GoodNewsJournalist posted in message #861 of this thread:
But once we are translated, it will be as if we were always in heaven
with Jesus Christ
Greetings.
Note that the church will only be caught up as high as the clouds to
meet Jesus in the air on his way down to the earth at his second
coming: "For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we
which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not
prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend
from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with
the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we
which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in
the clouds,
to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever
be with the Lord" (1 Thessalonians 4:15-17). We will then be with
the Lord in the clouds while he judges us: "He shall call to the
heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people. 
Gather my saints together unto me" (Psalms 50:4-5), "then
shall he send his angels, and shall
gather together his elect
from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the
uttermost part of heaven" (Mark 13:27), "our
gathering together
unto him" (2 Thessalonians 2:1), "For we must all appear before the
judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done
in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or
bad" (2 Corinthians 5:10).
After we have been judged in the clouds, Jesus will then marry us:
"Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage
of the Lamb is come" (Revelation 19:7). Then we will all mount white
horses and descend back down from the sky (the first heaven) with
Jesus as he brings God's wrath upon the world: "And the armies
which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in
fine linen, white and clean. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp
sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule
them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the
fierceness and wrath of Almighty God" (Revelation 19:14-14); "Then
shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he
fought in the day of battle. And his feet shall stand in that day
upon the mount of Olives" (Zechariah 14:3-4). We will stay with
Jesus on the earth and reign with him during the millennium: "they
shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a
thousand years" (Revelation 20:6), "hast made us unto our God
kings and priests: and we shall reign
on the earth" (Revelation
5:10), "he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to
him will I give power over the nations: And he shall rule them with a
rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers:
even as I received of my Father. And I will give him the morning star.
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith
unto the
churches" (Revelation 2:26-29).
And then after the millennium and subsequent events (Revelation
20:7-15), we won't go into heaven, but God will come down out of
heaven to live with us on a new earth: "I saw a new heaven and a
new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed
away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city,
new Jerusalem,
coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as
a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of
heaven saying, Behold,
the tabernacle of God is with men, and he
will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself
shall be with them, and be their God" (Revelation 21:1-3).