No, that is not quite the way the scriptures express it.
Of course it doesn't state it quite like that. It is however how many people imagine it to be. It tends to be seen as the final victory of an "us vs. them" mentality, with the winners with the golden crown, no longer troubled by the sinners who are not us.
Not everyone thinks of heaven like that. But many do to the point it's that noticeable for me to call it out.
God is in the process of creating a new heaven and earth where there will be no more pain, struggling, destruction, or anything unpleasant.
Wouldn't you say that is what God is now? Why can't we just access the Love of God right now and experience that freedom from suffering, here in this world? Why do we need the bad stuff to go away, in order to know the Peace of God now?
Yet, there are those who do become so hard to the point of falling into the category of evil.
I think you are speaking of sociopaths, not just your average person who has found themselves in dire straits and not been able to find their way out and end up in places where they stumble and fall, and even end up harming others in the process. The true sociopath who is severed from any form of human emotion or empathy, is very, very rare. Not the average sinner, like any one of us.
So if those are missing in heaven, they pretty much are missing here too, considering how comparatively rare they are. Unless you think heaven is getting rid of anyone who isn't a perfect Christian? That image of heaven, is unpalatable in the extreme. It is even Christian.
You cannot change an evil abuser with love or compassion.
Are you sure? The Love of God, when experienced firsthand, pretty much vaporizes any ill we've held in our hearts. I'm pretty sure the experience of God changes everyone, radically.
Evil will not be present in the eternal heavenly realm.
Sure. Any darkness disappears in the Light of God. Anything impure will be purified. Any sin we bring with us, will be no more. That's not the same thing as God throwing people into hell.