Will all of my family be in heaven?

[Kabowd]

Will all of my family be in heaven? How can I be happy there if they are in hell?

It is generally taught that we will have no knowledge in Eternity of what is going on with our lost loved ones. We are also taught there will no sadness in Eternity. BTW, our eternal home is not Heaven but the New Earth (See Rev. 21).

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I take from the last part of your answer your maybe a Jehovah Witness?? Jesus told his Disciples that He would go to prepare a place for us and that if He did that He would come again and receive us unto Himself that where He is we shall be also. He did not go back to earth but to Heaven. So please ingore living on earth forever. We will be here for the 1000 year reign but we will spend eternity in Heaven. I do agree with the first part of your answer. We will have no knowledge of our lost loved ones. If we did it wouldn't be heaven. Grief and sorrow, pain and other things that are here with us now will not be in our heavenly home. My hope is that they will see Jesus in you and that you will be able lead then to Christ before it's to late.

What does that belief have to do with being a Jehovah Witness? I am Baptist, and believed the same thing....

why would God create a new Earth, and then leave it empty after 1000 years? I kind of understood that the New Jerusalem would be on Earth, and that we will live there.

Dani, you're correct. Heaven is not going to be our home. According to Scripture, we'll live on the New Earth (here) forever.

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The quote from 50cent dog: "I have heard that we will be sad that our unsaved loved ones are not in heaven at first but God will dry every tear. He will cause us to forget about our loved ones who are in hell".

Sounds a bit like when you are a kid and your scruffy old dog dies and your mother tries to comfort you by saying "never mind, I will get you a better dog and you will forget 'old scruffy'".

You are supposed to just forget about the feelings of "old scruffy" or in this case members of your earthly family, and concentrate on your own happiness and your new friend(s).

I know we should work on persuading family members to come to the Lord so that they can be saved, but what if they suddenly die today? Is the price for that an eternity without them for ourselves and damnation for them?

Please don't think I am being horrible to anybody for what they have said, I guess this is something we all proffer an opinion on.

And 50cent dog what does ".....are not in heaven AT FIRST ...." mean?

What I meant was, we will be sad when we first realize that our loved ones are not in heaven, but God will comfort us and dry our tears.