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New Heaven, New Earth
New Heaven, New Earth By Billy Graham • May 9, 2017 The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. —Revelation 11:15 Christianity is a Gospel of crisis. It proclaims unmistakably that this world’s days are numbered. Every graveyard and every cemetery testify that the Bible is true. Our days on this planet are numbered. The Apostle James says that life is only a vapor…
Our Eternal Home
Our Eternal Home By Billy Graham • February 17, 2017 I create new heavens . . . —Isaiah 65:17 What kind of place is heaven? First, heaven is home. The Bible takes the word “home” with all of its tender associations and with all of its sacred memories and tells us that heaven is home. Second, heaven is a home which is permanent. We have the promise of a home where Christ’s followers will remain forever. Third, the Bible teaches…
Where is Heaven?
Where Is Heaven? By Billy Graham • October 23, 2016 I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me. —Luke 22:29 Many people have asked, “Where is heaven?” We are not told in the Scripture where heaven is. Some students have tried to take some Scriptures and put them together and say that heaven is in the north. They quote Psalm 48:2, “The joy of the whole earth is . . . on the sides of…
Letters from Roscoe – My Garden in Heaven
My Garden in Heaven In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. – John 14:2 KJV Tonight I watched a movie called ‘Miracles from Heaven’. Based on real events the story chronicles the sickness of a small Burleson, Texas girl and her miraculous healing when she fell thirty feet onto her head inside of a hollow oak tree. While she was unconscious…
The Mystery of Heaven
The Mystery of HeavenBy Billy Graham • September 7, 2016 I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. —Psalm 23:6 What will heaven be like? Just as there is a mystery to hell, so there is a mystery to heaven. Yet I believe the Bible teaches that heaven is a literal place. Is it one of the stars? I don’t know, I can’t even speculate. The Bible doesn’t inform us. I believe that out there in space…
Letters from Roscoe – The Aha! Moment
Wow! Did you read today’s Daily Devotional from Billy Graham ‘God Provides’? In it, Dr. Graham explains how we exchange our bodies (currently just a tent) for a permanent house in heaven. But the big statement that made me go ‘Wow!’ is this one: “Do you think that God, who has provided so amply for living, has made no provision for dying?” If you have ever questioned your own presence here in the world, and the presence of a God and…
What Heaven will be Like
What Heaven Will Be Like By Billy Graham • August 21, 2016 And there shall be no more curse; but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him. —Revelation 22:3 The Bible indicates that heaven will be a place of great understanding and knowledge of things that we never learned down here. Sir Isaac Newton, when an old man, said to one who praised his wisdom, “I am as a…
A New World
A New World By Billy Graham • August 10, 2016 Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. —1 Corinthians 2:9 At the close of the Bible we encounter these words, “And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away.” A new world is coming! Each time we pray in…