Introduction: Have you ever heard the song “When we all get to Heaven?” A dear lady wrote this CHRISTian hymn in 1898. Her name was Eliza Hewitt.

Listen to the first stanza:

Sing the wondrous love of Jesus,
sing his mercy and his grace;
in the mansions bright and blessed
he’ll prepare for us a place.

Question
# 1. Where is HEAVEN?

• 1st heaven – (Psa 19:1, 2)

• 2nd heaven – (Gen 1:1-14)

“1In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth……. 14And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: 15And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. 16And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. 17And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, 18And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness.”

• 3rd heaven – (Ezek 28; Isa 14; Rev 21:1-22:20)

Question
# 2. How will we be rewarded in HEAVEN?

We will stand before Jesus Christ after the rapture at what is called the “Judgment Seat of Christ” – “Greek word -bema”

Not to determine whether we go to heaven or hell but to receive crowns or not be rewarded – lose rewards
(2Cor 5:10; 1Cor 3:11-16; Rom 14:10)

“For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.”

1. Watcher’s crown (2Tim 4:6, 7)
   2. Runner’s crown (1Cor 9:24-27)
   3. Soul Winner’s crown (1Thess 2:19)
   4. Shepherd’s crown (1Pet 5:1-5)
   5. Life crown – (James 1:12)

Then, We will cast our crowns at the feet of Jesus! (Rev 4:10, 11)

“The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, 11Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.”

2nd Stanza to “When we all get to HEAVEN”:

While we walk the pilgrim pathway
clouds will overspread the sky,
but when traveling days are over,
not a shadow, not a sigh.

Conclusion:

Last Stanza to “When we all get to HEAVEN”:

Let us then be true and faithful,
trusting, serving every day;
just one glimpse of Him in glory
will the toils of life repay.

Sing it…….