But What About Eternity?

On VBS Sunday, Pastor Kent Keller lands the What About? series on the question every person eventually faces: what happens after we die? Preaching from Revelation 21 — and with a dear lifelong friend freshly in the grave — he makes the case that this is no abstract topic. Three truths: (1) Death is a reality, but not a finality — it is a real enemy, but a defeated one; because Jesus rose, it will not get the last word (1 Corinthians 15:26). (2) Heaven is a way station, not a final destination — God has promised a new heaven and a new earth where he comes down to dwell with his people forever (Revelation 21:1). (3) Earth shall be perfected, not rejected — the creation itself groans for the day it is set free and made new (Romans 8; Isaiah 65). Everybody lives forever; the only issue is location — and God's salvation is freely offered in Christ to all who will receive it. One day he will wipe away every tear.