Heaven

Here are the significant contributions Alcorn made to my understanding of Heaven. One, it will incorporate the things of earth that I am familiar with, but better. Two, it will be a physical place (and spiritual). Three, resurrection means that God has always intended us to be creatures of soul and body. Four, the meaning of the new heaven and new earth in Revelation and Isaiah. I would recommend a reading of the book to start an investigation of these concepts. Alcorn has written a book that has dramatically impacted the way I read the Bible, opening my eyes to things that I had glossed over. I like how Alcorn uses Scripture to support his views and he has done his homework in reading prior works.

I wish that he could have spent more time on the intermediate state (after we die but before our bodies are resurrected). His book is a bit long, sometimes repetitious. I think the organization could have also been bettter. I also would have liked some details on how the Bible's concept of death and Heaven differs from those of other faiths.

I found that reading Billy Graham's book, Facing Death and the Life After, and Joni Eareckson Tada's book, Heaven, gave different insights and added to my understanding of the Bible texts (which of course is the primary source of our understanding of Heaven). I used Alcorn's book to teach on Heaven in my Bible class. There was lots of interest in the topic.Get more detail about Heaven.