Remember, there are two possible ways
for the believer to go to heaven.

One is physical death. We are not to be
afraid because the Christian does not die!
Jesus has done away with death and He
promises that we will never die.

The Christian, when dying doesn't lose
consciousness, but discovers the truth
that "absent from the body" is "to be
present with the Lord" 2 Corinthians 5:8