What Will The Resurrected Earth Look Like? 50 Days of Easter on Heaven! From our earthly layover to our eternal makeover
50 DAYS OF EASTER ON HEAVEN! FROM OUR EARTHLY LAYOVER TO OUR ETERNAL MAKEOVER
What Will The Resurrected Earth Be Like “A NEW HEAVEN AND NEW EARTH”
The Rev. Randall R. Shirley 29 April 2020
Continuation of Easter Season Series on Heaven with this talk on What will the Resurrected Earth be like? Our purpose continues to be on teaching about Heaven as revealed in Scripture in such a way that you can easily communicate heaven to those in your life who think this earthly layover is all there is. Both heaven and hell are either ignored, ridiculed or denied by the world today. Many have allowed fictional books, tv shows and even movies to shape their understanding of these places. Office conference room quote, it read:
Life’s good e erien es are Life’s good experiences are “heaven,” Life’s bad times are “hell.” “Heaven”
That is Bible-Denying Philosophy, but there’s some very - potential – truth. Life’s bad times are “Hell”
“This world is indeed the only ‘Hell’ the eliever will ever e erien e This world is indeed the only “Hell” the believer will ever experience, a and this world is the only nd the only “Heaven” the unbeliever will ever know. ‘Heaven’ the n eliever will ever know.” Dr. Harold L. Willmington (Bible Professor)
Scripture tells us that there’s a new heaven and a new earth that will be ushered in when Jesus returns. The “intermediate” heaven, that “paradise” as Jesus referred to when speaking to the thief on the Cross will change when Christ returns. Where is all this talk about a New Heaven and a New Earth?
Isaiah 65:17, 66:22; 2 Peter 3:13; Revelation 21:1
The primary verses that refer to this include Isaiah’s recording of Where is all this talk about God’s promise in the Old Testament. God saying of the end time, A New Heaven and A New Earth “I create new heavens and a new earth” and again when revealing coming from? His final judgment of humanity, the Lord tell us that“the new “For behold, I a new heavens an a new earth…” (Isaiah 65:17) heavens and the new earth will remain before Him.” The Apostle “For as new heavens an new earth a I mak a ma n o m a …” (I a a Peter reaffirming God’s promise thatwe “ are waiting for new heavens “But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens an a new earth n and a new earth in which the righteous will dwell.” Jesus revealing to which righteousness dwells.” (2 Peter 3:13) John in Revelation 21, John seeing “a new heaven and a new earth, “Then I saw ‘a new heaven an a new earth,’ o a n an earth had passed away…” (Revelation 21:1) for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away” The plural use of “heavens?”
Understanding many heavens begins in the creation story in the very first verse of our Bible: Genesis 1:1.In the beginning God How Many Heavens Are There? created the heavens and the earth. Use of the plural of heaven is “In the e nn n od reated the hea ens again used when creation is completed: The heavens and the earth and the earth.” enes s were finished, and all the host of them. Referring to the angels, stars and planets and on earth the multitudes of living creatures on “Thus the hea ens and the earth ere f n shed the land and in the seas and in the air. It’s important for us to and all the host of them.” understand these heavens. All are transformed - the word of God enes s reveals all creation will be redeemed, restored, resurrected/changed.
