Heaven by Randy Alcorn

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Heaven by Randy Alcorn

• Grasping
• Redemtions
• Far Reach

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This World is not our homeor is it?

• Clues to the nature of the
• Eternal Heaven

• Heaven is a city (Heb 1110, 1314)
• Heaven is a country (Heb 1116)
• Its like our current Earth (Rev 21-22)
• We will have resurrection bodies (1 Cor 1540-44)
  
• In Heaven will rest and want to rest (Rev 1413,
  Heb 410-11)
• Will want to serve Christ (Rev 223)
• New Jerusalem made from precious stones (Rev
  2119-21)
• We have clues we just need to see them then
  long for a new heaven and New Earth Heb 1110,
  Heb 1116, Heb 1314, 2 Peter 313

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Three Eras of Mankind Earth
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Three Eras of Mankind Earth
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This World is not our homeor is it?

• In what ways can you see Gods plan unfolding in
  our present day and age?

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Why is Earths redemption essential to Gods Plan?

• God promises to make men/women new just like
  earth itself
• Isaiah 6517
• Isaiah 6612
• 2 Peter 313
• Revelations 211
• Gods perfect plan
• Ephesians 110 to bring all things in Heaven
  on Earth together under one head, even Christ

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Why is Earths redemption essential to Gods Plan?

• Biblical Vocabulary

Redeem
Reconcile
Regenerate
Recover
Renew
Resurrect
Return
Restore
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Why is Earths redemption essential to Gods Plan?

• Psalms 241
• The earth is the LORD's, and everything in it,
  the world, and all who live in it

God placed mankind on Earth to fill it, rule it,
and develop it for Gods glory. The plan has not
been fulfilled.
Do we conclude that Gods plan was ill-conceived
or abandoned?
Where do we get the notion that God is going to
destroy this Earth and be done with it?
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The New Earth is the Old Earth Restored

• Acts 321 God will restore everything
• Revelations 211
• Matthew 1927-28 Jesus said at the renewal of
  all things

We know that our bodies will be destroyed by
decay after death yet God will raise them into
new bodies. Does it make sense that though the
Earth will be destroyed, God will raise it into a
New Earth? Is this a different or new idea for
you?
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The New Earth is the Old Earth Restored

• Gods Glory on Gods Earth
• Psalm 859
• Ezekiel 432
• Psalm 10215-16
• Isaiah 119-10
• Isaiah 6619-20
• Haggai 26-7

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What will it mean for the curse to be lifted?

• Matt 2534
• "Then the King will say to those on his right,
  'Come, you who are blessed by my Father take
  your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you
  since the creation of the world.

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What will it mean for the curse to be lifted?

• What will our lives be like when the Curse is
  lifted?
• How can resurrection succeed in reversing the
  Curse, whereas permanently destroying the world
  would not?