Bible Verses About Heaven, Eternity & the Kingdom
This world is not the end; God is making all things new and preparing an eternal home for his people. He will wipe away every tear, and his kingdom will have no end. These verses lift your eyes to the hope of heaven and the King who reigns forever.
There are many dwelling places in my Father’s house. Otherwise I would have told you, for I am going to prepare a place for you. And when I have gone and prepared a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me, so that you also may be where I am.
Above all, seek the kingdom and his righteousness, and you will be given all these things as well.
“Men of Galilee,” they said, “why stand there gazing up at the sky? This Jesus has been taken up from you into heaven, and he will come in the very way you saw him leave for heaven.”
For all of us must be laid open before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what matches the things done in the body, whether good or worthless.
And the one who sits on the throne said, “See, I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write it down, because these words can be trusted, and they are true.”
If what someone has built on the foundation survives, that builder will receive a reward.
Those the LORD has ransomed will come back; they will enter Zion with glad shouts, with joy that never ends resting on their heads. Delight and gladness will catch up with them, and grief and groaning will run away.
Every tear he will wipe from their eyes. Death will be no more, and no more mourning, no crying, no pain. The former things have gone.”
And the holy city, the new Jerusalem, I saw descending out of heaven from God, ready like a bride who has adorned herself for her husband.
Now there is waiting for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have longed for his appearing.
Dear friends, we are children of God now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this: when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him as he truly is.
If we endure, we will also reign with him. If we deny him, he will also deny us.
And when I have gone and prepared a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me, so that you also may be where I am.
Then those of us still living, who are left, will be swept up with them into the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. From then on we will be with the Lord always.