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drw wrote:This talk about servers and forums on "the other side" reminds me of an outstanding book I read some time ago. I'm not sure if this is appropriate for the forum here or not (and if so, please edit or delete this post), but I read an outstanding book several years ago by a Christian author named Randy Alcorn. It's called "Heaven" and is readily available anywhere.

Randy talks about the resurrection and the New Earth and what the Bible actually says about "heaven". It's a phenomenal read that really opened my eyes and, for the first time ever, got me truly excited to be anticipating the resurrection of the saints. I can't recommend the book highly enough (actually, all of Randy Alcorn's books are good).

The basic premise of the book is that "in heaven" we aren't disembodied spirits but rather physical people with new and improved bodies, living on a "new earth" that is just like this one (complete with grass and trees, dirt and water), but without the curse of sin. So everlasting life truly means life in the sense that we currently know it, without pain, suffering or death. That thought, for some reason, was extremely powerful to me and gave me a real sense of excitement for the resurrection. Do yourself a huge favor and check out the book.