Three heavens as recognized by the Christian Church. A couple of verses, although there are others, that point to there being three Three Heavens heavens: The first heaven is the earth’s atmosphere; the immediate • st Heaven Earth’s Atmosphere “Yet he did not leave himself without witness, for he did good by giving you rains from heaven…” (Acts 14:17) sky. It is where birds and clouds are. And these two Scripture refers “…then the anger of the ord will be indled against you, and he will shut up the heavens, so that there will be no rain…” (Deuteronomy 11:17) to the rains coming from this heaven. The second heaven is Outer • nd Heaven – ter a e “…and has gone and served other gods and worshiped them, or the s n or the Space. Where the sun, moon, stars and the planets reside; and the oon or any of the host of heaven, which I have forbidden…” (Deuteronomy 17:3) “For the stars of the heavens and their constellations will not give their light the s n will be dar at its rising, and the oon will not shed its light.” (Isaiah 13:10) third, as talked about last week, the third heaven is the intermediate • rd Heaven – The wellin la e o od and the i hteo s “…and give glory to your ather who is in heaven.” (Matthew 5:16) dwelling place of God, and of all the good angels and of all “The ord is in his holy temple the ord s throne is in heaven.” (Psalms 11:4) the saints who have gone before us. 7
Third Heaven Paul refers to the third heaven as paradise: I know a man in Christ Paradise “I know a man n who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven—and he w o o n a a o wa a o says, this man was caught up into paradise. third heaven— n I know a man wa a n o aradise—” o n an
What Will the New Heaven Scripture tells us that there will be a new heaven and a new earth. and New Earth Look Like? To better understand, look into the nature of Jesus’ Resurrection.
God’s plan to redeem The character of His bodily Resurrection points to the cosmic man t and all transformation found in God’s purpose to redeem the natural reat on s n old n order through the victory of Christ. Creation distorted by plan s seen and all Original Sin. The natural order subject to decay and death. a t p n es s
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Joe Exotic Accuses Carol Baskin In the new heaven and new earth even Joe Exotic could never accuse Carol Baskin of feeding her husband to tigers. We live in a fallen world and God’s plan to redeem us is seen and all caught-up in Jesus.
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The whole physical universe is caught-up into Jesus’ Resurrection and now waits for The whole physical universe is caught up into Jesus’ Resurrection His return for full consummation. and now waits for His return for full consummation. The Apostle ”For the creation waits with eager longing “His perfect completion or the re ealing o the sons o od. For the th t re eems n restores creation was s b ected to tilit not willingl the universe” Paul speaks of this in Romans 8:19-23. The point is that not only b t beca se o him who s b ected it in ho e that the creation itsel will be set ree are we waiting for our perfect and glorified bodies, so is all of rom its bondage to corr tion and obtain the reedom o the glor o the children o od. For we now that the whole creation has creation waiting to be free of its curse and restored to how it was been groaning together in the ains o childbirth ntil now. nd not onl the creation b t we o rsel es who ha e the irst r its o before sin in the Garden of Eden and even better the irit groan inwardl as we wait eagerl or ado tion as sons the redem tion o o r bodies.” (Romans 8:19 1
Jesus’ return is very clear in Scripture, but it’s the details of when and how it all unfolds that are often debated.
In Christianity, and especially as Anglicans, we use the word “adiaphora” to refer to those details not regarded as essential to faith, Adiaphora: but nevertheless as permissible for Christians or allowed in church. Matters or details not regarded as essential to faith, but nevertheless as permissible for Christians or allowed in church.
Bishop Rodgers reminds us that Anglicans have never taken an “Anglicans have never taken an o icial osition regarding an official position regarding any particular detailed end-time schema. articular detailed eschatological schema o de inite osition No definite position regarding the doctrine of the Millennium or regarding the doctrine o the Millennium or the Lord’s 1000 ear the Lord’s 1000-year reign that is subject to various interpretations reign… that is su ect to various inter retations o the ook o Revelation” of the Book of Revelation. No way does this mean that we’re lacking he Right Reverend ohn Rodgers in our understanding of Eschatology, that part of theology concerned ssential ruths or hristians age 1 with death, judgment and the final destiny of the soul and of all 1 humanity. It would be accurate to say that Anglicans are instructed on the four final events of the end-time. our ina ents They are 1) the second coming of Christ, 2) the general resurrec- • he econd oming o hrist tion of the dead, 3) the final judgment of humanity, and 4) the final • he eneral Res rrection o the ead states of Heaven and Hell. The movement through these final events • he Final dgment o manit is where the details are so often debated among believers and where • he Final tates o ea en and ell we come to find three main end-time views.
