Heaven: Have you ever wondered what it’s like? The majority of Americans (72% of us in 2014) believe in heaven, according to a Pew Research poll. Our second lesson from the book of Revelation has some insightful, comforting and refreshing clues. They will shatter our misconceptions as well.

What do you think of heaven? It does not seem to be a very exciting or fun place to be, does it? Oh it seems like a nice place. What could be better than to live in the presence of God? But on the whole, it seems like it could get a little boring there — not much happening. There is not much to do. Everything, it would seem, is so perfect in heaven, that it’s not very challenging or exciting to be there. Did you ever feel that way?  

The culprit is that we have been too immersed in the philosophy of a…