![]() ![]() Many people imagine that we will remain disembodied spirits in the afterlife and that heaven won't be a tangible, earthly place. ![]() Will we have bodies and live human lives? In a day when speculation and subjectivism about heaven run rampant, I've found it both exciting and refreshing to carefully examine what Scripture says. The Bible tells us much more about heaven than is often assumed. More than 30 years ago, I began studying what Scripture tells us about eternity and have written about heaven and the importance of an eternal perspective ever since. And yet, though my friend was more honest about it than most, I've found that many Christians share the same misconceptions about heaven. Where did this Bible-believing, seminary-educated pastor get such a view of heaven? Certainly not from Scripture, where Paul said to depart and be with Christ was "far better" than staying on earth (Phil. Heaven doesn't sound much better than hell." To float around in the clouds with nothing to do but strum a harp-it's all so terribly boring. "I can't stand the thought of that endless tedium. I tried not to show my shock as I asked him, "Why?" I'd rather just cease to exist when I die." I once heard a pastor make a startling confession: "Whenever I think about heaven, it makes me depressed. ![]()
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