A Lighthearted Look at the Going to Heaven Idea - Lawson C Briggs - April 1978

Lawson C Briggs

YOU MEAN TO SAY YOU LIVED AN EXEMPLARY LIFE, REPLETE WITH ACTS OF GOODNESS AND MERCY, JUST SO YOU COULD COME HERE AND DROP THINGS ON PEOPLE?! This is a different sort of article. Have you ever heard a sermon or read a whole article - before right now, of course that actually goes right down the line, scripture after scripture, and proves - from the Bible - that heaven is the reward of the saved, and that we go right to heaven when we die? No? That's just what I thought! Well, just continue reading. We'll remedy that situation right now. Let's start right out with some of the many, many references all through the Gospel of Matthew which speak of "the kingdom of heaven." Now obviously that means a kingdom in heaven. The Bank of California is in California, and the Bank of America is in America - I'm sure it must be - well, anyway, its headquarters is. And the Bank of Morgan is in Morgan - well, I guess that must be an exception, because "of' always ought to mean "in," oughtn't it? But anyway, let's get back to the kingdom in heaven. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library