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What Will It Mean for the Earth to Be “Full of the Knowledge of the LORD as the Sea Is Full of Water”?

article January 7, 2019

A reader asked me, “The last part of Isaiah 11:9 says, ‘For the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is full of water.’ Most of the things I’ve read focus on the first part of the verse, which says, ‘They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain.’ What are your thoughts on this beautiful promise in Isaiah 11:9 and how it relates to the New Earth?”

What Is a Biblical Response to the Teaching That People Pre-Exist in Heaven?

article November 29, 2018

The unbiblical doctrine of pre-existence is taught by the Mormon Church: “We were first begotten as spirit babies in heaven and then born naturally on earth” (Journal of Discourse, Vol. 4, p. 218).

Is It Blasphemous for Us to Study, Discuss, and Try to Envision Heaven?

article November 23, 2018

A while back, someone on Facebook commented that my book Picturing Heaven is blasphemous because it attempts to picture God’s dwelling place. I respectfully disagree.

Will We Work and Have Jobs in Heaven?

video September 7, 2018

Because work began before sin and the Curse, and because God, who is without sin, is a worker, we should assume human beings will work on the New Earth. We’ll have satisfying and enriching work that we can’t wait to get back to, work that’ll never be drudgery.

Is 1 Thessalonians 4:17 Referring to Our Resurrection Bodies?

article September 5, 2018

Question from reader: In Heaven, you make a case that we will have some type of body in the intermediate Heaven. So what body do we receive in 1 Thessalonians 4:17? It says, “Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.”