11 October 2020
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How do we Know that Heaven is Real? (TMF:1480)

Friday, October 16, 2020
Peace to Live By: How do we Know that Heaven is Real? (TMF:1480) - Daniel Litton
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       Each of us has a soul, and not only that, but we have eternity in our hearts. We know there is more than what we see around us, and we long to fill that God-shaped vacuum that is in our hearts. It just doesn’t feel right for us to believe that this is all there is—that life is meaningless, and that nothing really matters. All this being said, so how do we know that Heaven is real? To answer this question, let’s consider our Lord Jesus Christ. We know that he lived on the earth, some 2,000 years ago. And where did he come from before he was on the earth? I mean, after all, he is God, right? So, he had to be somewhere. Well, the Bible tells us that Jesus came from Heaven. He was born of the virgin Mary, and he lived on the earth for some 30 years. We know that he was crucified, and then the Bible makes it clear to us that he rose from the grave—he came back to life. So, the Bible says that Jesus left the comfort of Heaven, became a man, lived on the earth, died, and then rose back to life. And not only that, he went back to Heaven.

Our Current World is Created as Good (TMF:1479)

Thursday, October 15, 2020
Peace to Live By: Our Current World is Created as Good (TMF:1479) - Daniel Litton
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       So, even Hell changes to a different place. And this would make sense if in fact Hell is in the center of the earth. However, I do want to note that just because God is going to destroy our current world setup, this doesn’t mean that it was not originally created as good, or is not even good today. Indeed, we see the goodness of God all around us. We see his creativity in nature, in the mountains and valleys, the fields and plains, the forests, and even the oceans. We see God’s glory in the animals he has created, and the vast variety of them. We see how God has created a large diversity of human beings, those who are created in his image, in his likeness. King Solomon has told us, “He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end” (Ecclesiastes 3:11, ESV). So, we see from this verse that we as human individuals are not just physical beings, but we are spiritual beings as well.

Isn't there a Fourth Realm? (TMF:1478)

Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Peace to Live By: Isn't there a Fourth Realm? (TMF:1478) - Daniel Litton
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       Really, there is a fourth area, though it is likely located in our current realm, perhaps in another dimension, or perhaps even under the earth we walk on. I am talking about Hell, the place where God has certain demons chained up, right now, and where he sends those who do not accept the truth, who do not believe in him, for constant torment. A great deal of people, then, reside there. Now, all the places I just talked about are temporary places, with the exception of Heaven—the place where God resides. For all the others, the Bible tells us that each of them is going to be destroyed. We know that God is going to destroy our current earth, and our current universe, and this is going to happen after the 1,000 year reign of Christ on this earth. God is going to create a new Heaven (which is a new universe) and a new earth, which will not be covered primarily with water as it is today. Even the current day Hell, where unbelievers reside, that is going to be dumped into a new place of torment—a new creation by God called the Lake of Fire.

The Three Realms of Existence (TMF:1477)

Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Peace to Live By: The Three Realms of Existence (TMF:1477) - Daniel Litton
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       To get started, let’s think about some basic facts about our current day Heaven, and the arrangement that God has setup in our world and in his Word. Currently, we know that our world is setup with three realms. Realm one is the earth—it is were we are right now. We live our lives here. It’s our current day home. Realm two in our world is what we call outer-space. That is where we can look into a telescope and see a variety of planets and stars in the distance. The Bible tells us that this is where Satan’s demonic forces reside. It is their headquarters and residence. So, the third realm of existence—which is also a physical realm—though it be spiritual as well (just like outer-space), is Heaven. That’s where God resides. That’s where his angels are headquartered. That’s where Satan spends a lot of his time standing before God to accuse us of our sins. Really, there is a fourth area, though it is likely located in our current realm, perhaps in another dimension, or perhaps even under the earth we walk on.

Is Heaven Going to be a Boring Place? (TMF:1476)

Monday, October 12, 2020
Peace to Live By: Is Heaven Going to be a Boring Place? (TMF:1476) - Daniel Litton
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       What I want to talk about today and next week is Heaven. I don’t think a lot of people think much about what Heaven will be like for us, and when we do think about it we probably aren’t overly impressed with the image, the visualization, that we have in our minds. I think there is a an underlying concern among many Christians that Heaven is really going to be a boring place in the end—that there really isn’t going to be much to do but sit on a cloud and rest, and perhaps play a harp from time to time, as the famous image goes. But what I want us to consider is that Heaven is a real, physical place that is going to be much like what we have in our current world setup—in a sense—what we have on the earth right now. There is a Heaven right now, which is the third realm of existence (outside of the universe), but it’s also true that we still have the Millennial Kingdom to come, where Christ reigns on our current earth, and also the eternal state—the new Heaven and new earth which God is going to create in the future.