1 Pre, Post, and Amillennialism Second Comin with Church For the Premillennialist, Christ will come, in a pre-showing, be- Second Comin fter Last ud ement for Church he ribulation fore the millennium and before the tribulation period, to extract ( apture) his church - depicted in the Left Behind novels of Tim LaHaye. remillennialism (dispensational)
Second Comin , With the Post millennialist, the gospel will spread to bring peace apture nd throughout the world and after a thousand years of Peace, Christ Last ud ement will come again. And for the Amillennialist, the thousand year ostmillennialism reign is a symbolic number as Jesus reigns today through his church Second Comin , apture Regardless of your end time view within mainstream Christianity, nd Last ud ement we all agree on the certainty of Jesus’ death, work on the cross, His millennialism Resurrection and Ascension, and that He will come again 1
• We don’t know the time of His return and we are to be ready: And there’s agreement on Jesus’ teaching: We don’t know the time “But concerning that day or that hour, no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Be on guard, keep of his return and we are to be ready. That this is an event that all awake. For you do not know when the time will come.” (Mark 13:32 33) believers long for and everyone will see, and that everyone is going “Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.” (Matthew 24:44) to see this happen. Jesus tells us, that “All will see the Son of Man • n e ent that a be ie ers wait for and e eryone wi see: “waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory” (Matt. God and Savior Jesus Christ” (Titus 2:13). “All will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power 24:30). There is no way that this event will escape notice. All will see and great glory” (Matthew. 24:30). it, and all will know that God is real, and He’ll call His creation to account. 1
At His return, the bodies of all believers who have died will be • e ie ers in Hea en wi re ei e their orified bodies: resurrected. The apostle Paul says, “For the Lord himself will descend “For the Lord himself will des end from hea en nd the dead in Christ will rise first” from heaven and the dead in Christ will rise first” (1 Thess. 4:16). Thess
Understand this, these dead in Christ are not people who have • he dead in hrist are not believers who are “asleep” been “asleep” or unconscious from the time of their death until or “unconscious” from the time of their death unti esus returns: Jesus returns. Believers who die are with Christ. To be absent from “To be absent from the body is to be with Christ” the body is to be with Christ – Second Corinthians 5. Yes, when Corinthians we die, before his return, our spirit is with Jesus in heaven. What happens When Jesus returns is that those believers will receive they glorified bodies. But what do we really know about our Resurrected bodies?
We know that they’ll be imperishable, and they’ll be raised in glory, hat o we now about our esurrecte o ies and raised in power. Physical bodies - Jesus says, “See my hands and mperishable lorious an owerful my feet. Touch me and see. For a spirit does not have flesh and bones “So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable It is sown in dishonor; it is raise in lor . It is sown in as you see that I have.” This imperishable, Glorious and Powerful weakness; it is raise in power.” (1 Corinthians 15:42 44) “ ut our citi enship is in hea en, and from it we await a Sa ior, the Lord esus body is going to have more energy, stamina, speed, coordination, Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be li e his lorious bo …” ( hilippians 3:2 21) and durability than we could ever imagine. Given to those believers “See my hands and my feet, that it is I, myself. ouch me and see. or a spirit oes not have flesh an bones as ou see that have.” (Luke 24:39) who died and are in heaven first and then to believers till living on earth when Jesus returns. 19 Second oming with hurch Second oming After Last udgement for hurch he ribulation Living believers will be “raptured.” Changed to have that same (Ra ture) Ra ture “to be caught up” glorified body. The Scripture teaches “then we who are alive, who are remillennialism (dis ensational)
Second oming, left, the believers on earth, we’ll be caught up together with them, the (Ra ture) And Last udgement saints in heaven we’ll be caught up with them in the clouds to meet the “…then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught ostmillennialism u together with them in the Lord in the air” (1 Thess. 4:17). This is the well-known “rapture” of clouds to meet the Lord in the Second oming, (Ra ture) air” (1 hess. 4:1 ). the church and means “to be caught up” or “to be carried away.” All And Last udgement believers living at the time of the Lord’s return will be “caught up” to Amillennialism meet the Lord in the air.
