Is heaven a misty place with souls who only play harps and float on clouds?

We cannot even begin to imagine the wonders and beauties of our future heavenly home. The apostle Paul could not find words to describe how special it will be. So where do distorted pictures of heaven come from?

This false teaching originated with the devil, the father of lies (John 8:44). He is anxious to twist God’s loving plan and present heaven as an unreal, “spooky” place so people will lose interest or become skeptical of God’s Word altogether. Satan knows that when people fully understand the Bible truth regarding the home of the saved, his power over them is broken, because they will begin making plans to enter that kingdom.

Will we be ghosts floating around in heaven? Not according to Jesus. After His resurrection, Christ proved to His disciples that He was flesh and bone by having them touch Him and by eating food. This very same Jesus ascended to His Father and will come again to Earth. The righteous will be given bodies just like the body of Christ and will be real people with flesh and bones throughout eternity. Our heavenly body will not be subject to death or decay.

The teaching that the saved in heaven will be ghosts who float on clouds and do nothing but play harps has no foundation in the Scriptures. Jesus did not die on the cross to provide any such trivial future. Most people have no interest in such an ethereal existence and, therefore, have little or no desire to enter God’s heavenly kingdom—often preferring it only because they fear hell. If only all people everywhere could learn the truth about God’s holy city and new earth, millions would begin to understand His love and would turn to Him with all their hearts. A person who misses out on God’s kingdom has made the supreme blunder.

Key Bible Texts

But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. (1 Corinthians 2:9 KJV)