Heaven Bible Study
Explore Scripture’s witness on Heaven with Christ at the center. We balance clear biblical teaching, thoughtful reflection, and compassionate space for grief, encouraging hope that shapes faithful living today.
List of Resources
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Heaven Study CalenderList Item 1
Each week fits the a 90-minute rhythm. Connection, teaching, queries, response, and prayer are specified below; leaders will adapt the pace without sacrificing the Scripture encounter or the closing response. Click on link to see whats going on...
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Week 1List Item 2
We will seek to establish why the church is studying Heaven and replace vague reassurance with Christ-centered, Scripture-shaped hope.
Primary Scripture:
John 14:1-3; Colossians 3:1-4; 1 Corinthians 2:9-10
Alcorn preparation:
Introduction and chapters 1-2
We will discuss Judy's story and identify common misconceptions; introduce the three categories...
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Week 2List Item 3
We will seek to ground the hope of Heaven in God's grace through Jesus Christ while treating judgment and Hell with truth, humility, and compassion.
Primary Scripture:
John 14:1-6; Romans 3:21-26; Romans 8:31-39
Alcorn preparation:
Chapters 3-4
We will discuss what gives a person genuine assurance when facing death.
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Week 3List Item 4
We will seek to distinguish the present Heaven from the final resurrected life on the New Earth and offer concrete hope in bereavement.
Primary Scripture: Luke 23:39-43; Philippians 1:20-23; 2 Corinthians 5:1-10; Revelation 6:9-11
Alcorn preparation: Chapters 5-7
We will discuss what phrases do Christians commonly use about someone who has died. Which are biblical, and which are assumptions
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Week 4
We will show that Christ's redemption reaches beyond disembodied souls to bodies, creation, and the whole created order.
Primary Scripture: Romans 8:18-25; Colossians 1:15-20; Acts 3:19-21
Alcorn preparation: Chapters 8-10
Where do you most clearly see creation's beauty and its groaning at the same time?
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Week 6
Wednesday, Sept. 23
Week Six asks what kind of world resurrected people will inhabit. Scripture begins with creation declared good, tells the truth about creation's fall, and ends with God dwelling among humanity in a world made new. Second Peter's fire must be heard seriously: God will judge evil and expose what cannot enter his righteous future. Yet Genesis, Isaiah, Peter, and Revelation resist a picture of divine abandonment. Using the Three Eras - original, fallen, and resurrected creation - this gathering holds together continuity, radical purification, and restoration without claiming precision the texts do not provide.
Gen. 1-3; Isa. 65; 2 Pet. 3; Rev. 21
Heaven, chs. 14-16; 23-27
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Week 7
Wednesday, Sept. 30
Week Seven follows the promise of a renewed Earth by asking the question beneath every other question about Heaven: Who will be there at the center? Revelation does not begin with our reunion, our comfort, or even the beauty of the coming world. It opens the door of Heaven and shows a throne, then the Lamb who was slain, then creation gathered in worship. At the end of Scripture, the great promise is that God will dwell with humanity and God's servants will see his face. This gathering helps participants receive every lesser hope - reunion, relief, beauty, work, rest, and joy - as a gift that becomes fuller rather than smaller when God remains the Treasure.
Rev. 4-5; Rev. 21:3; Rev. 22:3-5
Heaven, chs. 17-19
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Week 8
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Week 9
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