Heaven, Part 2 Our Heaven series continues on Easter Sunday as David takes a look back to Genesis and to the future in Revelation to find "The Gardener". Genesis, Revelation 21:1-8, 22:1-5, John 20:11-16 PEACEJohn 16:33 PERSEVERANCEPhilippians 3:13-14 PREPARATIONColossians 3:1-4 If you read history, you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were just those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this. Aim at Heaven and you will get earth "thrown in": aim at earth and you will get neither.C.S. Lewis We are homesick for Eden. We're nostalgic for what is implanted in our hearts. We long for what the first man and woman once enjoyed- a perfect and beautiful Earth with free and untainted relationships with God, each other, animals, and our environment. Every attempt at human progress has been an attempt to overcome what was lost in the FallRandy Alcorn In Scripture we will see that...God never gave up on his original plan for human beings to dwell on Earth. In fact, the climax of history will be the creation of new heavens and new earth, a resurrected universe inhabited by resurrected people living with the resurrected Jesus.Randy Alcorn Hebrews 2:14-17, Colossians 2:13-15, 1 John 3:8, Romans 5:18-21 Father, I am excited about... Father, what do I need to do now to better prepare for the world to come? Scriptures: Matthew 6:19-21, 26:26-29