What are the two places in which people will be living forever?

Hell? Heaven? Earth?

1.  Hell? No. King James says in Revelation 20:13-14:

“...death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them.” That means that no one is then in hell or dead! They’re resurrected! Then, what happens to death and hell?  Verse 14: ”death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.” Revelation 21:4 says “there shall be no more death.” No one will ever die again with the hope of resurrection. That process including hell is gone forever. If you’re thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur/brimstone, you’re destroyed forever.

—One more thing: 

What happens to Satan the Devil? The Devil is not thrown into hell. See Revelation 20:10 where “the Devil...is cast into the lake of fire and brimstone....and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.” So the answer to the question is “No.” People will not be living forever in hell. No one is in hell forever. Revelation 21:8 shows that bad people shall have their part in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.” Second death is spiritual death, total destruction. First death is physical death with the hope of resurrection to either heaven or earth. God decides to which place you will be forever, heaven or earth if you’re one of the good guys. If you’re a bad guy, the lake of fire and brimstone (sulfur), total destruction. Again: No one is living in hell forever.

2.  Heaven?  “Yes.” Revelation 14:1 says “a Lamb stood on mount Zion, and with him 144,000, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.”

—Where are these 144,000 from? Verse 3 says they “were redeemed from the earth.”

—Later in Revelation 20:6 it says these people are “kings and priests” with Christ.

—It was calculated 20 years ago that the total number of people that have ever lived on the earth was 20 billion people at that time. That calculates to 140,000 people for each of those kings in heaven to rule over if everybody was resurrected. That’s quite a reasonable number for a king to rule over.

3.  Earth?  “Yes.” Jesus said in Matthew 5:5 “Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth.” And Psalm 37:11 says “the meek shall inherit the earth...” and 37:29 says “The righteous shall inherit the land, and they shall dwell therein forever.” “Land” is on the “earth,” it can be only on the earth that these people are living forever. Notice in verse 10 that “the wicked shall not exist.” So there will be a time on earth when no wicked people will exist. That takes place right after Armageddon. The opportunity to live in heaven was not given to people until Christ arrived on earth 1,000 years after Psalms was written.

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