The Promise of Heaven by David Jeremiah
Week 5: Chapters 13–16 — Relationships in Heaven: Will We Know Each Other?
Read Chapters 13–16 of The Promise of Heaven. Key passages: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Matthew 17:1-8; Luke 16:19-31.
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Perhaps no question about heaven is more emotionally urgent than this one: Will I be with the people I love? Dr. Jeremiah brings the Bible's deeply comforting answer this week.
Discussion Questions
8 questions1.Dr. Jeremiah points to the Transfiguration (Matthew 17) as evidence that we will recognize each other in heaven — the disciples recognized Moses and Elijah, men they had never met, without being introduced. What does that detail suggest about the nature of heavenly knowledge and recognition?
2.In 1 Thessalonians 4, Paul comforts grieving believers not by telling them their loved ones are gone, but by assuring them they will be caught up together with them. The key word is 'together.' How does the communal nature of resurrection hope reshape the way you grieve?
3.Dr. Jeremiah addresses the question of marriage in heaven, drawing on Jesus' words in Matthew 22 that people will 'neither marry nor be given in marriage' but will be 'like angels.' How does he explain this in a way that doesn't diminish the beauty of earthly marriage, but points to something even greater?
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