Have you ever wondered what heaven will be like? The Bible gives us precious few details of the current heaven, but it tells us that there will be a restored earth that will serve as our eternal home one day. John wrote, “Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, ‘Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God (Revelation 21:2-3).’”
Randy Alcorn, in his book simply titled Heaven, said that we do not need to look to the sky and wonder what heaven will be like; we just need to look around and imagine what this planet would be like if there was no sin. So let’s do that:
Imagine a place that we can go, beyond all that you’ve ever seen,
Nicer than any place you’ve been, better than your wildest dreams.
It will be heaven on earth
Colors will be brighter, sounds will be clearer, and the weather is always nice,
Each new day will be as good as the last, every day of your life.
It will be heaven on earth
You’ll never get sick, never grow old, you’ll never even die,
You’ll never be lonely, or have a broken heart, you’ll never even cry.
It will be heaven on earth
Everything that makes it bad down here, like famine, disease, and war,
They are products of the fall, and they’ll be gone forevermore.
It will be heaven on earth
We’ve talked about what wont be there, but there are things we expect to see
All our friends who’ve gone on before, and plenty of new people to meet.
It will be heaven on earth.
James and John, Peter and Paul, and that wee little man Zacchaeus
But of all the people we get to meet, I’m going to see my Jesus
It will be heaven on earth
It will be like the Garden of Eden, a world that doesn’t know sin,
God will come down and live with us, and He’ll never leave again
It will be heaven on earth.
And when we’ve been there 10,000 years, bright shining as the sun,
We’ll wake up to another day in the best place we’ve ever known.
It will be heaven on earth
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