Hearts can be known.
The saved and unsaved can be known.
The inhabitants of heaven and hell can be known.
Before finding out how, consider these things.
For those who think it none of anyone’s business whether someone is in heaven or hell, God Himself disagrees. The Bible says, “It is not God’s will that any perish, but that all come to repentance.” Jesus said He came to “seek and save the lost.” The Spirit convicts people of “sin, righteousness, and judgment.” God clearly cares who goes to heaven or hell. Those in heaven and hell care as well.
Consider these verses about souls before God’s throne in heaven:
When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained. They called out in a loud voice, “How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?” Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and brothers who were to be killed as they had been was completed.
Revelation 6:9-11
There is sometimes a misconception that those in heaven could care less about earth. They are carefree and happy! Never sick or needy! In the very real presence of the true and living God! Yet these verses clearly show that those in heaven are concerned about justice on earth FOR THEM! They want judgment and justice, while they are IN HEAVEN, for those who killed them and are still alive ON EARTH! If the happy and heavenly care about justice on earth, why can’t God’s people on earth care about justice in heaven or hell?
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