Getting to Know You:
-What are you most looking forward to in heaven and why?
-What has been/is your greatest misconception about heaven?
Going Deeper:
-Discuss whether the sea in Rev. 21:1 is referencing literal waters or metaphorically the chaos that is against God’s ordered world. Use Rev. 13:1, Gen. 1:1-2, Isa. 17:12- 14, Psalm 46:2-4
-Talk about what it will be like to be face to face with God and have him dwell with us. Rev. 21:3, Rev. 22:4…
-How else has God dwelt with his people and how does he dwell with us right now? See John 1:14 and Rom. 8:9-11
-Read 1 Peter 3:4-10…discuss whether you think God is going to destroy the earth and remake it from scratch, or whether he will renew it and renovate it.
-Read 1 Cor. 15:42-57 and discuss what our new bodies will be like. What are you most looking forward to?
-What are your thoughts on whether there will be meat and sex in heaven? Use scripture to back up your answers…see Matt. 22:30, Rev. 21:4 and Genesis 1-2 to help inform your answer.
-What are some of the things we’ll be doing for eternity? Use Rev. 22:3, Luke 19:17-19, Lk. 22:18, Rev. 19:9, and Isaiah 11:6-9
Take it Home:
Allow God to do the refining and restoring he needs to do in your life this week. Give him the pruning shears and ask him to start cutting. Read John 15:1-4.
