Resources by Topic: Heaven

Randy Alcorn answers this question in this 6 minute video while he was speaking at Harvest Christian Church, with Pastor Greg Laurie.

This verse, taken in context, seems to be speaking generationally. Just as you and I know nothing of the situation, personalities, or daily life of our ancestors from thousands of years ago, so (if the Lord tarries) our generations hence will know (and care) little about our current lives. 

Yes and no. There is reason to believe that there will be a wide spectrum of personalities in Heaven—including extroverted and introverted tendencies, but our social interaction with others will be perfected and free of comparisons, pride, and fear. 

Question from a reader: I understand that the Lord allows His people to either enter the Intermediate Heaven or, if they have not come to the Lord in faith, to be sent to the Intermediate Hell…but I am wondering what passage of Scripture supports this statement. 

Last month I did a Q&A on Heaven at Corban University’s chapel. I enjoyed meeting students and sharing what God’s word says about our eternal home.

The idea of endlessly floating on clouds doing nothing but strumming a harp is nowhere in Scripture.

One day, God’s new center of government will be the New Earth. This will be the ultimate answer to the Lord’s Prayer, “Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:10, KJV).

No, there is no indication that Heaven was created as a result of the Fall. Certainly it was created at some point.

Our resurrected bodies will have resurrected taste buds. We can trust that the food we eat on the New Earth, some of it familiar and some of it brand-new, will taste better than anything we’ve ever eaten here.

Usually, the first heaven is considered to be our atmosphere, the second heaven is the sky, stars, and galaxies we can see, and the third Heaven is paradise.

By calling the New Earth Earth, God emphatically tells us it will be earthly, and thus familiar. Otherwise, why call it Earth?

When I read Revelation 21-22, I am reading the "rest of the story." The beginning of the story is found in Genesis chpts. 1-3. Finally, all the wrongs in the first garden are being made right in the final garden.

Randy Alcorn answers the question "What Will We Experience in the New Heavens and the New Earth?" Filmed at Corban University.

I shared briefly on Facebook what happened a couple of days ago, but wanted to blog about it now and add quite a few other thoughts and links.