our inal vent And now we have all Believers with their imperishable, glorious, • he e on o in o hri t powerful, physical bodies and all the unsaved, the unbelievers, are • he eneral e rre tion o the ea also given a resurrected body for all are called to account for their • he inal ent o anit lives all humanity will face God as their judge. •
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This is the Final Judgement of mankind. The Final Judgment or judgements for us to better understand the resurrected earth. While he wo udg ent both the believer and the lost must each face a judgment seat, there is • ent eat o hri t – a difference between the type of judgment each will experience. The ent on ernin the eliever believer has already been cleansed from sin by the blood of Christ for tewar hi the saved, salvation is secured in Jesus. The judgment seat of Christ, • he reat hite hrone ent or he o t the bema seat, for the believer is a judgment for award concerning stewardship. Whereas the Judgment of the Lost, the unbeliever, the unsaved, is rather a judgment on the degree of punishment based on their sin, and evil works
Paul is telling the church, telling us as believers, that we will appear before the judgment seat of Christ where everyone receives what is e e e ppea e o e he u g e t eat o h t “For we m st all a ear before the d ment seat of due for what we’ve done with our earthly lives, and nothing will be Christ so that ea h one may re ei e what is d e for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.” hidden. The Lord comes and shines light and all the things we’ve Corinthians “… the Lord comes, who will brin to li ht the thin s now done will be exposed. The purposes of our hearts will be opened, and hidden in dar ness and will dis lose the r oses of the heart Then ea h one will re ei e his ommendation from we’ll receive His reward for what we’ve done. God.” (1 Corinthians 4:5)
he e be a pe o a co e o a e e o e g e a How wonderful it will be to stand before our Lord - our personal accounting for what they did during their “earthly layover” “For we will all stand before the udgment seat of God for it confession in ouraccounting for what we’ve done during this earthly is written, ‘As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.’ So then each layover. of us will give an account of himself to God.” (Romans 14:11)
4 Faithfulness displayed as Stewards of our Time, Talents and Trea- aithfulne sure. Jesus says, Behold, I am coming soon to repay each one for “Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.” (1 Corinthians 4:2) what they’ve done. But as we know Good works will not get us into “…Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required,…” (Luke 12:48) heaven, as the Bible specifically tells us that we can only be saved by “Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense with me, to repay each one for grace through our faith in Jesus Christ. And in that faithfulness what he has done.” (Revelation 22:12) “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept we’re willing to do good works for the Lord in this life and my the faith. enceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous udge, will award to me on that ay, prayer is that all of us like Paul can say, I have fought the good and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.” (2 imothy 4: 8) fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 2
The Great White Throne of Judgment as Scripture reveals in the Book of Revelation, chapter 20. Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the he reat hite hrone f udg ent “Then I saw a great white throne and him who was egree of uni h ent throne, and books were opened. Although this passage is not seated on it. rom his resen e earth and sky fled “Woe to you, it will be more away, and no la e was found for them. nd I saw bearable on the day of judgment the dead, great and small, standing before the for Tyre and Sidon than for pleasant to hear, this judgment at the Great White Throne con- throne, and books were o ened. Then another book you. nd a ernaum, it will be was o ened, whi h is the book of life. nd the dead more tolerable on the day of cerns the degree of the eternal punishment of the lost. The place of were judged by what was written in the books, judgment for Sodom than for you.” a ording to what they had done. nd the sea atthew. – ga e u the dead who were in it, eath and punishment was determined when they died. Now, before they are ades ga e u the dead who were in them, and they were judged, ea h one of them, a ording to what they had done. Then eath cast into that place of eternal separation, God declares the degree and ades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the se ond death, the lake of fire. nd if anyone s name was not found written in the of punishment based on each person’s record. Not all the lost will book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.” e elation receive the same punishment. And we know this from Scripture, as Jesus reveals to us in Matthew, Chapter 11: “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago. But I tell you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you. And you, Capernaum, You will be brought down to Hades. For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I tell you that it will be more tolerable on the day of judgment for Sodom than for you.” (Matt. 11:21–24). Let there be no doubt that our God consid- ers and deals in mercy and justice even at the judgment. What the punishments will be is not given in Scripture but be assured that God always deals in justice and righteousness. Everyone will appear for judgment: The saved for awards, our salvation assured; and, The unsaved for their degree of punishment, their final destination known.
