We will not be in heaven forever?

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According to Revelation 21 and 2 Peter 3 the current heavens and Earth will be destroyed and God will create a new Heaven and Earth.

So does this mean that we will not go to heaven forever but only temporarily to return to a new earth (without pain or death)?

What does this say about God’s plan? As he created this Earth only to eventually destroy it to create a new one where evil does not exist.
 
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Have always wondered about these passages too. I think, however, the answer to your questions as you ask them is something that will only come when we come face to face with the Lord. Until then, it is speculation. I myself think the writer of Revelations is speaking metaphorically and allegorically. Then again, it is just my opinion.
 
Possibly referring to a renewed earth, one full of God’s glory, without death or suffering. Note that revelation also says ‘the sea was no more’, this may not be literal, but symbolic of the absence of evil.
 
I hope so. I’ve been doing this religion thing too long not to be there forever. 😒
 
Well,

as far as I can tell, after the end of the world, there will be a new earth for all of the elect to live in in perfect harmony with God as it was when God originally created the world.

The reason He’s creating a new one is because we ruined it. It wasn’t in his plan originally to create a new earth.

Please! Someone correct me if I said something wrong!
 
As says in the Apostle creed,our fundamental declaration of faith,we will have an everlasting life with God.The place will be filled with full glory of God.So it makes little difference,whether it is entirely a new one in place of the present heaven and earth or a modified earth,or a modified heaven.Also note that for those not saved,these are irrelevant as their place is the existing hell.
 
99% of CAF posts could be avoided if people just read the Catechism first
 
Correct me if I’m wrong, but Heavens would mean the sky and space, right? I’ve heard that’s how it was often referenced.

We, as physical beings, were created for a physical world. Our bodies were created originally with senses to enjoy things by the will of God. I don’t think that we would get our resurrected bodies back only to have no restored earth either. I think it would be fitting that God would restore this physical world decayed by sin back to its original state. If you’re interested, I highly suggest checking out Blessed Anne Emmerich’s description of the earth before sin. I wouldn’t take it as straight literal fact, but it is beautiful.
 
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According to Revelation 21 and 2 Peter 3 the current heavens and Earth will be destroyed and God will create a new Heaven and Earth.

So does this mean that we will not go to heaven forever but only temporarily to return to a new earth (without pain or death)?

What does this say about God’s plan? As he created this Earth only to eventually destroy it to create a new one where evil does not exist.
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Catechism
1027 This mystery of blessed communion with God and all who are in Christ is beyond all understanding and description. Scripture speaks of it in images: life, light, peace, wedding feast, wine of the kingdom, the Father’s house, the heavenly Jerusalem, paradise: "no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him."603

1042 At the end of time, the Kingdom of God will come in its fullness. After the universal judgment, the righteous will reign for ever with Christ, glorified in body and soul. The universe itself will be renewed:
The Church . . . will receive her perfection only in the glory of heaven, when will come the time of the renewal of all things. At that time, together with the human race, the universe itself, which is so closely related to man and which attains its destiny through him, will be perfectly re-established in Christ.631
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Heaven can mean at least 3 different things in Scripture.
The sky.
Space.
Heaven as we often speak of it religiously.

Nowadays we say sky and space. You can still refer to them as the heavens if you want.
 
Way back in the Elder Days. Before any of you children were born.
 
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So does this mean that we will not go to heaven forever but only temporarily to return to a new earth (without pain or death)?
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I think I might respond that heaven is wherever God is (or, perhaps more precisely, wherever we might experience the Beatific Vision).

So, I think I’d frame it up as “the saints and angels will be ‘in heaven’ before the creation of the ‘New Heaven and New Earth’, and will continue to be ‘in heaven’ once they’re created.”
 
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