Christian I met in passing once told me it troubled him that he really didn’t long for Heaven. Instead, he yearned for an Earth that was like God meant it to be. He didn’t desire a Heaven out there somewhere, but an Earth under his feet, where God was glorified. He felt guilty and unspiritual for this desire. At the time, my eyes hadn’t been opened to Scripture’s promise of the New Earth. If I could talk with that man again (I hope he reads this book), I’d tell him what I should have told him the first time—that his longing was biblical and right. In fact, the very place he’s always longed
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