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1. Heaven…Is it worth the wait?
2. Heaven: Is it worth the wait? “When I was a boy, the thought of Heaven used to frighten me more than the thought of Hell. I pictured Heaven as a place where time would be perpetual Sundays, with perpetual services from which there would be no escape.” David Lloyd George
6. Is it worth the wait? Heaven on Earth
A “heavenly” city comes to earth
7. Is it worth the wait? Heaven on Earth
A “heavenly” city comes to earth
A renewed earth
12. Is it worth the wait? Heaven on Earth
A “heavenly” city comes to earth
A renewed earth
13. Is it worth the wait? Heaven on Earth
A “heavenly” city comes to earth
A renewed earth
14. Is it worth the wait? Heaven on Earth
Paradise: A stop along the way
15. Is it worth the wait? Heaven on Earth
Paradise: A stop along the way
18. Is it worth the wait? Heaven on Earth
Paradise: A stop along the way
A greater paradise
20. Is it worth the wait? Heaven on Earth
Paradise: A stop along the way
A greater paradise
21. Is it worth the wait? Heaven on Earth
Paradise: A stop along the way
A greater paradise
22. Is it worth the wait? Heaven on Earth
Paradise: A stop along the way
A greater paradise
23. Is it worth the wait? Heaven on Earth
Paradise: A stop along the way
A greater paradise
Millennial Kingdom: Davidic Paradise
New heavens and new earth
24. Progressive Unveiling of Heaven Sheol (OT)
Paradise, waiting the 1st coming of Messiah
Present Heaven, presence of the Lord
Paradise, waiting and worshipping
Post-rapture Heaven
Waiting and worshipping in resurrection bodies
Millennial Kingdom
Fulfillment as we rule with Christ
New Heavens and New Earth
Heaven on a renewed earth, our true home
25. Application Do you know your destination?
Do you long for heaven?
Study and meditate on your heavenly home
26. Heaven resources Note: these are listed in order according to “ease” of reading, beginning with the easiest and moving toward the most “theological”
“Heaven : Better by Far”, J. Oswald Sanders, Discovery House Publishers, Distributed by Thomas Nelson, 1993
“One Minute After You Die”, Erwin W. Lutzer, Moody Publishers, 1997.
“Heaven”, Randy C. Alcorn, Tyndale House Publishers, 2004.
“Death and the Afterlife”, Robert A. Morey, Bethany House, 1984.