Nov 6, 2020
Heaven: Our Glorious New Home
God with Us and Us with God: Reveling in God’s Presence
Revelation 21:3 describes the greatest aspect of New Earth: “And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, ‘Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.’” We see the entire point of redemptive...
Oct 30, 2020
Heaven: Our Glorious New Home
The Mature Christian Anticipates the Return of Christ
Revelation 22:11b says, “[Let] the righteous still do right and the holy still be holy.” The young church at Thessalonica had many questions and concerns about the coming of Christ. Had they missed the rapture? Was there hope for the saved who had died already? They were spiritual infants in their t...
Jul 13, 2020
Heaven: Our Glorious New Home
The Mature Christian Hopes for the Rapture
Certainly, one of the most debated points of Christian theology is the idea of the rapture of the church—the catching away of God’s people at some future time in miraculous fashion. Great men and women of God have disagreed on this issue. Regardless of where you come down on the rapture issue, you s...
Jul 6, 2020
Heaven: Our Glorious New Home
The Mature Christian Anticipates the Resurrection, Part 2
In the city of Corinth in the Apostle Paul’s day, some in the church were proclaiming, “There is NO resurrection of the dead.” But Paul had an answer to this claim. Paul, in essence, replied: If there is no resurrection from the dead, then not even Christ has been raised! And if Christ has not been...
