Resources by Topic: Heaven

I studied verse 10 and clearly, whatever is being spoken of in verse 9 is also being spoken of as being revealed to us by the Spirit in verse 10. I also went to the beginning of the passage....

Let me share with you some relevant excerpts from my book Heaven, related to a New Universe, other planets, aliens and space travel.

Jesus described heaven as having many rooms or dwellings (John 14:2-3). Like earthly cities or countries, heaven includes individual dwelling places.

In the same way that bones aren’t included in flesh and blood explicitly, likewise blood isn’t included specifically with flesh and bones, but may be implied.

We will have an eternal perspective, we will know that God has been just in his judgments, and will not be plagued by doubt.

It is not forever—we will be reunited in Heaven and never have to worry about leaving each other again, and my dad will be able to walk by me with no pain.

Eventually all believers will have resurrection bodies (Job 19:25-27; Is. 26:19; Dan. 12:2-3; 1 Cor. 15:12-58; Phil. 3:21; 1 Thess. 4:16-17; Rev. 20:4-6).

Scripture gives no indication of a “memory wipe” that will cause us not to recognize our loved ones and others we’ve known.

When a Christian dies, he or she enters into what theologians call the intermediate state, a transitional period between our past lives on Earth and our future resurrection to life on the New Earth.

The Bible treats this judgment of believers with great sobriety. It’s not a meaningless formality, but a monumental event in which things of eternal consequence are instituted.

Question from a reader: Isaiah 65:20 says “he who dies at a hundred will be thought a mere youth; he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed.” It sounds as if Isaiah is saying that in the new heavens and new earth people will die. How do you interpret this text?

Only the elect can be saved; and, no one who is elect ever reaches death not having responded to God’s gift of salvation.

In this interview with Lee Strobel, Randy Alcorn discusses the reality of Heaven.

In this video clip, Randy Alcorn talks about what we can learn about Heaven while on this Earth.