kurtwuckertjr ·
@Lucky555, "religion" is just a word that describes the acts necessary in having a covenantal relationship with the Creator. It's sort of like how you have a defined relationship with your spouse, but also, there's no "marriage" in heaven except between Christ and His church.
Also, "heaven" isn't really a place in the typical sense. "Heaven" is a state of communion with the Creator on the perfected earth in our perfected bodies outside of time. In terms of earth, heaven is in our future, but after death, time is not linear, so I believe that when we close our eyes in death on earth, we will all open them together with EVERY human from ever. And those of us "in heaven" will awake in communion with Jesus, and those who are not will be in a state of torment due to separation from Jesus.
But a lot of this is pieced together and a bit unclear in Scripture.