- Tue, Apr 17, 2012
- Heaven
Resources for Randy’s Heaven class at Corban University
Resources for the graduate course on Heaven taught by Randy Alcorn at Corban University in Salem, Oregon May 8-10, 2012.
Resources for the graduate course on Heaven taught by Randy Alcorn at Corban University in Salem, Oregon May 8-10, 2012.
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.
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.
Will heaven be an eternal naptime or vacation, or will we have activities and responsibilities?
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?