It is only as we focus our thoughts on heaven that we will correctly interpret life on earth.

A magnificent restoration awaits us. Christ comes in judgment; then restoration.

On the new earth heaven we will have perfect bodies, resistant to any ailment. Our new bodies will continue on forever, without missing a beat.

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.

During the tribulation there will be a national turning of Israel to the Lord; they will walk in righteousness. ... God established an everlasting covenant with Israel and it will be of everlasting duration.

As a believer is changed, receiving a glorified body, so similarly, the earth is changed into a new earth, unstained by sin.

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.