20 Dec 2011
On Heaven
In the book Beyond the Farthest Star, there are a number of characters who are in Heaven. The book follows these characters around and talks about what they’re doing and what Heaven is like. I used this as an opportunity to present what I believe is a more Biblical view of Heaven. A lot of people think that Heaven is a dull place where people sit on clouds and are bored for all of eternity, but I think that picture is grossly wrong. The real Heaven is quite different – and far more exciting.
Because a lot of the book’s ideas are pretty radical, I’ve written the following paper to explain where I’m coming from. This paper is actually included at the end of the book as an afterword, but I decided to post it separately on my blog. So, without further ado, here it is:
On Heaven (PDF file; 13 pages)