What happens after we die?
Short answer
Christians believe that those who trust in Jesus are with him after death, and that one day everyone will be raised to new bodily life in a renewed creation.
Deeper answer
Heaven is not the final destination — a renewed heaven and earth is. The hope of Christianity is not escape from the world but the healing of it.
From the Bible
1 Corinthians 15:20–22
NIV“But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.”
Revelation 21:1, 4
NIV“Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,” for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away … ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”
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