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Will there be such a thing as gender in heaven? Answer Some people believe that, in heaven, all people will be genderless; others believe that we will retain our gender in heaven and that the resurrection of the body will not change one’s sex. Males will be males in heaven, and females will be...

Do we become angels after we die? Answer Angels are beings created by God (Colossians 1:15-17) and are entirely different from humans. They are God’s special agents to carry out His plan and to minister to the followers of Christ (Hebrews 1:13-14). There is no indication that angels were...

Will it be possible for us to sin in heaven? Got Questions Ministries Will it be possible for us to sin in heaven? If there is no sin in heaven, is there free will in heaven? Got Questions Ministries

Will it be possible for us to sin in heaven? Answer The Bible describes heaven or the eternal state in great detail in Revelation chapters 21–22. Nowhere in those chapters is the possibility of sin mentioned. In fact, we have the promise that, in the eternal state, we will never experience...

Will we have free will in heaven? Answer The fact that Adam and Eve had a choice to make in the Garden of Eden shows beyond all doubt that mankind was created with a free will. The first couple chose to sin, and that choice plunged the entire world into spiritual darkness leading to our need...

What are the New Heavens and the New Earth? Got Questions Ministries What are the New Heavens and the New Earth? Will believers spend eternity on the New Earth, or in the New Heavens, or both?

What are the new heavens and the new earth? Answer In Revelation 21:1, John sees something spectacular: “Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away...” This new earth and new heavens are sometimes referred to as the “eternal state.” As...

Will we remember our earthly lives when we are in Heaven? Got Questions Ministries Will we remember our earthly lives when we are in Heaven? Will our memories be erased when we arrive in Heaven? Got Questions Ministries

Will we remember our earthly lives when we are in heaven? Answer Isaiah 65:17 says, “See, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.” Some interpret Isaiah 65:17 as saying that we will have no memory of our earthly lives in...

What is the first resurrection? What is the second resurrection? Answer Daniel 12:2 summarizes the two very different fates facing mankind: “Many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.” Everyone will be...

What does the Bible say about near death experiences? Answer A near-death experience (NDE) is when a person is at the brink of death and, upon recovery, reports an unusual occurrence, generally an out-of-body experience or some sort of vision of heaven or hell. There is no specific scriptural...

Do we have an appointed time of death? Answer The Bible says that “all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be” (Psalm 139:16). God knows absolutely everything about us (Psalm 139:1–6) including when, where, and how we will die. So, yes, it does seem...

What does the Bible say about death? Answer The Bible presents death as separation: physical death is the separation of the soul from the body, and spiritual death is the separation of the soul from God. Death is the result of sin. “For the wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23a). The whole...

Will we have physical bodies in heaven? Answer Although the Bible tells us little about what it will be like in heaven, it seems that we will most likely have a physical body, although not in the same sense of “physical” that we have now. First Corinthians 15:52 says that "the dead will be...

What age will everyone be in heaven? Answer The Bible does not specifically answer this question. Will babies and children who die still be babies and children in heaven? What about elderly people who die—do they remain elderly in heaven? Some have guessed that, at the resurrection, babies are...

What will we be doing in heaven? Answer In Luke 23:43, Jesus declared, "Truly I say to you, today you shall be with me in paradise." The word Jesus used for "paradise" is paradeisos which means "a park, that is, (specifically) an Eden (place of future happiness, paradise)". Paradeisos is the...

How can I find comfort when an unsaved loved one has died? Answer For the believer, the death of an unsaved loved one is tragic and difficult to process. In some cases, it seems we will never find comfort or peace of mind when we know the destiny awaiting the unsaved. When a saved loved one...

How should Christian parents handle the death of a child? Answer As parents, we cannot imagine a more traumatic experience than the death of a child. All parents naturally expect their children to outlive them. Such a loss is an extraordinary, out-of-order event that brings with it an...

How do I find comfort and peace when I have lost a loved one to death? Got Questions Ministries How do I find comfort and peace when I have lost a loved one to death? What is the key to accepting the fact that a loved one is gone?

How do I find comfort and peace when I have lost a loved one to death? Answer If you have lost a loved one to death, you know what a painful experience it is. Jesus understood the pain of losing someone close to His heart. In the book of John (11:1–44), we learn that Jesus lost a loved one...