Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.
Revelation 21:1
Why did God seem to talk about heaven in terms of what it will not be, rather than what it will be. The positive descriptions about what heaven is seem clumsy and ungraceful. Rainbow thrones? Streets of gold? Pearly gates? Aren't you just a little relieved that heaven can't be reduced to terms we can manage? Simply put, there are no words for heaven.
Revelation 21:1
Why did God seem to talk about heaven in terms of what it will not be, rather than what it will be. The positive descriptions about what heaven is seem clumsy and ungraceful. Rainbow thrones? Streets of gold? Pearly gates? Aren't you just a little relieved that heaven can't be reduced to terms we can manage? Simply put, there are no words for heaven.
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