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In this clip from a conversation with Jay Rudolph on The Plumb Line Radio Show, Randy talks about the things we will do on the New Earth.

You’ve been through a lot of stuff, and searching for relief from the pain is totally understandable. The difficulty comes when you search in the wrong places. There isn’t a human on this planet who can remove your pain—not even you, because if you think about it, trading this life for a life in Hell means your pain is multiplied throughout eternity.

As Paul tells us, though we naturally grieve at losing Christian loved ones, we are not to “grieve like people who have no hope” (1 Thessalonians 4:13). Our parting is not the end of our relationship, only an interruption. We have not “lost” them, because we know where they are.

In this clip from a conversation with Jay Rudolph on The Plumb Line Radio Show, Randy says the New Heaven and New Earth will be a restoration of God’s original intent for the Present Earth, a kind of global Eden.

In the second half of this conversation with Jay Rudolph on The Plumb Line Radio Show, Randy expands on a biblical perspective of Heaven.

In this clip from a conversation with Jay Rudolph on The Plumb Line Radio Show, Randy explains why he does not believe purgatory is a biblical concept.

I read comments from someone who thought they had the gift of discernment and lamented that no one talks much about this spiritual gift. I agree that it’s often avoided. This might be in part because it is a sensitive subject to address with those who feel they have this gift.

Just as you can take verses out of the Bible and argue for universalism, so you could take various things I say to argue for it, but then you have to look at the whole body of the argumentation.

Sometimes we make the foolish assumption that our heavenly Father has no right to insist that we trust Him unless He makes His infinite wisdom completely understandable to us. But if God offered us constant explanations for the circumstances we face, our lives would not be free or normal, and would not allow for faith or trust.

Carrying the burden of guilt for this decision, which was made as part of stewarding your pet, can keep you from experiencing the abundant life God has for you. We should experience guilt for sinful choices (and even then, we are to take our guilt to Jesus so we can experience His forgiveness and peace). However, your choice was not a sinful one.

Randy will be speaking at Red Mountain Community Church in Mesa, Arizona: Wednesday, October 22: Message and Q&A on the hope of Heaven (6:30-8:00 PM) Sunday, October 26: Church services (9:00-10:00 AM and 10:30-11:30 AM). For more information, contact the church.

Back in the 1970s when I was a brand-new Christian, it was popular for people to ask questions like, “Can God create a stone so heavy that He cannot lift it? If not, then He is not all powerful, and if so, He is not all powerful. Therefore, if it is impossible, that contradicts Scripture.” To some it seemed convincing, but it was just a ridiculous self-contradiction that proved nothing at all.

In this clip from a conversation with Jay Rudolph on The Plumb Line Radio Show, Randy addresses the parable of Lazarus going to Abraham’s bosom, the place called Paradise. Randy points out that God is not depicted there, but His people are. God’s people could not be in His presence because the Resurrection had not happened yet. God is going to bring the Present Heaven to the New Earth and relocate His people to the New Earth.

In this clip from a conversation with Jay Rudolph on The Plumb Line Radio Show, Randy talks about our resurrection bodies in reference to 1 Corinthians 15. He explains that we will have our resurrection bodies on the New Earth after the resurrection, but not in the Present Heaven.