Question 8
When will the saints go to heaven?
Bible
1 Thessalonians 4:16
"The Lord Himself shall descend from Heaven with a shout…and the dead in Christ shall rise first."
1 Corinthians 15:22-23
"In Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive…every man in his own order; Christ the first fruits, afterward they that are Christ's at His coming."
John 11:24
"Martha said, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day."
Answer
The Bible teaches that the dead in Christ will rise in the first resurrection, which happens at Jesus’ 2nd coming. Martha, a close friend of Jesus, knew what Jesus taught about when the dead will rise; It will happen at the last day, the day Jesus returns for His saints.