

2) Jn 14:2

a) THE PHRASE "IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE ARE MANY ROOMS" DOES NOT REFER TO THE GODHEAD BUT TO HEAVEN

i) IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE = HEAVEN

aa) 2 Cor 5:1

bb) Jn 2:16

ii) ARE MANY ROOMS

aa) Gen 3:5

bb) Isa 14:14

b) 'MANY ROOMS' DO NOT REFER TO STEPS ALONG THE WAY OF A BELIEVER'S DEVELOPMENT IN THIS WORLD OR THE NEXT

i) Ps 89:29

ii) 2 Cor 5:1

iii) Rev 12:1-4

c) "MANY ROOMS" IN THE "FATHER'S HOUSE" DO NOT REFER TO CHURCH AGE BELIEVERS

i) Jn 14:23

d) "I AM GOING THERE TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU" REFERS TO HEAVEN

i) Mt 5:12

3) Jn 14:2-3

a) "I AM GOING.... I WILL COME BACK" DO NOTREFER IN THIS PARTICULAR CONTEXT TO OUR LORD'S GOING IN DEATH AND COMING BACK IN RESURRECTION

i) Jn 7:33-34

ii) Jn 12:23, 35

b) "I AM GOING THERE" REFERS TO OURLORD'S GOING TO HEAVEN

i) Jn 3:13

ii) Rev 4:1, 9-11; 5:6-9

4) Jn 14:4

a) "THE PLACE WHERE I AM GOING" REFERS TO OUR LORD'S GOING TO HEAVEN

i) 1 Thes 5:13-18

ii) 1 Pet 3:22a

iii) 2 Cor 5:1

iv) Phil 3:20a

b) BELIEVERS GO TO HEAVEN WHEN THEY DIE

i) 2 Cor 5:8

ii) Phil 1:21-26

Heb 13:5-6

iii) Rev 6:9

iv) Heb 5:13b

II) [Compare 1 Pet 1:3-4]: