Heaven by Randy Alcorn
Week 13: Final Chapters — The Invitation and the Choice
Read the final chapters and conclusion of Heaven by Randy Alcorn. Key passages: Revelation 22:17; John 14:1-6; Romans 8:28-39; Revelation 22:20.
Previewing Week 13 of Heaven
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Alcorn closes not with an academic summary but with a personal invitation — the New Earth is real, the door is open, and the question is whether we will choose to walk through it.
Discussion Questions
8 questions1.Alcorn's closing chapters carry an evangelistic urgency: the New Earth is only accessible through Christ, and the invitation is open but not indefinite. How does the glorious, specific, physical, relational vision of the New Earth function as evangelism — not just as comfort for believers but as a compelling invitation to those who are not yet in?
2.Alcorn draws a direct line from John 14:1-6 — "I go to prepare a place for you" — to all he has described about the New Earth. How does Jesus's personal promise to prepare a specific, real place for each of His people give weight to the entire book's argument?
a.What does it mean to you that the Creator of the universe is personally preparing your eternal home?
b.How does the phrase "I am the way, the truth, and the life" frame the entire discussion of heaven — as something only accessible through Christ?
3.Alcorn quotes the closing prayer of the entire Bible: "Come, Lord Jesus" (Revelation 22:20). He argues that praying this prayer with genuine longing is a mark of a heart rightly oriented toward eternity. Can you say "Come, Lord Jesus" and mean it? What would it take for that prayer to become as natural and urgent as breathing for you?