Is heaven mankind’s final destination?

Not for all obedient humankind:

"Happy are the mild-tempered, since they will inherit the earth" (Matthew 5:5. Bible).

Your question cannot be answered from the Bible. Why not? The Bible does not speak in absolutes concerning mankind.

Consider a few Bible verses.

Matt 5:5 tells us the "meek" or "mild tempered" will inherit the earth. How long will these privileged ones live on the earth?

Psalm 37:29 "The righteous will possess the earth, And they will live forever on it." And Mathew 25:46 "...the righteous ones into everlasting life." Thus Jesus agrees with psalm 37.

The question becomes, "How long is forever?" Look at 2 Kings 2:45b. "... the throne of David will be firmly established before Jehovah forever.” Was the literal throne of David eternal? No. That ancient nation of Israel ceased to exist when Babylon took Israel captive in 607 BCE But the rule of David s line would be forever. Jesus, a legal descendant of David has the right to sit on the throne of David. So God placed him on the throne as King of the Kingdom of God (Matt 6:9, 10. Dan 2:44, Psalm 110:1,2)

How long would that kingdom rule last? Look at 1 Corinthians 15:24-26. "Next, the end, when he hands over the Kingdom to his God and Father, when he has brought to nothing all government and all authority and power.+ 25 For he must rule as king until God has put all enemies under his feet.+ 26 And the last enemy, death, is to be brought to nothing." So there is a time limit for this kingdom to rule as a kingdom government over mankind.

From this it is much easier to see the word forever does not mean eternal. Look at this scripture about mankind and the earth.

" 5 They will fear you as long as there is a sun. And as long as the moon remains, For generation after generation." (Psalm 72:5) Does that mean the earth will succumb to entropy? Or when the sun is predicted to run low on hydrogen fuel and starts to fuse helium instead? And the sun swells and becomes so hot the earth ill cook? Is that the end of life on earth? Or does it mean the time will have arrived for a major maintenance program to "fix" the solar system? Or is a replacement in order? Since that time is so far in our future, why worry now? Some 3 or 4 billion years. At lat can be learned in that amount of time.

Man has been on earth only for a few thousand years. And we cannot even understand what it will be like when all of the problems facing us now are just a footnote in history. Here is one Bible verse that we can surely think long and hard about. It will be fulfilled shortly after the Kingdom administered by Jesus finishes its work and mankind passes the final test. It is found at the the place in Revelation where all the promises God has made come true.

"Anyone conquering will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be my son." (Revelation 21:7) What things does this passage mention?

".... “Look! The tent of God is with mankind, and he will reside with them, and they will be his people. And God himself will be with them.+ 4 And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes,+ and death will be no more,+ neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore.+ The former things have passed away.” (Rev 21:3, 4)

Every one of mankind alive will be children of God. Perfected in every way, with the same hope Adam would have had if he had not been party to the rebellion in Eden started by Satan the devil,

What the final destination for mankind will be? Look at Psalm 102:25-28 and Hebrews 1:10-12 for the answer. Read that and ponder in awe..

No, heaven is SOME of mankind's final destination!

Here is a website that will explain why this is so: http://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/good-news-...

Heaven is just pretend -- maybe some day you can go to Baltimore instead.

Maybe is the best answer. It taste good when there is a question, then the taste that you are satisfy, when you live in our tiny world.

yes heaven is the final destination.

For a few, yes. For most, no.

For some.