All things new : heaven, earth, and the restoration of everything you love / John Eldredge.
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TextPublisher: Nashville, Tennessee : Nelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson, [2017]Description: xii, 224 pages ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780718037994
- 0718037995
- 0718098935
- 9780718098933
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
New York Times bestselling author John Eldredge offers readers a breathtaking look into God's promise for a new heaven and a new earth.
All Things New is for readers who. . .
wonder if the difficult things they go through matter; feel anxious about the future and their loved ones' futures; fear their dreams won't come true; and want to understand what God has planned for their life.This revolutionary book about our future is based on the simple idea that, according to the Bible, heaven is not our eternal home--the New Earth is. As Jesus says in the gospel of Matthew, the next chapter of our story begins with "the renewal of all things," by which he means the earth we love in all its beauty, our own selves, and the things that make for a rich life: music, art, food, laughter, and all that we hold dear. Everything shall be renewed "when the world is made new."
More than anything else, how you envision your future shapes your current experience. If you knew that God was going to restore your life and everything you love any day; if you believed a great and glorious goodness was coming to you--not in a vague heaven but right here on this earth--you would have a hope to see you through anything, an anchor for your soul, "an unbreakable spiritual lifeline, reaching past all appearances right to the very presence of God" (Hebrews 6:19).
Most Christians (most people for that matter) fail to look forward to their future because their view of heaven is vague, religious, and frankly boring. Hope begins when we understand that for the believer nothing is lost. Heaven is not a life in the clouds; it is not endless harp-strumming or worship-singing. Rather, the life we long for, the paradise Adam and Eve knew, is precisely the life that is coming to us. And that life is coming soon.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-224).
A breathtaking promise -- Is there a hope that really overcomes all this? -- The renewal of all things -- Let us be honest -- The new earth -- Our restoration -- When every story is told rightly -- The overthrow of evil -- What do we actually do? -- The marriage of heaven and earth -- Grab hold with both hands.