This is a common question. Even more common it is to hear people answering "no" to it. However, my answer to this question is a big "YES." Let us see why: The glorified body that the church will receive at rapture is the same body of Eternity. Jesus made it clear that glorified church [...]
Note: The following text is part (indeed, a draft) of a book that I am writing about heaven. I translated it because a discussion raised on a post, by a friend of mine. Throughout history, different positions on this issue were presented by respected theologians. However, this book favors the continuity of gender in eternity. [...]
This is a common question. Even more common it is to hear people answering “no” to it. However, my answer to this question it is a big "YES." Let us see why: The glorified body that church will receive at rapture it is the same body of Eternity. Jesus made clear that glorified church saints will [...]
God created stars, sun and moon, and they will exist forever. However, how can we explain the following verses, that seems to indicate the contrary? “The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp.” (Rev. 21:23) [...]
In the previous article, we discussed about the principle of continuity between the Millennium and the Eternal State and some of its implications. Before you understand why this view is more favorable, we will study a historical factor that has divided the opinion of respected dispensational theologians. Important representatives of dispensationalism have defended, basically, two lines [...]
In the previous article were presented five different lines of interpretation of the "new heavens and new earth" in Isaiah 65. The fifth line, which advocates a continuity principle between the Millennium and the Eternal State, is view defended by Integrative Dispensationalism. This principle of continuity between the two periods states (or even dispensations) has [...]
“See, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind. But be glad and rejoice forever in what I will create, for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight and its people a joy. I will rejoice over Jerusalem and take delight in my people; [...]
As an Eschatology teacher in a very small Seminary in Brazil, this is the question that I always hear in my classes about the Eternal Estate. On the one hand, this question is extremely complex and difficult to answer because it involves emotional issues: love and compassion for our beloved ones. On the other hand, this [...]
