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The other posters have given very fine answers, I'm just going to cover this topic from one point that didn't make it in the other answers (That I could see). In Orthodoxy there is a concept called theologumenon which describes a "respected Theological opinion", which is something that many people believe, but not officially dogmatic.
In the vein of theologoumena, there is a viewpoint of the Afterlife called "the River of Fire", that has become quite influential, I include the a link so you can read an article on it. But in a nutshell, it describes the after life more as "states of being" rather than literal places you go to or are sent to. In other words, are experience of God in the afterlife depends on our spiritual condition. Christians that love God, will experience the fire of his love as euphoric joy, while people on other side will find it an unpleasant experience a little like an autistic person can find personal affection and closeness.
Anyway if the such a paradigm is true, I don't think that believers that are experiencing the raptures of Joy from being in perfect Communion with God would want to turn away from that. Because even Adam and Eve which had a close union with God in the Garden did not have that level of intimacy with Him that we will someday have.
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Unfortunately, I can't provide a very detailed answer but I would say that one of the primary hints is in Philippians 3:20-21:
But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
So not only will we have physical bodies in heaven, but they will be uncorrupted and incorruptible. I disagree that free will is the cornerstone of Christianity. Revelation 21:4 says that there will be no crying or mourning, which doesn't sound very free. Romans 8:7 says that the mind set on the flesh cannot submit to God's will, so it is 'unfree' in a different way. I would instead say that the cornerstone of the Bible is the sovereignt
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Great metaphysical thinking here! I like your reasoning that leads to the conclusions:
Before proceeding, I must point out a number of assumptions made in this question, not all of which are accepted by various schools of Christianity.
Now to answer your question for Biblical clues that sin will be gone in heaven, I first suggest you watch this YouTube video. It explains a Biblical view of heaven, versus the common belief that it's a city where we sit on fluffy clouds and play harps. It also gives a clue of why there won't be sin in heaven: the sacrifice of the Lamb of God takes away sin.
Next, consider these verses for your question why:
For your question of how, that depends on your understanding of free will. You seem to believe in this doctrine, so I'll try to answer briefly within that system of belief (for an explanation of how from the contrarian belief system that there is no free-will, see this post by John Piper)
A fuller response from the free-will perspective is provided here.