A while back, someone on Facebook commented that my book Picturing Heaven is blasphemous because it attempts to picture God’s dwelling place. I respectfully disagree.

Infelizmente, mesmo entre cristãos, há um mito predominante de que o Céu será entediante. Às vezes não podemos imaginar nada além de dedilhar uma harpa e lustrar ruas de ouro. Sucumbimos às estratégias de Satanás “para lhe difamar o nome e difamar o tabernáculo, a saber, os que habitam no céu.” (Apocalipse 13.6).

Muitas pessoas perderam entes queridos que não conheciam a Cristo. Algumas pessoas argumentam que as pessoas no céu não saberão que o inferno existe. Mas isso tornaria a alegria do Céu dependente da ignorância, o que não é ensinado em lugar algum nas Escrituras.

Because work began before sin and the Curse, and because God, who is without sin, is a worker, we should assume human beings will work on the New Earth. We’ll have satisfying and enriching work that we can’t wait to get back to, work that’ll never be drudgery.

Imaginez: vous faites partie d'une équipe de la NASA se préparant à une mission de cinq ans sur Mars. Après une période de formation intensive, la date de lancement de la fusée tombe enfin. Tandis que la fusée décolle, l’un de vos collègues astronautes vous demande: «Que sais-tu de Mars?» Haussant les épaules, vous répondez: «Rien. Nous n'en avons jamais parlé. Je suppose que nous le découvrirons sur place.» Cette situation est impensable, n'est-ce pas?

A friend shared this story and blog with me, about a precious family, the Simaos, who lost their son Isaiah last year after a tragic horseback riding accident. Isaiah’s oldest sister Sydney has written about their family’s experience and grief.

Randy Alcorn was interviewed about different parts of his life. In this clip, he talks about our life now and the life to come on the New Earth.

Question from a reader: Do you think perhaps there is no sense of passage of time after death and that after we die, the intermediate state you speak of would pass in a millisecond, and then we are resurrected? It would be sort of like a seamless quick passage to the New Earth. Otherwise, would we be conscious of say, 200, years passing in the present Heaven before the bodily resurrection?

Randy Alcorn was interviewed on various topics such as trusting God, Christian bucket lists, Heaven and more. In this audio clip, he talks about Jesus making Heaven what it is.