Heaven by Randy Alcorn
Week 4: Part Three — The New Earth, Our Eternal Home
Read Part Three, Chapters 9–13 of Heaven by Randy Alcorn. Key passages: Isaiah 65:17-25; Revelation 21:1–22:5; Matthew 5:5.
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The New Earth is the centerpiece of Alcorn's vision — a physical, redeemed cosmos where resurrected humanity will live with God face to face, and Alcorn argues that every detail Scripture gives us about it should be taken with joyful seriousness.
Discussion Questions
8 questions1.Alcorn's key argument in these chapters is that the New Earth will be a real, physical place — not a spiritual metaphor. What details from Revelation 21–22 and Isaiah 65 does he highlight to support this? Which detail surprises you most?
2.Alcorn draws attention to Isaiah 65:17-25, where the new creation includes houses, vineyards, children, animals, and physical labor. He argues this passage should be read with a strong degree of literalism. Do you agree? How does your interpretive approach to Old Testament prophecy affect how you read these verses?
3.Alcorn argues that the meek "inheriting the earth" (Matthew 5:5) is not a spiritualized metaphor but a literal promise about the New Earth. How does this reframing of the Beatitudes expand their meaning for you?
a.If "the earth" in that verse is literal, what does it say about God's valuation of the physical world?
b.How should this affect the way we treat the current earth?
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