Do we really need to die to go to heaven?

 Do we really need to die to go to heaven?

“No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there”.

A man posted or shared the above words on facebook and it’s really got my attention so I made a comment and I felt like sharing my comments with all my beloved people. Here is my comment:

A man does not need to die to go or get to heaven. Enoch walked with God and he was no more for God took him (Genesis. 5:24). Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven (2Kings 2:11-12). They did not die. These people received the foretaste. This is what the gospel is all about because death has been abolished.

However, Jesus died to go to Hell not to heaven in order for Him to destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage (Hebrews 2:14-15). He rose on the third day according to the scriptures and He is at the right hand of God right now in heaven making supplication for you and me. He woke up with the natural body laid in the Tomb and was with us for forty days before He went up to HEAVEN with this glorious body(1Corinthians 15:3-4, Luke 24:51).

A man can be here on earth and at the same time in heaven with God while he is still living. Apostle Paul proved this; he was caught up in the third heaven. He was caught up into Paradise and heard inexpressible words… (2Corinthians 12:1-4, Acts 14:19-20). Heaven is not what they made you to believe. Christ said the kingdom of God is within you; this is heaven redefined! Heaven lives in God. This is another topic for another day. Thanks.