This book is about Heaven and a renewed Earth (new heaven and earth mentioned in scripture) Smith spends each chapter showing us that Jesus resurrection was not only for the salvation of man but for the full renewal of man and our physical fallen earth. His points are all well researched and he uses scripture to connect his points. He does stretch our thinking in a lot of good ways and I think there is value in this book for that reason. I just did not agree with some small things he said along the way that seemed to be “his view” or something he uses in his teaching that is just not the right idea or way of saying something.

An example early in the book is when he called Noah the second Adam. Jesus is the second Adam and there are only two, Adam (fallen) and Jesus (redeemer). Yes, there are similarities in creation and the restoring of the world after Noah but he is not the second Adam. Just little things like that didn’t sit well with what I know of God’s word. This is just one example of several things I questioned.

There were many other things that were spot on with scripture and there was a lot right about this book. Again, I think it has value and I would not say to walk away from it but be aware that you need to truly search scripture as you read this and literally every other book that is not the Bible. Be as the Bereans (from Acts 17) and check it all with scripture.

If you have questions about heaven and what happens to us when we die this is a great read. It also covers what happens to us when Jesus returns before we die. He is very thorough on this and uses several big passages from Paul to show us his conclusions.
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