- Sun, Mar 21, 2010
- Doctrine and Theology, Heaven
Rethinking our Beliefs about Heaven
Some of the portrayals of Heaven in my novels Deadline and Dominion are surprising and unconventional.
Some of the portrayals of Heaven in my novels Deadline and Dominion are surprising and unconventional.
The reason I don’t address activities about the intermediate state is because there are not a lot of details given to it.

Eugene Peterson captures the universal implications of Christ’s redemption when he paraphrases Colossians 1:18-20 in The Message: “He was supreme in the beginning and—leading the resurrection parade—he is supreme in the end. From beginning to end he’s there, towering far above everything, everyone. So spacious is he, so roomy, that everything of God finds its proper place in him without crowding. Not only that, but all the broken and dislocated pieces of the universe—people and things, animals and atoms-get properly fixed and fit together in vibrant harmonies, all because of his death, his blood that poured down from the Cross.”
A message preached by John Wesley November 30, 1781 (With inserted comments and summaries by Randy Alcorn)
What awaits the believer after death? We all know the answer—heaven.
Ancient theologians spoke of the “Beatific Vision,” which meant “a happy-making sight.”
Heaven is both a country (Luke 19:12; Heb. 11:14-16) and a city (Heb. 11:16; 12:22; 13:14; Rev. 21:12).
Yes, the place called heaven—our home—will be wildly wonderful.
Rest from our labors on earth (Rev. 14:13). We will experience relaxation and leisure, freedom from the frustrations of tedious and burdensome labor.