In this video clip, Randy Alcorn answers the question, "What Is Heaven?" See Randy's book Heaven for more information.

The present Heaven is completely different than what Catholics believe in as purgatory, as it has nothing to do with punishment or suffering.

It’s common to hear people say, “We don’t understand now, but in Heaven we’ll know everything.” One writer says that people in Heaven can “easily comprehend divine mysteries. Is this true? Will we really know everything in Heaven?

Let me start by saying: absolutely you are not sentenced to Hell if you know Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior.

Can we really know in advance where we’re going when we die? The apostle John, the same one who wrote about the new heavens and New Earth, said in one of his letters, “I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life” (1 John 5:13, emphasis added). 

The Bible actually has quite a lot to say about Heaven. Randy Alcorn’s 50 Days of Heaven presents us with an easy but profound read that takes away much of the mystery about life after death.

Of the many books that I read through each year, perhaps none have been more influential than Heaven, by Randy Alcorn. It is an amazing work that answers numerous questions on the topic of the afterlife. 

This little booklet is fantastic and such a comfort in time of grief. The first one I had was given to me at the time of my husband’s death. I used it like a daily devotional.

The “children’s” book Wait Until Then rocked our faith in a good way.