However, there are two very strong reasons which make it clear beyond controversy that Israel’s land does not typify heaven after the believer’s death. The first is the fact that the people of Israel had to fight their way through the land. Their battles, so to speak, began after they got into the land. They got into the land without even lifting a single sword or spear. But no sooner were they there than the fighting began. Now this is never true of heaven. After we are in heaven there is no more