You can't get to Heaven unless you start here on Earth. When we look back at our Earthly time from the vantage point of Heaven we will see that Earth was the perfect greenhouse for our seedlings to germinate and start their growth. In a sense Earth is like a big greenhouse. The atmosphere traps the sun and provides the moisture, light and oxygen for our "seed" lives to sprout and grow to a certain point. But the construction of our natural world is not conducive for eternal life and we must be transplanted at some point to a different place, where our growth can fully mature and flourish in a lasting way. This hothouse of Earth is the perfect place for generation after generation of Heaven-bound seedlings to get their start so that Heaven will be populated with many many eternal beings. But this greenhouse of Earth is not the perfect place for generations to live forever...it's just too limited in space and constrained by physical dimensions and properties. Heaven isn't a pipe dream or make- believe ethereal place...it is the logical location for eternal living. Earth isn't the final destination for life...it is only intended as the place for sprouts like you and me to poke our heads through the soil and weather some storms and discover the wonder of the great Gardener, who has planted us and is tending us and one day will gather us and transplant us to His personal garden...to be with Him forever.
Genesis 2:8 The LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed.
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