“²And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.” – Revelation 21:2 (ESV)

You read that right, Heaven comes down from God, we do not go up to Heaven.

Heaven is where God dwells. And that is where He is now. God is in Heaven, preparing a place for us when the time comes. And, when that time comes, God will bring the New Heaven to us and dwell with us here.

“³And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, ‘Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.’” – Revelation 21:3 (ESV)

Think back to the garden. God created man and walked with him in the garden. He did not bring them up to Heaven with Him to experience the glory that is in Heaven. He came down to man.

Yes, when we pass from this world, prior to the second coming of Christ, we go up to today’s Heaven and wait. But when the battle is won, the New Heaven will come down to us where God will dwell with us on His throne. “The reality of Heaven on earth—God dwelling with mankind in the world He made for us—will in fact be realized.” – Randy Alcorn

What is your view of where Heaven is? Are you of the view that we will go “up” to Heaven? What if you look to scripture to see that God and Heaven will come down to you when the battle is won for Him to dwell with us here?