On what basis can a believer know they are going to heaven?
Assurance of heaven rests not on good works or anything else a person does, but entirely on the finished work of Christ. He is the propitiation, the sacrifice, and His blood in heaven is the eternal testimony of why believers will be in glory.
Les explains that the Book says believers are to know they are going to heaven. The reason we can know is not based on what you and I do in good works or anything else; it is based all upon the finished work of Christ. He is our propitiation, the sacrifice, the brazen altar, the cleansing, the candlestick, the mercy seat, and the blood of the mercy seat. Les pictures Christ's blood presented in heaven's throne room as an eternal testimony. If someone asks why we are there, the stock answer is, "There sits the blood."