The major Christian creeds state, “I believe in the resurrection of the body.” But I’ve found in many conversations that Christians tend to spiritualize the resurrection of the dead, effectively denying it. Our incorrect thinking about bodily resurrection stems from our failure to understand the environment in which resurrected people will live—the New Earth. 

In March 2016, Randy Alcorn spoke at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, on the subject of happiness. He spoke on how happiness relates to God, our lives, when we're going through deep grief, Heaven, Scripture and negativity. For more information, check out Randy's Happiness book. 

In March 2016, Randy Alcorn spoke at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, on the subject of happiness. He spoke on how happiness relates to God, our lives, when we're going through deep grief, Heaven, Scripture and negativity. For more information, check out Randy's Happiness book. 

In March 2016, Randy Alcorn spoke at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, on the subject of happiness. He spoke on how happiness relates to God, our lives, when we're going through deep grief, Heaven, Scripture and negativity. For more information, check out Randy's Happiness book. 

In March 2016, Randy Alcorn spoke at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, on the subject of happiness. He spoke on how happiness relates to God, our lives, when we're going through deep grief, Heaven, Scripture and negativity. For more information, check out Randy's Happiness book. 

In March 2016, Randy Alcorn spoke at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, on the subject of happiness. He spoke on how happiness relates to God, our lives, when we're going through deep grief, Heaven, Scripture and negativity. For more information, check out Randy's Happiness book.

If you want to get somewhere, guesswork is a poor strategy. The goal of getting to Heaven is worthy of greater advanced planning than we’d give to any other journey.

God’s intention for humans was that we would occupy the whole Earth and reign over it, to God’s glory. This reigning, expanding, culture-enriching purpose of God for mankind on Earth was never revoked or abandoned. 

The food chain may seem natural to us, but I believe it violates God’s original design. No more curse and death means no more food chain involving living creatures. As radical a shift as that may seem, it will likely be a return to God’s original design.