NOW come to the New Heaven and New Earth where there exists this brilliant and dazzling holy city called the New Jerusalem. Jesus revealing to John who said, And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusa- lem, coming down out of heaven. John seeing Heaven and earth coming together. But what has happened to our world to allow this new heaven and new earth to come together? “And I (John) saw the ho cit new Je usa em coming down out of heaven...”
( eve ation ) 2 Peter, Chapter 3. “But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar , and the heavenly bod- o ic ies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that urification hroughout are done on it will be exposed.” Cosmic purification and resurrection he niver e is felt throughout the universe. The heavens are transformed. The “But t e d o t e o d will o e li e heavens (all three) to which Peter refers are all transform with a great t ie nd t en t e e ens will p ss w wit o nd t e e enl noise, cleansed by fire and restored in the completed perfection by bodies will be bu ned up nd dissol ed nd t e e t nd t e wo s t t e done on it will be exposed.” Jesus and now we have God’s abode coming into view. The new ete Jerusalem joining with the new earth.
The When and How of creation’s resurrection/restoration again given now by the Apostle Peter who says that by the same word, that word of God that created the heavens and earth, is the same word to trans- form all that God created. All of it stored up for fire referring to hen and ow the final purification and resurrection. This consummation, final restoration, for all creation is being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly. The Second Coming of Christ, The Resurrection and Judgement of all humanity ushering in the new heaven and new earth. This is what Isaiah pointed to in his book, Chapter 13, concerning the day of our Lord’s return: Behold, the day of the Lord comes I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken out of its place (Isa. 13:9, 13). Purification does not mean annihilation but, rather, the recasting, the restoring of what was known before our loss of the Garden of Edan, before Original Sin. Earth Resurrected into a new, more beautiful, sinless and perfect earth enjoyed by a sinless and purified people forever and ever.
Chapter 21. John says, “And I saw the holy city , new Jerusalem , com- ”And I saw the , , omin down o t o ing down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her hea en rom God, adorned or her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, ‘Behold, the h s and. And I heard a lo d oi e rom the throne sa in , dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they “Behold, the dwellin la e o God is with man. e will dwell with will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.’” A them, and the will e his eo le, and God himsel will e literal city called the bride. The terms “Holy City” and “New Jerusa- with them as their God.” lem” used to describe both the glorified Church and her home. e elation
The shape and size of this city is revealed to us in Revelation, Chapter 21, as having the same The shape and size of this city is revealed to us in Revelation, length, breadth and height, Chapter 21, as having the same length, width and height, a descrip- tion allowing for two possibilities: the shape of a cube or of a vast pyramid. “The city lies foursquare, its length the sa e as its idth. nd he easured the city ith his rod, , stadia. ts length and idth and height are equal.”
e elation And according to our present-day measurements, this city would be roughly 1400 miles long, 1400 miles high, and 1400 miles wide. Measuring Some So huge that John is carried away to a very high mountain in order 1,400 miles in Length, Width that he might catch a glimpse of its beauty. So large a city that if and Height placed in America, it would reach from New York City to Denver, Colorado, and from Canada to Florida. A better perception of [32] Surface Area Comparison its size: Our earth has approximately 196 million square miles of • arth – ro i ately surface area 60 of those square miles are of land. The dimensions , , i • e erusale – er of the New Jerusalem come to a staggering figure of 2 billion, 700 , , , i million total cubic miles. That is some fourteen times the com- bined surface of the entire earth including both land and water area. This beautiful and blessed city is not only the center of God’s presence, it’s our permanent home. The home for all redeemed throughout eternity.
