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I’ve found there’s a common stereotype among believers that a graphic novel is inherently immoral, theologically unsound, and undermines rather than uplifts God’s Word, Christ, and the gospel. 

Charles Spurgeon describes the death of our believing loved ones in terms of children going up to bed. Parents don't grieve as if they have lost them because they know they will see them in the morning. Randy Alcorn shares a quote from Spurgeon which encourages us that we don't need to grieve excessively because children we have lost are enjoying their eternal triumph. This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.

We shouldn't think that in Heaven we will lose our individuality and be absorbed into some mystical "All" as Buddhism believes. To make this point, Randy Alcorn quotes Bruce Milne who asserts that the individual selves that were worth God saving through Christ will continue in the life to come. This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.

Based on Luke 24:39 when Jesus appears after the resurrection, Randy Alcorn points out that if Jesus is still recognizably Jesus in his resurrection body, then we will clearly be recognizably ourselves in our resurrected bodies. This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.

Many ask if we will lose the particular personalities, interests and passions God has given us in this life. Randy Alcorn responds with a question: why would we? Yes, in Heaven anything sinful will be removed. But if God made our personalities, then individuality is good. In Heaven He makes us who we are, just better. This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.

Does "no more night" mean we will not be able to see the beauty of the stars? Randy Alcorn suggests that the emphasis in these passages is that we will no longer "need" the night. Like the statement that there will no longer be any sea in Revelation 21:1, "no more night" primarily means that there will no longer be the danger, sin and vulnerability that comes with the night. In God's Kingdom we will be perfectly safe. This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.

Randy Alcorn recalls the imagery of C. S. Lewis' "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader." In it the voyagers know they have reached Aslan's country, or Heaven, because the sea water turns sweet. One member of the voyage describes the sweet water as drinkable light. This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.

Randy Alcorn discusses the change of the seas from salt water to fresh described in Ezekiel 47 and connects it with C.S. Lewis' description of the arrival at Aslan's Country in "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader." This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.

Randy Alcorn discusses what the landscape of the New Earth will be like. Though Revelation 21 says that there no will longer be any sea, Ezekiel 47 describes the river flowing from the temple which makes the salt water fresh. And life will be abundant in the river. So there will no longer be poisonous salt water seas, but there will be large bodies of water that promote life. This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.

What does it mean that there will no longer be any sea? Randy Alcorn quotes Charles Spurgeon who asserts that this must have a spiritual meaning. The sea separates nations and to the ancients it was fearsome. It represented danger and death. So in the world to come there will be no division or danger like the sea represented. We shouldn't interpret it as "How sad - no more fun times at the beach." This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.

Though there is nothing specific in Scripture to answer this question, Randy Alcorn validates the possibility of some type of economy. It's clear that people will be productive and that everyone will be provided for in God's Kingdom. But we do not know what system the Lord will use. This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.

Randy Alcorn explains that Scripture doesn't give us many details about things outside of the New Jerusalem. But it does seem to indicate that there are many nations and many people on the the New Earth living outside the New Jerusalem. This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.

Revelation is not the only book that talks about the New Earth. Randy Alcorn looks at a passage in Ezekiel that is consistent in detail with the description of the New Earth in Revelation 21 and 22. This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.

Randy Alcorn discusses several verses from Revelation 21 and 22 that describe the New Jerusalem. They tell us that it will be a place of beauty and natural wonder. And the Tree of Life is at the center of this paradise. This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.