Many of the passages that describe the millennial kingdom also, in continuity, describe the new heaven and the new earth the eternal state.

Death brings release & removal from all evil, every tragedy & all difficulty. Death is not an enemy.

The church is the bride of Christ. The kingdom will be the eternal celebration of the wedding of Christ and the church. We will enjoy rapturous celebration as the bride of Christ in the eternal kingdom.

The new earth will complete God's program. It will be what God intended for Adam and Eve in Eden.

Our abilities and giftedness does not end of this earth; we will continue to serve the Lord in agreement with our abilities on this earth.

We are limited by our visual, physical senses; yet from the Scriptures we can readily conclude that heaven is indeed not distant at all. It is nearby.

Every believer departing this old earth ...immediately transitions into heaven and is welcomed home by Jesus himself.