1. Will We Know Each Other in Heaven?

2. If we won’t know each other…

3. Do we still have our identity after this life?

4. What about our memory?

5. Matthew 17:1-8 [4] Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here; if You wish, I will make three tabernacles here, one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

6. Romans 14:12 [12] So then each one of us will give an account of himself to God.

7. Luke 16:19-31 [23] “In Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and *saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom.

8. Luke 16:19-31 [25] “But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that during your life you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad things; but now he is being comforted here, and you are in agony.

9. Why Do We Wonder?

10. 1) What about us becoming spiritual?

11. 1 Corinthians 15:50-51 [50] Now I say this, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. [51] Behold, I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,

12. 1 Corinthians 15:44 [44] it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

13. But: This does not teach an identity shift!

14. 2) What about there being no marriage?

15. Matthew 22:30 [30] “For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

16. But: The relation of marriage is ended, but not the memory of it.

17. 3) What about knowing those who won’t get to heaven?

18. But: We know God can comfort us.

19. What We Find: Descriptions of Heaven

20. Genesis 25:8 [8] Abraham breathed his last and died in a ripe old age, an old man and satisfied with life; and he was gathered to his people.

21. 2 Samuel 12:23 [23] “But now he has died; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”

22. John 14:3 [3] “If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also.

23. Luke 13:24-30 [29] “And they will come from east and west and from north and south, and will recline at the table in the kingdom of God.

24. Heaven is a place of reunion and being together!

25. “Faith is the Christian’s foundation, hope is his anchor, death is his harbor, Christ is his pilot, and heaven is his country.”