Heaven is Not My Home

This world is not my home I’m just a passing through
My treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue
The angels beckon me from heaven’s open door
And I can’t feel at home in this world anymore
Oh lord you know I have no friend like you
If heaven’s not my home then lord what will I do
The angels beckon me from heaven’s open door
And I can’t feel at home in this world anymore

So goes the classic hymn, “This World Is Not My Home.” However, the bible frequently portrays the final destination of the righteous as occurring on earth. In this message we’ll take our cue from Daniel’s vision in chapter seven to see what God’s plan is for his people. Ultimately, he wants a restored world without suffering and sin so that he can enjoy a relationship with his people forever. This world is your home. You were born here. You currently live here. And your hope is to remain here.

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Author: Sean Finnegan

Keywords: death, death is a sleep, sleep, fallen asleep, asleep in the Lord, resurrection of the dead, life after death, dieing and going to heaven, afterlife, intermediate state, future reward, going to heaven, heavenly reward, reward in heaven, great is your reward in heaven, When are the faithful rewarded, slept with his fathers, sleep of death, conditional immortality, immortal soul, immortal spirit, immortality, immortal soulism, eternal life in heaven, Abraham's bosom, Paradise, departing soul, spirit departs, give up the spirit, soul departs, departed soul

Bible reference(s): Genesis 49:29, Judges 2:10, 2 Kings 22:20, 2 Chronicles 34:28, 1 Kings 2:10, 1 Kings 11:43, 1 Kings 14:20, 1 Kings 14:31, 1 Kings 15:8, 1 Kings 15:24, 1 Kings 16:6, 1 Kings 16:28, 1 Kings 22:40, 1 Kings 22:50, 2 Kings 8:24, 2 Kings 10:35, 2 Kings 13:9, 2 Kings 13:13, 2 Kings 14:16, 2 Kings 14:22, 2 Kings 14:29, 2 Kings 15:7, 2 Kings 15:22, 2 Kings 15:38, 2 Kings 16:20, 2 Kings 20:21, 2 Kings 21:18, 2 Kings 24:6, 2 Chronicles 9:31, 2 Chronicles 12:16, 2 Chronicles 14:1, 2 Chronicles 16:13, 2 Chronicles 21:1, 2 Chronicles 26:2, 2 Chronicles 26:23, 2 Chronicles 27:9, 2 Chronicles 28:27, 2 Chronicles 32:33, 2 Chronicles 33:20, Matthew 9:24, Mark 5:39, Luke 8:52, John 11:11, John 11:12, Acts 7:60, 1 Corinthians 11:30, 1 Corinthians 15:6, 1 Corinthians 15:18, 1 Corinthians 15:20, 1 Corinthians 15:22, 1 Corinthians 15:51, 1 Thessalonians 4:13, 1 Thessalonians 4:14, 1 Thessalonians 4:15, 1 Thessalonians 5:10, 2 Peter 3:4, Bel and the Dragon 1:1, 1 Maccabees 2:69, Ecclesiastes 9:5, Ecc 9:10, Psalm 13:3, 2 Samuel 22:6, Job 3:13, Job 3:17-18, Job 7:9, Job 11:8, Job 14:13, Job 17:13, Job 17:16, Job 21:13, Job 24:19, Job 26:6, Psalms 6:5, Psalms 9:17, Psalms 16:10, Psalms 18:5, Psalms 30:3, Psalms 31:17, Psalms 49:14, Psalms 49:15, Psalms 88:3, Psalms 89:48, Psalms 116:3, Psalms 139:8, Psalms 146:4, Proverbs 1:12, Proverbs 5:5, Proverbs 7:27, Proverbs 9:18, Proverbs 15:11, Proverbs 15:24, Proverbs 23:14, Proverbs 27:20, Isaiah 5:14, Isaiah 14:9, Isaiah 14:11, Isaiah 14:15, Isaiah 28:15, Isaiah 28:18, Isaiah 57:9, Ezekiel 31:15, Ezekiel 31:16, Ezekiel 31:17, Ezekiel 32:21, Ezekiel 32:27, Amos 9:2, Jonah 2:2, Habakkuk 2:5, Matthew 5:22, Matthew 5:29, Matthew 5:30, Matthew 10:28, Matthew 11:23, Matthew 16:18, Matthew 18:9, Matthew 23:15, Matthew 23:33, Mark 9:43, Mark 9:45, Mark 9:47, Luke 10:15, Luke 12:5, Luke 16:23, Acts 2:27, Acts 2:31, James 3:6, 2 Peter 2:4, Revelation 1:18, Revelation 6:8, Revelation 20:13, Revelation 20:14, Wisdom of Solomon 1:14, Wisdom of Solomon 2:1, Wisdom of Solomon 16:13, Wisdom of Solomon 16:14, Wisdom of Solomon 17:14, Sirach/Ecclesiasticus 21:10, Sirach/Ecclesiasticus 28:21, Song of the Three Young Men 1:66, 2 Maccabees 6:23, 2 Esdras 2:29, 2 Esdras 4:7, 2 Esdras 4:8, 2 Esdras 7:36, 2 Esdras 8:53, Acts 2:29, Acts 2:34, John 5:28-29, Matthew 22:31, Acts 17:32, Acts 23:6, Acts 24:21, Acts 26:23, Romans 1:4, 1 Corinthians 15:12, 1 Corinthians 15:13, 1 Corinthians 15:42

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