Resources by Topic: Heaven

In this clip, Randy Alcorn highlights God's value of all living creatures, not just humans, demonstrated in the covenant He made after the flood. The Lord specifically says that He is making the covenant with Noah and all the animals with him in the ark. This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.

Genesis uses the same word to refer to animals and humans. Though this does not mean that animals are equal to humans, Randy Alcorn explains that it does indicate that there is something special and unique that all living creatures share compared to the rest of creation - trees, rocks, etc. This is an important distinction in a culture that talks about "our cousin, tree." This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.

When you think of Heaven as people floating around on clouds, the idea of floating animals seems strange. But when you understand Heaven in terms of the New Earth, there is incredible continuity between the old world and new world. Randy Alcorn explains that animals were a part of God's perfect creation on the first earth and will therefore be part of the new one. This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.

There is every reason to believe that we will continue our relationships with family in Heaven. Though we may not be a family the way were in this life, Randy Alcorn suggests that God may even make the seating arrangements in Heaven by families. This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.

In this clip, Randy Alcorn explains that marriage in this life is a sign post for the marriage of all believers to Christ in Heaven. Once the destination is reached, the sign post is not necessary. So we should not be worried that we will not marry each other in Heaven but rejoice that we will marry the Eternal Bridegroom. This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.

Some take Jesus' statement in Matthew 22, that we will be like angels in that we will not marry, to mean that we will in general be like or become angels. Randy Alcorn explains that this is not the case. Jesus is only comparing us to angels regarding the specific issue of marriage in Heaven. Scripture makes it clear that we will not marry, but we will not become angels. People are people. Angels are Angels. This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.

Randy Alcorn shares two quotes that assure us we will be joyously reunited with our loved ones and will enjoy relationship with them. This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.

Randy Alcorn shares his thoughts on the differences between these two falls. This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.

A person has free will within the confines of who that person is. Randy Alcorn explains there are many things we cannot be or do, simply because they are not within our nature. The new nature in Heaven will be a nature that cannot sin, but this doesn't violate our free will. After all, God cannot sin but no one has greater free will than He. This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.

Randy Alcorn quotes Jonathan Edwards and Frederick Buechner's descriptions of the New Jerusalem which will be the perfect city of which we always dreamed. This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.

Randy Alcorn shares another quote from C.S. Lewis' The Last Battle to describe what life in Heaven, free from sin, will be like. In doing so he draws an important distinction: while Adam and Eve were innocent, they were not eternally infused with Christ's perfect righteousness. The latter is why we will not be able to ever sin again once in Heaven. This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.

In response to the question, "Will we be able to fall into sin again?" Randy Alcorn emphasizes that in the life to come we will have Christ's righteousness as well as the memory of what life in sin was like. So we will have no desire to ever go back to sin again, and thereby will not be capable of another fall. This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.

Is it possible there could be another fall after the coming of the New Jerusalem? Randy Alcorn discusses several verses that show there can never be another fall because there is absolutely no presence of sin in the New Jerusalem. This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.

Adam and Eve were perfect when they were in the garden, but they sinned. Will we be able to sin again in the coming life? Randy Alcorn answers this question from Romans and Revelation. This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.