The promise if heaven

I Thessalonians
16For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. 

This is so comforting to me. God has a plan and He has had it from the start. He created man. Man sinned. God washes away every aspect of sin by sending His son. We are now free to celebrate because we are going to heaven. 

So, what happens in heaven? I have been reading about heaven much lately, and there is a lot more information out there about it than I realized! The Bible speaks about heaven more than I realized also. Why wouldn't it? That's where all Christians hope lies isn't it? Some current authors write of three heavens. Some write of two, one spiritual and one the final heaven when Jesus returns. 

Jesus' return is what the scripture above refers to no matter what current authors write about. Jesus will return to the earth and when He does, no matter how many heavens we think we see in the Bible, everything will change. Christians who are dead will be rejoined with their new bodies. Christians who are alive will have their new heavenly bodies immediately. Either way, we are all made new and in a glorious place with a Father that loves us and has prepared a place for us for all of eternity!

That is so wonderful and amazing and so much like God.

Father, thank you for always thinking about us and planning for our good and never giving up on us! In Jesus name I pray. Amen.