How to Understand Heaven: What It’s Really Like and Your Path to Get There

For the sake of anyone whose loved one recently died, I must share highlights of what I believe the Bible clearly teaches about heaven.

As I write, it was only a few weeks ago that a once-in-a-hundred-year flood event in Texas claimed the lives of 27 children and counselors attending summer camp on the Guadalupe River bank at Camp Mystic.

Additionally, I am watching family, friends, and acquaintances lose loved ones to other tragedies and diseases.

One of the gifts of being 70 years old is the benefit of long reflection on what I’ve learned about suffering and the hope for eternal life in heaven.

So, I took some time and reviewed many of what I believe are the best books about heaven as well as bible verses about what the future holds after death.

Heaven in the BVI
Sunrise in the British Virgin Islands/Steve Blaising/March 2025

Several outstanding conclusions come to mind.

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Startling Secrets About Heaven Made Simple With Pets

“Daddy, will Tanner go to heaven?”

Dogs go to heaven
Watercolor of Jack and Tanner/Trudy Williamson 2003

Jack asked me this when I threatened Tanner for eating the kitchen trash.

“I saw an Alpo commercial bragging that not a speck of cereal is in their dog food.  I don’t know about you, but my dog drinks out of the toilet.”  Dave Letterman

Our beagle, in spite of his appetite, mattered enormously to our happiness.

So there’s a lot at stake knowing if our pets go to heaven.

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