Scriptures Weekly 61 - Everybody Thinks they are Going to Heaven

2 Corinthians 5:1-5,

"For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven, if indeed, having been clothed, we shall not be found naked. For we who are in this tent groan, being burdened, not because we want to be unclothed, but further clothed, that mortality may be swallowed up by life. Now He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee."

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Belief in life after death, like the existence of God, is widely embraced: 8 out of 10 Americans (81%) believe in an afterlife of some sort. Another 9% said life after death may exist, but they were not certain. Just one out of every ten adults (10%) contend that there is no form of life after one dies on earth. Moreover, a large majority of Americans (79%) agreed with the statement "every person has a soul that will live forever, either in God’s presence or absence."

Christians, (ages 58 and older) are the most likely segments to embrace the idea of life after death. Atheists and agnostics, those associated with a faith other than Christianity, and unchurched adults - although more than two-thirds of each of these groups accept the existence of an afterlife.

For reasons that may be connected to our country being founded on God of the Bible, there is a general consensus among Americans based on polls taken that 68% believe they are going to Heaven. From Gods perspective is this a factual number?

Put on your headphones and listen to this lesson to help understand Gods perspective on the question - Are all people going to Heaven?