Life In The Next

What will we be doing in the next life?

I received a startling message from my British friend David Oliver, author of Work: Prison or Place of Destiny. David told me of his family’s brutal journey with his son Joel, who died following an immensely courageous fight with cancer. From diagnosis to death was just 17 days.

The entire family and two friends were present for Joel’s final hours in this life. There were blessings over Joel’s children, and prayers. Then David declared final Scriptures. “As the last Scripture left my lips,” wrote David, “Joel’s last breath left his.”

This whole experience led David to ponder where Joel went, and what he is doing now. David also wondered why so little is written about life in the next, and what we will be doing in heaven.   

Having written over 14 books, David is no stranger to putting his thoughts on paper. But this book, David said, “was strangely different. I was apprehensive about what I would discover. Nervous because having just lost my best friend, inevitably this had an emotional as well as an intellectual importance.”

David committed himself to writing, and his latest book, All About Heaven is the blessed result.

In twelve chapters, David takes an uncompromising and accessible look at the place Christians arrive at after departure from earth. “This book will answer questions,” David says, “allay fears and have your hearts skipping at the thought of being there.”

David's book includes a chapter on work in the next life, titled, "Paradise At Work." Work in heaven? Yes. The Scripture tells us we will reign with Christ, rule and judge angles, and have authority over cities and nations. Cities and nations? David writes about these matters, and much more, with great insight.   

Rich Marshall, author of God@Work and God@Rest, says about David’s book:

”Like so many of you: I have many friends and relatives who have ‘gone on to heaven.’ And while my belief in the eternity we will spend with God is solid, my understanding of what heaven was really like was weak. That is why I ordered multiple copies of David Oliver’s book, ‘All About Heaven.’ This is a powerful, useful, encouraging, and comforting resource for both those who experience grief, and for those who minister to the ones who are impacted by the death of a loved one."

All About Heaven is available through www.davidoliverbooks.com and through Amazon.com here.

Posted by Dr. Christian Overman