The Glory of Heaven: The Truth about Heaven, Angels and Eternal Life - Softcover

MacArthur, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1581340346 ISBN 13: 9781581340341

Publisher: Crossway, 1998

Synopsis

If you're going to call it "home" for eternity, don't you want to know what it's like?

Our pictures of life in heaven cover the range from comical to curious, from mystical to fictitious—with maybe some biblical truth thrown in. For example: We know angels will be there. But thanks to TV, we think of them as being gorgeous, white-robed beings with enormous wings. We know we will be given new bodies, but books have convinced us that that means we will we end up with a set of wings ourselves. And cartoons, movies, and modern music have portrayed those who have gone to heaven as having full knowledge of what's happening to their loved ones on earth.

But if heaven is in your future, a Hollywood scriptwriter's interpretation or some artist's rendering of it just won't do. You need to know the truth, which, ironically, is far better than anything our creative minds can imagine.

The only One who knows the glorious truth about heaven is God. And the only place to find that truth is in His Word.

In this book, pastor John MacArthur takes you through those very Scriptures and opens your heart to the realities of heaven, angels, and eternal life. It's a joyous study of every Christian's future. A future that you can and should anticipate.

Come along with this best-selling author for an in-depth look at where you'll spend eternity. Open up The Glory of Heaven and catch a glimpse of Home.

About this title

About the Author

John MacArthur is the pastor of Grace Community Church in California and president of The Master’s College and Seminary, as well as a best-selling author. He can be heard on the “Grace to You” radio program, which broadcasts daily around the world on nearly 2,000 stations in English and Spanish.

LEONARD G. GOSS served as editorial director and senior acquisitions editor at B&H Publishing Group. He also served as an editor at Crossway Books and Zondervan Publishing House. Throughout his thirty year career Goss has edited hundreds of books. He is the author of A Brief Style Guide to Good Writing for Authors and Editors. 

RICHARD BAXTER (1615-1691) was a leading English Puritan churchman, theologian, and writer. He authored nearly 170 works, including the 1,143-page Christian Directory, Methodus Theologiae Christianae, and Catholic Theology.

CHARLES H. SPURGEON (1834–1892) was an English Baptist pastor at New Park Street Chapel, London (which later became the Metropolitan Tabernacle), for thirty-eight years. As the nineteenth century's most prolific preacher and writer, his ministry legacy continues today. 

J. C. RYLE (1816–1900) was a prominent writer, preacher, and Anglican clergyman in nineteenth-century Britain. He is the author of the classic Expository Thoughts on the Gospels and retired as the bishop of Liverpool.

Review

This is a book to read and re-read. It is worth its weight in gold. (Evangelicals Now)

This is a quality book about heaven... written with clarity of thought and expression. (The Banner of Truth Magazine)

About this edition

• Publisher: Crossway
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1581340346
• ISBN 13: 9781581340341
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Goss Leonard G.