I'm a little late on this posting, but I thought Chapter 2 was very good.
The key point I see in this chapter is that the Bible reveals heaven to be a physical place. A main reason for this is that our residence in heaven is linked to the bodily resurrection. This is pretty exciting.
Many years ago I came to realize that the Lord had promised to raise us up bodily at His return. That meant that for all eternity, we would inhabit our glorified bodies. Just as Jesus'body was physical after His resurrection, so will ours be also. This imples that heaven will be physical, as we will live there in physical bodies. I also began to see this more clearly when I realized that Jesus ascended to heaven in a bodily form. That means that when he sat down at the right hand of the Father, He did so in His glorified body. What an amazing thought.
This opens up entire new realities concerning heaven. The concept fo floating on a cloud somewhere is clearly unscriptural.
The other main thought I got from this chapter was that we should be heavenly minded. We should think about heaven...a lot.
Some people have cautioned about being "too heavenly minded" so as to be no earthly good. I so agree with the words on page 21, that the more truly heavenly minded we become, the more earthly good we can accomplish.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
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