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Do you fly in heaven?

When he had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, he lifted up his hands and blessed them. While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven. Luke 24:50-51

After Jesus resurrected, He showed off His newly resurrected body, a preview of the resurrected body we will one day receive when we are resurrected. In this new body, Jesus had the ability to ascend into the sky. Does that mean we will too with our bodies? It’s unclear. Just because Jesus had certain abilities doesn’t guarantee we get all the same perks too.

Angels have wings it appears for the purpose of flying.

In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him were seraphs, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. Isaiah 6:1-2

Since angels have wings, does this mean we can fly in heaven? Jesus was not resurrected with wings and we do not become angels.

The other question to ask is will heaven, in its final resurrected state, have gravity? Hard to say. How will things stay put?   Jesus had a physical resurrected body then walked on the earth.  However, he flew during the ascension.  Will we get that ability too?  It’s not clear.

Here’s another possibility about flight in heaven: will flight be possible if we ride on the backs of angels? A sort of heavenly taxi service...just a thought...

I don’t know about you, but I would want to be able to fly. If we have access to the entire new earth in the final plan laid out in Revelation, how will we travel to all its places? We could walk since we have all the time in the world and our bodies will have eternal energy, but flying would be cooler.

There is no direct scriptural support or logical reason for flying in heaven.  We'll have to wait and see.