My friend Mara went to heaven this week. It rocked our world, and our lives are still reeling from the pain.

Today we talk about heaven and what it might be like for those who have gone before us.

I think many are waiting for earth to be what heaven is like.

We think Jesus will rescue us from this crazy world and set up a perfect world.

Many people are living with their head in the clouds looking for Jesus to come back and save us from the evil in the world. We think He is going to make things perfect on this side of heaven.

But is that true? Are we expecting earth to be the reality and atmosphere of heaven, our eternal home? Could we be missing out on appreciating and enjoying what we already have, but don’t realize we are doing that? Are we living with the carrot dangling just out of reach and if we just push a little harder, we’ll get it?

Let’s ask some interesting questions that may lead us away from the traditional view of heaven and earth and see what the Lord wants to reveal to us about the new heaven and new earth.

Romans 6:23

John 3:1-16

Jeremiah 31:31-34