I have never been ashamed to talk about heaven. Yes, some people have become skittish about it in recent years, claiming we don’t know what’s literal or symbolic. But why go around mocking the streets of gold? Even if it is symbolic, why mock symbols? Scripture says the streets are gold, so let the streets be gold. When we get there, we’ll find out exactly what God meant. Anyone with any imagination should realize that heaven will be astonishing, superb, glorious.

I can’t imagine facing eternity or losing a loved one without having the absolute assurance of heaven and all of its ramifications. Through the years I have thought how lucky my father was to have arrived there so far ahead of the rest of us. My mother went to be with him many years later. They’re in perfect bliss. They’re happy. They’re having a great time. They’re in the presence of the Lord Jesus.

When we finally reach heaven, the Bible promises that “your eyes will see the King in his beauty” (Isaiah 33:17). It also says, “We shall see Him as He is” (1 John 3:2). We are going to see the Lord Jesus, the Son of God, face to face. What could be more glorious? We’ll be in the presence of the Lord, forever. So, tell people in your world about heaven.

This is Luis Palau.