Who’s going to heaven? Depending on who you ask, even among Christians, you are going to get very different answers from what you might be thinking. While I believe Jesus makes it pretty clear who will be saved, I’m not going to talk about that now. What I want to discuss is which Christians are going to heaven.
You might be shocked by the fact that I would even bring this up, but to give you a better idea of why I am interested in this topic, let me start off with a joke.
There was a man who died and went to Heaven. Once he got there, Peter gave him a tour. They went to the throne room, the man saw his mansion, the whole shebang. On the tour, they passed a walled off city that was separate from the rest of heaven. Peter didn’t say anything about it, and so the man decided to ask.
“Who lives there?” the man asked.
Peter answered, “Oh, that’s the [insert denomination of choice]. They think they’re the only ones here.
While this joke may have gotten a few chuckles, the sad truth is that many Christian groups have what I call “exclusive theology,” or theology that is based on only their group going to Heaven or the “fact” that other groups won’t be going to Heaven. It actually makes me sick that division runs within the church so deeply that people are excluding their own family from the benefits that they have the right to inherit.
So, I want to give some facts about who will be in heaven. To some of you, this will be old news. To others, you may be startled that I would say such things.
- There will be Catholics in Heaven
- There will be Protestants in Heaven
- There will be Orthodoxes in Heaven
- Some Popes will probably be in Heaven, but not necessarily all of them
- There will be at least one person you would have never have guessed will be there
- There will be someone you expect to see who is not there
- All races will be represented
- All denominations will (probably) be represented–>I say probably because I don’t know about every single denomination that has or will exist, but I would guess that, if not all, then most will be
- There will be people in Heaven who only use the KJV translation
- There will be people in Heaven who hate the KJV translation
- There will be people in Heaven who have never read the Bible
- There will be people who have every single verse of the Bible memorized
- There will be people who used musical instruments in worship (before you laugh at this one, I was actually told I was going to Hell for going to a church that used instruments)
- There will be people who have never been to a worship service that had instruments
This isn’t nearly an exhausted list, but I think you get my point. Yes, different groups of Christians will have differing opinions in theology. But can we all agree that we are one body in Christ? We all believe in the same Jesus. Isn’t that enough to be able to actually work together instead of tear each other down? Should we keep each other accountable? Definitely, but it should be out of love, not trying to prove whether or not one side is right or wrong.
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