No Hope In Heaven

 Dr. Ronnie Wolfe

It may seem strange that I would write the expression "No Hope In Heaven," but it is a biblical truth. Everyone on earth needs some kind of hope, or life would be a disaster.

Earthy, human hope is a passing thing. We hope for a better future. We hope for more money or that someone will be well from a serious illness. This is expected in this life, and we all have hopes like this. Some people even hope to get to heaven with this same kind of passing hope.

But for the Christian, our hope is not a passing hope but an eternal one. Hebrews 6:19  Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;

We know that this is truth from several Scriptures:

(1) Philippians 1:6  Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: 

(2) 2 Corinthians 1:10  Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;

Notice another Scripture on HOPE:

Romans 8:24  For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?

If a thing is seen, then it is not hoped for, because hope has been fulfilled. At this present time, we have a sure and stedfast hope of heaven. That means that we have not seen it yet, but we shall see it at the time we are delivered from this world. Then it will not be hope but sight.

In heaven, then, our faith will be turned to sight, so there will be no faith in heaven. By the same token, hope will be turned to sight, so there will be no hope in heaven. When we are in heaven, faith and hope will both be fulfilled and turned into sight. The only thing left of the three things mentioned in Scripture (faith, hope, and charity [love]) is love. 

Sight is greater than hope and faith, so John says in 1 John 3:2  Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

Isn't it nice that there is no hope in heaven but a sure and eternal confidence in Christ, who made it all possible by his death, burial, and resurrection.