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    Coming to Grips with Heaven
    Coming to Grips with Heaven
    Coming to Grips with Heaven
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    Coming to Grips with Heaven

    By Erwin W. Lutzer

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    Imagine a game show contestant winning an all-expenses-paid two-week vacation but not being told where he would be going. He knows nothing about the climate, the currancy used, the language spoken, or the customs he should expect. How can he possibly prepare himself for the journey?

    If you are a Christian, you have been guaranteed eternity in heaven. And just like that game show winner, the more you know about your destination, the better prepared you will be.

    Coming to Grips with Heaven is a detailed look at what the Bible tells us about heaven. From the perfect bodies we will receive to the glorious duties we will perform, Erwin Lutzer describes what eternity will—and will not—hold for believers. His uplifting account will restore your perspective and fill you with hope.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMoody Publishers
    Release dateJan 8, 1990
    ISBN9780802494849
    Coming to Grips with Heaven
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    Erwin W. Lutzer

    Dr. Erwin W. Lutzer is Pastor Emeritus of The Moody Church, where he served as the senior pastor for 36 years. He is an award-winning author and the featured speaker on three radio programs that are heard on more than 750 national and international outlets. He and his wife, Rebecca, have three grown children and eight grandchildren and live in the Chicago area.

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      Coming to Grips with Heaven - Erwin W. Lutzer

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      Introduction

      In the Middle East a fable is told of a Baghdad merchant who sent his servant to the marketplace to run an errand. When he had completed his assignment and was about to leave the marketplace, he turned a corner and unexpectedly met Lady Death. The look on her face so frightened him that he left the marketplace and hurried home. He told his master what had happened and requested his fastest horse so that he could get as far from Lady Death as possible—a horse that would take him all the way to Sumera before nightfall.

      Later that same afternoon the merchant himself went to the marketplace and met Lady Death. Why did you startle my servant this morning? he asked.

      I didn’t intend to startle your servant—it was I who was startled, replied Lady Death. I was surprised to see your servant in Baghdad this morning, because I have an appointment with him in Sumera tonight.

      You and I have an appointment. Perhaps it will be in London, Taipei, or Chicago. Wherever, it is one appointment we will not miss. As C. S. Lewis observed, the statistics on death are impressive—so far, it is one out of one!

      Of course believers can be confident that we die in God’s time. When Christ was told that His friend Lazarus was sick, He stayed away two extra days so that Lazarus would already be dead and buried by the time He arrived in Bethany. The sisters individually voiced their complaint, If only You had been here, my brother would not have died. Yet Christ wanted them to understand that Lazarus had died within the will of God; he died according to the divine schedule.

      In recent days I have conducted two funerals. The first was that of a Christian woman who had distinguished herself by a life of sacrificial service for Christ. The triumph of the family was striking; there was irrepressible joy mixed with the sorrow.

      The second was that of an apparent unbeliever who was killed in a highway accident. The grief of the relatives was marked by desperation and hopelessness. They refused to be comforted.

      We all are following those two people to the grave. Unless Christ should return in our lifetime, we will all pass through that iron gate described by Hamlet as the undiscover’d country from whose bourn no traveler returns (III, i, 80-81). The question is: Where will we be five minutes after we die?

      I’m told that there is a cemetery in Indiana that has an old tombstone

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