The sequence is as follows:
At the Second Advent Jesus Christ returns to this Earth:
Rev 19:11-16
And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15 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.
16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. KJV
God is still in Heaven at this time, Jesus is the
Actor in the White Throne Judgment (which comes at the end of the Millennium). God will not be with 'man' until all evil is cleansed by extreme removal (perdition - complete and utter destruction). Approximately 1000 years after the above Scripture (Rev 19) transpires, we have the below great event officiated by Jesus Christ. Now all evil people (souls) are destroyed in the Lake of Fire (commonly and errantly referred to by Christians as "going to hell"):
Rev 20:11-15
And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. KJV
Remember, Jesus is God, it is God as Jesus Christ that judges the souls. Jesus Himself told us that He would do the judging, not the Father (God in Heaven):
John 5:22
22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: KJV
But God said that He would do the Judging. This can only be so if Jesus is God. And Jesus is God as Thomas so astutely observed "And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord
and my God." (John 20:28).
1 Sam 2:10
10 The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth ; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed. KJV
Everything that is happening is still happening on the Earth. All the events up till now are happening on the planet Earth, not in Heaven.
Then, and only then, will God dwell One on one with His children (this is the eternity). At that time we will be able to speak to God and walk with Him as we did in the age that was as Adam did before he sinned:
Rev 21:1-7
And 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.
2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
3 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.
4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. KJV
Now we are in Heaven because now Heaven is here on Earth. Heaven is wherever God is, it is His abode. Heaven (for us) is a
time rather than a location. And when God comes once again to live amongst His children, then Earth is Heaven. The Garden of Eden was Heaven when God was there (the Garden of Eden is called the
garden of God in other places--Ezek 28:13). When God visited Moses, Moses was told to remove his shoes "...for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground" (Ex 3:5) because he stood on Holy ground--he was in Heaven because God was there.
Ex 3:5
5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. KJV
Well, in the end, after all is made anew, the whole Earth shall be Heaven because
God shall be there.
