Interesting take. Disputable but not a central tenet of chrisitianity, so this article with worthy of discussion and for all we can know it’s true…or false…

I like the idea of concretely thinking about heaven. Have you read “All Things New” by John Eldredge? https://www.audible.com/pd/All-Things-New-Audiobook/B072C3KN1S?action_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp

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I truly appreciate your reading and interacting with me on the topic.🙏🏻😁💜😆👍 Thanks so much. One day I hope to give this topic a less populist, more scholarly treatment. I think there is a considerable depth of exegesis yet to be done that supports this view.

Thank you also for the book reference, it's one I have not yet encountered. I will devour it with considerable glee! You see, the New Heavens and New Earth have been a persistent, recurring topic of my thinking for more than half of my life.

I'll recommend two lovely books for your consideration, both bearing the same title; "Heaven."

One by Randy Alcorn, and one by Joni Earekson Tada (sp?).

I went through the entire series of posts. I can’t say I disagree with anything. The eternal church service in the sky view is not supported by the Bible.

To highly accurately quote Jesus in revelation: “Behold! I am making all things new.” And “like really, no fooling, write it down man!” — It is almost too wild to consider. And hence many don’t.

The sex thing kinda threw me for a loop. The base nature finds it impossible because if sex were an option, who would do anything else. But that is thinking from an earthly perspective. In a world where one can’t want what is wrong, surely there’d be reason to do more than that (as hard as that is to contemplate). And I agree with the malum prohibitum vs. malum in se analysis. Not that the existence of a logical internally consistent set of facts proves them to be true but it does demand an argument to the contrary…an argument that explains the absence of something good…

I’ve read the chronicles of Narnia series to my girls about two dozen times. Your posts remind me of what Lewis was trying to teach us about heaven throughout the series, especially book 7.

Thx for the book recommendations. I picked up both, the newer version of the Joni book from 2018…hopefully it’s true to the 1990’s version…

I'll have to check out her latest version, thanks for mentioning it.🙏🏻😁

My friend, I profoundly appreciate your kind words and your investment of time reading me.🙏🏻😁 I pray it's been profitable for you, and that you'll now look forward to that truest of true "new ages" with ever-growing anticipation.😆

In our eternal lives, we will finally come into the perfect balance of the humanity God has designed for us. I, for one, can't wait.😃 I'm looking forward to glorifying Jesus / God as I am privileged to fully experience and enjoy his magnificent creation to the fullest.🙏🏻😁🫂💖💜😆👍💯🚀

It makes coming in to the hospital at 9 pm on a Sunday easier to bear when I keep the eternal in mind. Like right now…