Can we say there is no sin in heaven?

Question:

We read that the devil and his angels were cast down because of rebellion. In light of this passage, can we say there is no sin in heaven? I've been confronted with this question.

Answer:

"And nothing unclean, and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life" (Revelation 21:27).

This statement is made after Satan is thrown into the lake of fire (Revelation 20:10) and the nations are judged. "And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire" (Revelation 20:15). Nothing sinful remains to be in heaven.

The casting down of Satan and his followers was mentioned in Revelation 12 -- before the final judgment.

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