I was perusing a particular website and it suggested that when the Lord Jesus calls us up to be with Him, we don’t return to heaven, but rather stay with Him in the clouds, perhaps in some extradimensional space.
the reason for this is that none of the rapture passages, excepting John 14, mention anything about going anywhere after being caught up, and the John passage only says that we will be with Jesus, wherever He is.
an interesting observation, but from Revelation 5, we know exactly where Jesus is—in heaven, because He is the only One worthy to approach the throne and take the seven-sealed scroll. Therefore, we will be in heaven, too, since that’s where Jesus is. It says He is “in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.” The twenty-four elders, which I believe represent the Church, are there in heaven, too.
Cavalier, thank you for a solid and to-the-point analysis. I’ll see you there soon!☺️
Right. I think the confusion comes in where it states there will be a new Heaven and a new Earth. As great as being with the Lord and the Saints is now in Heaven1, I can’t even imagine how great Heaven2 will be with our glorified bodies!