“And as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not God of the dead, but of the living. You are quite wrong.” – Mark 12:26-27
For all who believe there is nothing after this life, I have good news and bad news: you are quite wrong! God has revealed from the earliest pages of Scripture that though our earthly lives end, we are eternal beings with billions and trillions of years ahead of us. He revealed this truth with increasing clarity as history advanced, making it utterly clear by the death and resurrection of Jesus, which gave proof of all He taught about heaven, hell, eternity, and judgment.
That brings us back to the good news/bad news part. God is perfect. Heaven is perfect. We aren’t perfect, no matter how hard we try to be. If we went to heaven it would no longer perfect. So how can we possibly get into heaven??? We can’t on our own! On our own, the eternity we face is one of utter separation from God.
The good news is that Jesus not only proclaimed the truth of heaven, He opened heaven’s door for us. By His perfect life, sacrificial death and bodily resurrection, He made it possible for everyone who believes in Him to be made righteous through faith. This is a gift of utterly undeserved grace given by God through faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. By this gift, God credits the perfect righteousness of Christ to our account because we are united with Christ by faith. Christ lives within us and because He does, we will spend eternity with the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob!