Mike,
Can you tell me who are these in heaven?

“If ALL the dead are either alive in hell or alive in heaven, who, pray tell, is God going to resurrect back to life from the dead when He returns to judge the world in righteousness? How can the dead be living in heaven or hell when they haven’t as yet been judged as to where they should be living in the first place?”

“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.” Rev 6:9-11

Look here… souls in heaven… and they talk and are told to wait!
Thanks,
J____

Hi J____,

These ‘souls under the alter’ are “in heaven.” That being the case, it is incumbent that we know where this “heaven” is. There is a paper on the web site dealing with this subject of ‘Where And What Is Heaven?’

If you ever understand where and what heaven is, and you come to understand what ‘the altar’ is, then you will also understand that it is all symbolism as the book states in the very first verse:

Rev 1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and sign ified it by his angel unto his servant John:

This is all a book of signs and symbols. No one is ‘under a physical altar in heaven.’ The ‘altar’ is not big enough to be literal. It is a symbol of all who give their lives up to Christ and His service.

Rom 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice [ on the ‘altar’ of the ‘cross of Christ’], holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

Read the article on heaven, then get back to me if you have any more questions. It will open your mind to God’s Word.

Mike