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.
By calling the New Earth Earth, God emphatically tells us it will be earthly, and thus familiar. Otherwise, why call it Earth?
Without an eternal perspective, without understanding the reality that the best is yet to come, we assume that people who die young, who are handicapped, who aren’t healthy, who don’t get married, or who don’t _____ [fill in the blank] will inevitably miss out on the best life has to offer. But the theology underlying those assumptions is fatally flawed. We’re presuming that our present Earth, bodies, culture, relationships, and lives are superior to those of the New Earth. What are we thinking?
We know that sixty-six books, those that comprise the Bible, will be in Heaven—”Your Word, O Lord, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens” (Psalm 119:89).
Randy Alcorn's plenary address at the C.S. Lewis Summer Institute at Oxbridge July 26 to August 3, 2011.
I believe that Lewis's The Last Battle is one of the finest portrayals of what life could be like as we enter the New Earth.
CLICK HERE to listen to Dan Franklin interview Randy Alcorn about Heaven on the GroupThink Rescue podcast.
In this video clip, Randy Alcorn answers the question, "What is the New Heaven and the New Earth?"
In this 5 minute video clip, Randy Alcorn talks about our longing for the redemption of the earth.
In this video clip, Randy Alcorn answers the question, "Since God created the Earth, why destroy it?"
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