going to heaven"I hear people talk about 'going to heaven,'" writes a gracEmail subscriber. "Does the Bible say that the saved will go there? If it does, do people 'go to heaven' as soon as they die, or at the end of the world?"
new heavens and earth (two gracEmails)A gracEmail subscriber asks for "a bit more elaboration" on the notion that God's redemption will include the creation itself as well as individual children, women and men.
activity in eternityA gracEmail subscriber writes: "When I consider an eternity of praising God, it scares me that I think that I will get bored. I pray all the time for God to give me the kind of heart that will make that thought desirable, but nothing happens. What's wrong with me?"
will we remember this life in eternity?A member of our circle notes God's declaration in Isaiah 65:17 that the "former things" will not be remembered in the new heavens and new earth. "Does that include people and relationships," he asks, "and questions we now have?"
the hope of immortalitySomeone asks the biblical basis for hoping to live forever, that is, of enjoying "immortality" or deathlessness.
time and eternityA gracEmail subscriber asks about the statement that ... "time shall be no more" (KJV).... Do the new creation and the New Jerusalem function beyond the confines of space-time-matter-energy? Will we transcend time in eternity?"
when a pet diesand I'm feeling rather inadequate to prepare my children for this inevitable event. Has God no further use for animals after life on earth?