Who Go to Heaven?

 

The Bible's answer

God selects  a limited number of faithful Christians who, after death, will be resurrected to life in heaven.  (1 Peter 1:3, 4) Once they have been chosen,, they must continue to maintain a Christian standard of faith and conduct in order not to be disqualified  from receiving their heavenly inheritance. - EPHESIANS  5:5; PHILIPPIANS 3:12-14.

What will those who go to heaven do there?

They will serve alongside Jesus as kings and priests for 1,000 years.  (Revelation 5:9, 10; 20:6)They will form the "new heavens," or heavenly government, that will rule over the "new earth," or earthly society.    Those heavenly rulers will help restore mankind to the righteous conditions that God origially intended. - ISAIAH 65:17; 2 PETER 3:13. 

How many will be resurrected to heaven?

The Bible indicates that 144,000 people will be resurrected to heavenly  life.  (Revelation 7:4)  In the vision recorded at Revelation 14:1-3,  The apostle John saw "the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144.000." in this vision,  "the Lamb" represents the resurrected  Jesus.  (John 1:29; 1 Peter 1:19)  "Mount Zion" represents the exalted position of Jesus and the 144,000 who rule with him in heaven. - PSALM 2:6; HEBREWS 12:22. 

Those "whoare called and chosen" to rule with Christ  in the Kingdom are referred to as  a "little flock." (Revelation 17:14; Luke 12:32)   This shows tha tthey would be relatively few in comparison wiht the complete number of  Jesus' sheep. - JOHN 10:16.

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