Will Christians live in Heaven forever? The answer depends on what we mean by Heaven. 

Randy Alcorn shares his thoughts on this interesting question. They center on the idea that if humans were much smarter before the fall then animals could have been smarter as well. This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.

It is easy to think what we do on this earth doesn't matter because Heaven is unearthly. But Randy Alcorn suggests that our whole perspective on the importance of things now changes when we understand the reality of the New Earth. Suddenly, things in this life such as trees, laughter and service matter because this life is the beginning of a life that will continue without end on the New Earth. 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.

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.

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.

Paul makes it clear in Ephesians 1 that God's explicitly intended eternal plan is to bring all things on earth as well as in heaven under the authority of Christ. Randy Alcorn argues that God doesn't plan to just abandon earth. Rather He will answer the greatest prayer of all time by renewing the earth and making His will be done on earth for all eternity as it is already done in Heaven. This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.

Randy Alcorn shows from Scripture that God does not distance Himself from the earth. His kingdom is not "out there somewhere." He will renew the earth and it will be our inheritance. God's kingdom is here on Earth as well. This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.

Randy Alcorn quotes theologians talks about the continuity between this life on earth and our future life on the New Earth. This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.