"Heaven is the carrot stick or the pot of gold promised to those who do what the powers that be tell you to do"
Who ever told you heaven was the goal of the believer? Whoever it was knew not what they spoke of. The believer's goal is Christ Himself: Phi 3:8 More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ.