Resources by Topic: Heaven

The presence of God is the essence of Heaven. John Milton put it, “Thy presence makes our Paradise, and where Thou art is Heaven.” Heaven will be a physical extension of God’s goodness.

Indeed, all three members of the trinity are present in those last two chapters of Revelation. Scripture is clear: one day, no longer will there be any separation between Heaven and Earth.

I have no doubt whatsoever that innocent silliness will be part of our experience in Heaven and forever on the New Earth. 

In this clip from a conversation with Jay Rudolph on The Plumb Line Radio Show, Randy says that in Heaven we will have a perfect eternal perspective that we lack now, which will allow us to see bad things going on and not lose our contentment and peace in Christ, and even cause us to rejoice when evil is conquered.

In this clip from a conversation with Jay Rudolph on The Plumb Line Radio Show, Randy explains how Scripture supports that people in Heaven are aware, at some level, of what is happening on earth.

In this clip from a conversation with Jay Rudolph on The Plumb Line Radio Show, Randy says Heaven will never be boring because God is never boring, and we will always have new things to learn in Heaven.

In this clip from a conversation with Jay Rudolph on The Plumb Line Radio Show, Randy talks about the ways we will serve God and others in Heaven.

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.

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.

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.

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.