God created the world and humanity to be good, but they were corrupted by sin. However, through Christ's redemption and resurrection, God will one day restore creation to its original state of goodness and bring believers into a new creation where they will dwell with Him forever in resurrected, physical bodies, enjoying fellowship with God and each other on the new earth.

39. Resurrected (Embodied) Ghostly (Disembodied) Familiar; earthly Unfamiliar; unearthly New Earth Non-Earth What the Bible Says About Heaven What We Assume About Heaven

40. Dynamic Our God to worship and serve; friends to enjoy and meet; a universe to rule and explore; forever learning Static Nothing to do but float on clouds, strum harps; no memory or continuity of relationships, no learning What the Bible Says About Heaven What We Assume About Heaven

41. Time & Space No time & space Retaining the good; finding the best ahead Leaving favorite things behind Home (all the comforts of home with many innovations) Foreign (won’t feel like home, utterly different) What the Bible Says About Heaven What We Assume About Heaven

42. Both old and new, familiar and innovative; nostalgia and adventure Neither old (like Eden) nor new and earthly; just strange and unknown Art, culture and progress No art, culture, progress Dynamic Static What the Bible Says About Heaven What We Assume About Heaven

43. Fully human individuals; desires continuously fulfilled Inhuman; no individuality; loss of desires Fascinating Boring An eternity of exciting learning and discovery No learning or discovery; total knowledge, no curiosity What the Bible Says About Heaven What We Assume About Heaven

44. Story Just Beginning Story over Presence of the wonderful (everything we desire and nothing we don’t) Absence of the terrible (but presence of little we desire) What the Bible Says About Heaven What We Assume About Heaven

45. Are We Past Our Peaks? LIFE ON NEW EARTH INTERMEDIATE HEAVEN LIFE ON EARTH Death Resurrection

46. Are We Past Our Peaks? LIFE ON NEW EARTH INTERMEDIATE HEAVEN LIFE ON EARTH Death Resurrection

79. 12 Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear , because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing .”

100. Jesus answered, You are right in saying I am a king. In fact, for this reason I was born. King of Kings and Lord of Lords

101. Are We Past Our Peaks? LIFE ON NEW EARTH INTERMEDIATE HEAVEN LIFE ON EARTH Death Resurrection