One is the Millennial earth which will be this earth radically changed by earthquakes and supernatural phenomena in the heavens. The fact the author seems to overlook is that there are two new earths that lie ahead of us.
But this is not always the case, and it certainly is not in the Isaiah 65 passage where death and child bearing are both mentioned. For example, every time the Scriptures mention “new heavens and a new earth,” as in Isaiah 65:17, he immediately jumps to the conclusion that the passage pertains to the Eternal State. The second key to the author’s in-depth writing on a topic so scantily covered by Scripture is that he misapplies many passages about the Millennium to the Eternal State. That’s a total of three verses! Many of these conclusions, though not unbiblical, are nonetheless quite a stretch and need to be recognized as such. A good example can be found on pages 65-67 where he derives 21 conclusions from Revelation 6:9-11. He can derive more hints from a verse than anyone I have ever encountered. I discovered four keys to the author’s in-depth coverage. The thing that amazed me was how anyone could write 476 pages about Heaven when the Bible says so little about it.
In this second half, I’ll point out some doctrinal areas of contention I have with this book. In the first half of this book review of Randy Alcorn’s book Heaven, I pointed out how well the author dispelled some misconceptions about Heaven.
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