Renee Young’s Reviews > Heaven > Status Update

The only thing I mediate on more than the New Earth & the adventures I’ll get into there is planning the ones Here—& yet still find ways to be blown away in this book.

Every moment from this life will make sense, every holy pursuit will have been worth it, every suffering will have clear meaning, every brokenness will be forever fixed, every pain removed when we see Jesus face to face. This, our hope.

“Christ is not simply preparing a place for us; he is preparing us for that place” (224).

“While we face our daily challenges, the knowledge that a New Earth is coming should reassure us & give us perspective. It means there’s not only hope but purpose in our suffering…[it] reminds us that the events of human history aren’t meaningless…they are heading toward the fulfillment of a divine plan” (212).

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idk if you call it a hobby, but imagining the New Earth is one of my fav things to do & talk about. I get weird looks (mostly from older saints) when I talk about having tea parties, hiking mountains, water skiing & riding dragons…but at last, validation in Alcorn’s brilliant systematic theology on Heaven. lol. But yes gonna fly an actual dragon when Christ makes it all new so come visit!!