How many are going to heaven?<\/p>\n\t
We don’t know how many there will be. There is no upper limit on how many heaven could hold. Descriptions of heaven tell us that there will be a great multitude of all who followed God through the ages. “After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands<\/em>” (Revelation 7:9).<\/p>\n But from a different viewpoint, the number in heaven will be small compared to how many could have been there, if they had only obeyed God. “Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it<\/em>” (Matthew 7:13-14).<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Question: How many are going to heaven? Answer: We don’t know how many there will be. There is no upper limit on how many heaven could hold. Descriptions of heaven tell us that there will be a great multitude of all who followed God through the ages. “After these things I looked, and behold, a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[46,47],"class_list":["post-53880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-heaven","tag-salvation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23962,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/how-many-souls-will-fit-in-heaven\/","url_meta":{"origin":53880,"position":0},"title":"How many souls will fit in heaven?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 8, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Answer: All who are going. In describing those in heaven, John said, \"Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands\" (Revelations 5:11). John\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9826,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/is-satan-winning\/","url_meta":{"origin":53880,"position":1},"title":"Is Satan winning?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 17, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I have a question: Is Satan winning? The world is so terrible. Sin is everywhere. Faithful Christians are a drop in the bucket compared to the population. 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We believe that the amount of people who go to outer darkness is so small that it is barely even considered a kingdom. \u00a0 Answer: \"Enter by the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":39454,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-is-the-difference-between-seeking-and-striving-to-enter-the-narrow-gate\/","url_meta":{"origin":53880,"position":3},"title":"What is the difference between seeking and striving to enter the narrow gate?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"June 25, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I know in the Bible if say many shall seek but only a few shall find then it says to strive. So what's the difference between seeking and striving? What's the definition Bible-wise. Can give me an example? And the example can be about anything between a seeking person\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":85055,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-narrow-way\/","url_meta":{"origin":53880,"position":4},"title":"The Narrow Way","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 24, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"by Chadwick Brewer \"Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/narrow-cave-300x225.avif","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":12598,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/where-does-it-say-that-only-members-of-the-church-of-christ-will-go-to-heaven\/","url_meta":{"origin":53880,"position":5},"title":"Where does it say that only members of the church of Christ will go to heaven?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 27, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Does it say anywhere in the Bible that only the church of Christ will go to heaven? That is, only people who go to the church of Christ? 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