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Heaven is a real place for real people to do real things. We have the think of heaven,

it's sort of a mystical way, clouds, more clouds, people floating around, little fat angels, tiny

wings. Sounds pretty boring. Today Pastor Greg Laurie helps us understand what heaven is really

like beyond the hyperbole and conjecture. Think about this, heaven is a country, heaven is a city,

heaven is a garden, heaven is paradise. This is the day when the lost are found. This is the day

when I begin. Amazing place, don't we? The snow, but can you kill me? At your place?

This is the day when I begin. We all have some kind of mental image of heaven,

but may have been influenced by a movie or a TV show or a magazine article,

Breven of Cartoon. Today on a new beginning, Pastor Greg Laurie helps us realign our expectations.

It's a message from his essential series that helps us build a proper scriptural understanding.

And you can download an MP3 of this study by going to harvest.org. Pastor Greg begins addressing

some of the questions we have about eternity.

This is the day when I begin. Where is God? Well in a broad sense as we learn God is omniscient,

and that means that God is what? Everywhere. He's everywhere. He's here. He's with us when we leave,

he's overseas. He's in every place at every time. You can't escape from the Lord. Some 139.7.

I'll never escape from your spirit. I'll never get away from your presence. If I go to heaven,

you are there. But having said that, heaven is the dwelling place of God Himself. And so what is

heaven like? Well, let me begin by saying heaven is an actual place. And John 14, Jesus says,

I go to prepare a place for you. That's very important to place. heaven is a real place for real people

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