Heaven, Heaven, Paradise, Hades, And Pit Of Fire

Where do people go? These are places afterlife, but where, when and how?
Paradise is referred to as “Abraham’s bosom where righteous souls remain after death, Luke 16.

Hades or Sheol, if divided into two, one part is called “Abraham’s bosom” also known as heaven in 2 Corinthians 5:8, righteous souls remain here till judgement, the other part is called Hell, where unrighteous souls remain, Matthew 5:29.

Lake of fire, is the final destination of people in Hell, Revelation 19:20, Heaven is the final destination of people in paradise, after judgement.

To summarize it all, if a saint departs, he goes straight to paradise, heaven, or Abraham’s bosom, the three words mean the same thing, but when a wicked person dies, he descends to Hell, it’s located below the realm of Abraham’s bosom, from the explanation of Jesus, someone in paradise can see someone is Hell, one is up above the other.

After the Last Judgement, the dead in Abraham’s bosom move into Heaven, while the dead in Hell are moved into the lake of fire, at this point there’s a total separation, the dead in Hell can no longer look up to see people in paradise, they are removed from all sights.

This concludes the whole matter, but during the rapture, the saints who are alive shall be transported straight into paradise to remain with other saints, while the wicked ones who weren’t raptured shall remain on earth to rule with Satan and be ruled when Christ shall return for a thousand years.

After the one thousand years reign of Christ, there shall be a second rapture, i.e. for those who redeemed their souls with their blood, but the number of people who would withstand the torture of the Beast to redeem their souls with their blood shall be very small.

There are two best opportunities in this regard, to die in the Lord and migrate to paradise or be raptured, any other opportunity won’t be easy to come by, that is why you’ve to endeavour.

-Kanayo Ebuka