When Heaven Meets Earth: A 12 Part Biblical Study on Heaven

by Timothy Mackie, Jonathan Collins

Did you know you can download this for free! Really! We give stuff away because it was already paid for by our generous patrons. Get it God crafted scripture as one unified story. It’s the tragic story of how heaven on earth became heaven and earth. It’s the redemptive story of God’s mission to reunite those two domains once again.In this twelve-week study guide, The Bible Project lays out a blueprint for scripture that will forever change the way you read God’s word and understand Jesus’s work in the world.

93 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 12, 2019

About the author

Tim Mackie, PhD, ministered for many years as a local church pastor and now serves as Chief Education Officer for BibleProject and works as an adjunct professor at Western Seminary.

Tim currently lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife, Jessica, and two sons.
In all of his work, whether as a pastor or as a co-founder of BibleProject, he loves helping people understand how the overall biblical story works together and leads us to Jesus.

Reviews

[Jacob Seger · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall, really great.

This book is really quality, enjoyable, and hits on so many things I've been trying to more fully wrap my mind around. My only contention with it was that it may have been a little too short. Especially early on, there were a couple of things that I felt could have been expanded upon. I get that this is supposed to be fairly short, but on topics that are debated such as the image of God and others, there simply could have been a bit more reason behind the understanding, to add to the cohesiveness of the flow of logic. That said, there wasn't anything I felt was wrong or didn't understand! Combining this with The Unseen Realm has made for an incredible peek at the Biblical view of heaven and the supernatural. I would recommend this to nearly anyone.

[mary · Rating 5 out of 5]

"There is not even one passage in the Bible that talks about 'going to heaven' after you die. The phrase 'go to heaven' doesn’t appear anywhere in the Old or New Testaments in relation to death. Not once. This doesn’t mean the Bible has nothing to say about what happens to God’s people after they die. It just means that 'going to heaven' isn’t the way biblical authors thought about it."

"The end of the biblical story is really a new beginning."

Tim and Jon at it againnn, everyone should read this frfr. it's only a little over 100 pages and FREE online

[VJ · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a very nice, condensed but educationally packed study of Genesis, cross-referenced with Exodus, Psalms, Isaiah, and other Biblical books that has been covered in their online classes. The book also looks into garden imagery in connection to temple theology, Messiahship, and the unification of heaven and earth, among other things. It's so done well, and it includes reflections or discussion prompts to help you go in-depth with each topic. BibleProject's incredible work and research is instrumental in my greater appreciation of the Hebrew Bible and for my deeper love for Yaweh, who only wished to make His dwelling with us and desires a relationship with us, for Him to be our God, and for us to be His people.