7th Heaven Spoiler: "Christmas"

Here's a spoiler for tomorrow's episode of 7th Heaven which is titled "Christmas":

Lucy, Ruthie and Kevin think the worst when Eric is late coming home from work; with his family waiting for him, Eric finds himself in heaven, unsure if he is a permanent resident or a visitor. Source

As I said earlier I believe he will get a transplant and will therefore just "be a visitor".