Eschatology doesn't matter, does it?
I'm always hesitant to say that anything doesn't matter if I can show from scripture that it matters to God because the fact is, is that if something matters to God, then it needs to matter to us. And one third of our Bible has to do with the end times, it has to do with prophecy. Some of those prop...
Heaven: Our Glorious New Home
Heaven as It Is Now: Cultivating an Eagerness for Heaven
Scripture has a lot to say about Heaven, and what we as Christians can look forward to. Here are just a few things that it says about the immediate comfort that we will enjoy as soon as we enter those gates! Perfection and Peace Heaven as it is right now is the place where “God will wipe away ev...
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...
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...