What will heaven be like? A few years ago a charity asked some celebrities to describe their idea of heaven for a book. Princess Anne said that, for her, it was sailing with friends on a summer’s day. Jeffrey Archer spoke of an eternal game of cricket. What would you have said? Perhaps you would have mentioned a favourite place, or a pastime, or person. Those things may or may not be in heaven but they are not the things that dominate the Bible’s vision of heaven. The fundamental reality of heaven is that is where God is.

Vaughan Roberts

Vaughan Roberts, Turning Points, Authentic Lifestyle: Carlisle (2003), p.141