The Resurrection Pulpit

If all God's people are going to end up one day in heaven, what's going to happen to Planet Earth? This question shows a fundamental misunderstanding of God's intentions for this world that he has made. In today's episode, Pastor Trice surveys four major themes of Scripture regarding the future of our world, all of which demonstrate that God's final redemption plan extends to the restoration of the whole cosmos.

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As the saying goes: "Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die." This is true of Christians as well, despite their confidence that great blessing awaits them after death. In today's episode, Pastor Trice seeks to identify why there is something legitimately strange to us about being absent from our bodies and in heaven, and also what it is that should bring us unspeakable comfort - and courage! - from knowing what death will bring.

What exactly is this realm we call "heaven"? Where is it? And what is the relationship between heaven and earth? These are some of the questions Pastor Trice takes up in this week's episode. Along the way, the hope of "heaven on earth" will be seen to have a more biblical foundation that many think.

For as popular a subject as "heaven" is, there are many misconceptions of what the Bible actually teaches concerning our future state of bliss as Christians. In this week's episode Pastor Trice identifies some of the most common misunderstandings about heaven, and also points to their sources in pagan, gnostic, platonic, and even medieval scholastic thinking. All this with a view to restoring the biblical view of heaven, which turns out to be the most exciting one!