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The Nature of Heaven In 2017, Robert Jeffress wrote a book which he named A Place Called Heaven; he titled his fifth chapter, “What Will We Do in Heaven?” Evidently, quite a few people think that Heaven will be “a place of perpetual boredom, populated by boring people” (99). Jeffress
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Previously, we considered the first three usages of the tree of life in Genesis and the last three mentions of it in Revelation, which leaves four other occasions where the phrase is found, all of which are in Proverbs. Most of the wise sayings in this highly practical book are
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Romans 8:19-23 One of the key passages of Scripture used by those who insist that resurrected people will live on a physical earth is Romans 8:19-23. Tommy Hicks recounts the history of the “Heaven will be lived out on earth” doctrine, and he cited many “ancients”
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The phrase, tree of life, appears in the Scriptures ten times. The first three times we read of it are in Genesis (2:9; 3:22, 24). We do not know much about it—what it looked like, what fruit was on it, or how it tasted. Presumably, it would
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Matthew 5:5 One of the passages often cited to try to demonstrate that heaven will literally be on a refurbished earth is Matthew 5:5: “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.” The theory is that faithful Christians will one day be rewarded with their own
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God has some words for the wicked: “What right have you to declare My statutes, or take My covenant in your mouth, seeing you hate instruction and cast My words behind you?” (Ps. 50:16-17) Ordinarily, we understand the reason God pronounces a condemnation on sin, but this passage
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Matthew 5:5 One of the passages often cited to try to demonstrate that heaven will literally be on a refurbished earth is Matthew 5:5: “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.” The theory is that faithful Christians will one day be rewarded with their own
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God has some words for the wicked: “What right have you to declare My statutes, or take My covenant in your mouth, seeing you hate instruction and cast My words behind you?” (Ps. 50:16-17) Ordinarily, we understand the reason God pronounces a condemnation on sin, but this passage
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Acts 3:21 As previously pointed out, a key element of the reconstructed earth theory is the concept of restoration—restoring earth to its pristine purity. Of course, this time earth will not host a two-person population, but presumably it will be flooded with millions of people—all of
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The seventh of the Ten Commandments given by God through Moses states: “You shall not commit adultery” (Ex. 20:14). This law is stated both clearly and concisely. And while the Israelite nation was together in the wilderness, it probably remained enforceable, since we don’t hear of any problems
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Acts 3:21 As previously pointed out, a key element of the reconstructed earth theory is the concept of restoration—restoring earth to its pristine purity. Of course, this time earth will not host a two-person population, but presumably it will be flooded with millions of people—all of
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Okay, so 3,000 years ago no movie theaters dotted a modern metropolis. No automobiles scurried around the countryside. Restaurants did not line the streets—bathed in neon and beckoning for citizens to enter. No marijuana shops called out for souls passing by to take a few moments to wander