In the second concept, the soul goes to a heaven on another plane immediately after death. In the first, the soul does not enter heaven until the last judgement or the 'end of time' when it (along with the body) is resurrected and judged. Some Christians maintain that entry into Heaven awaits such time as 'When the form of this world has passed away.' Two related and often confused concepts of heaven in Christianity are better described as the 'resurrection of the body' as contrasted with 'the immortality of the soul'. Some denominations teach that one enters heaven at the moment of death (2 Corinthians 5:6-8), while others teach that this occurs at a later time (the Last Judgment). In such a case, some Christians believe that such a person has lost their salvation, whereas others believe that the current behavior is an indication that their former profession of faith was not genuine. This dispute mainly arises following what is commonly called 'backsliding', in which a former professing Christian no longer acts according to the moral requirements of the Bible. The doctrine of eternal security teaches that once a person becomes a Christian, they remain one forever, also referred to by the slogan 'once saved, always saved'. Protestantism is divided into groups who believe in the doctrine of eternal security and those who believe that salvation can be lost. Some Protestant sects also teach that a physical baptism, or obligatory process of transformation or experience of spiritual rebirth, is required. Heaven is therefore spoken of in rather different senses: as another dimension, as the physical skies or upper cosmos, as the realm of divine perfection already in existence, or as the 'coming world' at the return of Christ.In most Protestant denominations, eternal life depends upon the sinner receiving God's grace through faith in Jesus' death for their sins, his resurrection as the Christ, and accepting his Lordship (authority and guidance) over their lives. In the Christian Bible, concepts about the future 'Kingdom of Heaven' are professed in several scriptural prophecies of the new (or renewed) Earth said to follow the resurrection of the dead - particularly the books of Isaiah and Revelation and other sources of Christian eschatology. According to Roman Catholic teaching, Mary, the mother of Jesus, is also said to have been assumed into heaven and is titled the Queen of Heaven. Various people have been said to have entered heaven while still alive, including Enoch, Elijah and Jesus himself, after his resurrection. The resurrected Jesus is said to have ascended to heaven where he now sits at the Right Hand of God and will return to earth in the Second Coming. In most forms of Christianity, heaven is also understood as the abode for the righteous dead in the afterlife, usually a temporary stage before the resurrection of the dead and the saints' return to the New Earth. In traditional Christianity, it is considered a state or condition of existence (rather than a particular place somewhere in the cosmos) of the supreme fulfillment of theosis in the beatific vision of the Godhead. TRADITIONALLY, Christianity has taught Heaven as the location of the throne of God as well as the holy angels, though this is in varying degrees considered metaphorical.

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