Coming: Heaven on Earth

The latest research of science and the Bible shows God has big plans for planet earth.

by Howard Davis

Marge, an elderly friend I'd known since childhood, had never visited my family since we moved to Portland, Oregon. Living in Minnesota, she was familiar with the modest terrain of the American Midwest from living there her entire life.

Seeing the snowcapped summit of Mt. Hood and the mile after mile of cascading waterfalls plunging off cliffs along the Columbia River George, a thought occurred to Marge. A woman of deep religious conviction and beliefs, Marge was transfixed by a particularly stunning waterfall cascading amidst the lush undergrowth of the Pacific Northwest forest. Then she exclaimed, “Who wants to go to heaven when you can live in a place like this?”

It makes you wonder about heaven and earth, a place like this.

Which would you choose?

Sometimes places on earth do seem more beautiful than the descriptions of heaven in the popular culture of literature and religion.

If you had a choice between the popular conception of heaven or an earth of peace and marvelous beauty, which would you choose? Would you choose to live forever within a world community of peace, endless prosperity, unblemished radiant health, surrounded by friends, boundless opportunity for creativity and stimulating personal challenge? That would seem like heaven on earth! And chances are you'd want to be first in line to sign up.

Hold on to that thought. If you take a look at the latest thinking in science about the earth's unique place in the universe, and many statements in the Bible largely ignored today by churches, you should come to the conclusion that God has big plans for this planet—plans bigger than most of us can imagine.

In fact, if you believe the biblical book of Revelation, you will come to the conclusion that God is planning to relocate heaven.

Read the full article at www.gnmagazine.org/issues/gn48/heavenonearth.htm

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