Our New Home is surrounded by a great and magnificent wall with twelve great gates that are never shut, and on the gates are the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. At each gate is an angel and loring get this each gate is made of a single pearl. You know the phrase ur ew Pearly Gates? It is an informal name for the gateway into the cur- o e • rent intermediate Heaven but here it takes on a truer description – of the gateway into the New Jerusalem. The wall itself rested upon • – twelve foundations and on the foundations are written the names • of the twelve apostles. The city connected with and rests upon the twelve tribes of Israel and the twelve apostles of Jesus. This is also the teaching of Paul, as he tells us, the body of Christ, is— built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone. The wall of the city is made of jasper. The city and streets made of pure transparent gold clear as glass.
And the foundations of the wall of our new home are adorned with every kind of jewel. Jasper, sapphire, topaz and amethyst to name a few. No temple within the city. The Temple in the Old Tes- tament pointed towards worship and adoration; the altar pointing to the Cross. Every part of the temple revealed an aspect of God’s “The foundations of the wall of the city were glorious relationship to His people. In the New Jerusalem we’ll not need any of these for there we’ll have God. twelfth amethyst.” (Revelation 21:19 We are also told about the lighting of this city. John says: “And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God llu ination gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb. By its light will the nations “And the city has no need of sun or walk, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it, and its oon to shine on it, for the glory of od gi es it light, and its la is the gates will never be shut by day—and there will be no night there.” a . y its light ill the nations al , and the ings of the earth ill Just picture a new earth on which all living creatures of land, sea ring their glory into it, and its gates and air and plants fully restored never to rot and decay; and, over ill ne er e shut y day— and there will be no night there.” that new earth, is this gigantic city, the New Jerusalem, the home e elation of the bride of Christ – our home. Allow the Holy Spirit to illu- mine that image of our new home in your heart and mind. Last vision is that within this wonderful city is the River of Life: The River of Life, described as pure, clear as crystal, and the source of this “Then the angel h e e the refreshment is the throne of God. He is the source of life. Pure water e the ate l e ght a he iver of ife tal l ng the th ne because of its source. Clear as crystal because it is free from all an the a th gh the le the t eet the impurities and contamination. Since Adam was driven out of Eden t al n e the e the e the t ee l e th t t el e n t el ng t t ea h we’ve lost sight of that tree. There were many trees in the garden, but nth The lea e the t ee e e the heal ng the only two are specifically mentioned: the tree of knowledge of good- nat n l nge ll the e e an th ng a e t the and-evil, and the tree of life. After Adam sinned by eating of the first, th ne an the a ll e n t an h e ant ll God drove him out to keep him from also eating from the tree of life h h e elat n and living forever in his sinful, lost, broken state. With sin gone the resurrected earth would be even better than before Adam - for now there is no Satan or demonic forces, and now all the redeemed are home, and the tree of life will stay with us forever.
The throne of God is in the midst. God the source of all provides us with our only ruler, our one governor—the Lord Jesus Christ. So perfect that there will be no more curse. There will be no more pain, suffering, distress or death in the Resurrected world. Next week we’ll look into who all will be there with us and what we’ll do for eternity. Jesus is Coming and when he does life as we know it Joyfully changes!
e u i o ing Yes, Jesus is Coming! Blessed are we who keep God’s command- ments, that we, the believers, will by His righteousness, be given access to the Tree of Life, and we with all the saints will enter through those pearly gates into the New Jerusalem. And for that we may all say, “Thanks be to God!”
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Primary Resources Used: Heaven Teachings - From our Earthly Layover to The Bible ESV Translation our Eternal Makeover Six Weeks: Essential Truths For Christians by the Right Reverend John H. Rodg- April 22 What is Heaven and are there really three of them? (Al Zadig) ers, Jr., Th.D. April 29 What will the Resurrected Earth be like? (Randy Shirley) May 6 Who will I see and What will I do in heaven? (David Booman) God, the Bible and Christianity by Clinton E. Arnold May 13 What will our relationships be like? The Top Questions of Heaven…Pets? Children? Marriage? (Richard Grimball) Willmington’s Guide to the Bible by Dr. H.L. Willmington May 20 How do I get there and will I go there alone? (Bill Hyer) Studies in Revelation by De Haan May 27 If there is a Heaven, there must be a Hell. What is that all about? (Al Zadig)