Even adults have a physical hope for material wealth and good health. Spiritual hope has to do with our eternal destination, heaven. Christians should entertain the physical hope of things on this earth and the hope of a spiritual citizenship in heaven. Unfortunately, many people today have no hope or a false hope of the heavenly habitation. Before we can truly understand what the hope of eternal life is, we must have a correct understanding of hope.
Hope can be expectation, desire, anticipation, belief or longing.
These are all synonyms for hope. The hope of heaven could be expressed this way. Because of our desire for heaven, we live a righteous life, and with great anticipation, we expect to arrive in heaven some sweet day. We long with yearning and desire for the day that God will call us home. For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.