09-02-2012, 10:05 AM
Thats right Chuck, Heaven has not been opened and in revelations those who were martyred were given robes and told to wait a little while longer, where were these souls? They were in paradis and in rest.
When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held. And they cried with a loud voice, saying, ?How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?? Then a white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was completed. (Revelation 6:9-11 NKJV)
Notice how they are in a place of rest? Rest from what? Sin, temptations, trials etc this is paradise, a place where we will be at rest from all wordly affairs.
When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held. And they cried with a loud voice, saying, ?How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?? Then a white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was completed. (Revelation 6:9-11 NKJV)
Notice how they are in a place of rest? Rest from what? Sin, temptations, trials etc this is paradise, a place where we will be at rest from all wordly affairs.