According to this doctrine, after the fall of Jerusalem the world entered the 'eternal days' of a type of Heaven on earth. Some teach that Christ is still on His throne and others believe that He is not on His throne, but down here among us. They teach that when one becomes a Christian, that person instantly receives his final reward. Some go so far as do deny that Christians die today; that they simply go instantly to heaven {the OTHER heaven!}.

The Bible is quite clear on this subject of when final rewards are to be given and what those rewards are to be. Notice in Mark 10:30, Jesus promised His followers that they would receive eternal life in the 'age to come'. In Luke 20:35, Jesus speaks of an 'age to come', when there will be no marriage or death. There is nothing in the context that demands a figurative application of these terms. This context is a good illustration of the extremes some go to in pursuit of this doctrine. One proponent told me that in the 'eternal days' after A.D. 70, Christians do not marry physically 'in some sense' or die physically 'in some sense'. Here's a real dilemma for these fellows. If you're not married to your 'spouse', then you are living in fornication. If you are married, then 'in some sense', you must not be Christians! Do those who believe this doctrine have funerals for Christians who die physically but 'in some sense' really don't? Can a Christian who cannot die, be murdered? This passage DEMANDS a yet future age when flesh and blood will be no more.

In 2 Tim. 4:8, Paul looks forward to the crown of righteousness that both he and all other saved will receive 'in that day'. In 1 John 2:25, John says that eternal life is a PROMISE that God has given us. Notice in 1 Peter 1: 2-4, He 'has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, RESERVED IN HEAVEN FOR YOU'. Looking at Peter's words, if we have our eternal reward in possession now, then how can we lose it? In 1 John 3:2, John says that when we see Him, we shall be like Him. Christ has the firstfruits, a resurrected glorified body. We are promised ours when He comes. {1 Cor. 15:23}.