There’s going to be much more to Heaven, but not less than praising the Lord for all eternity. It’s pretty clear in the Bible that we’ll have physical bodies in the New Earth, and eternity will look similar to life now, yet unaffected by sin, decay, and death. But we will be worshiping God with hearts unstained by sin.

As the church began to sing “All Glory be to Christ,” I was already fighting off tears of joy, of peace, of security in Christ because of singing “The Lord is a Mighty King” previously. Then, toward the end of the song, the worship leader stopped playing his guitar and the congregation sang together with all our voices as one.

It is one of the most beautiful sounds I’ve ever heard. Hearing God’s people sing in unison to the Lord is a marvelous noise. As my pastor walked behind the pulpit, he remarked on the singing by saying, “…that is a preview of Heaven.”

That is what it is: a preview of Heaven. All of God’s people, for all eternity, will sing His praise in unity, no longer stained by sin.

The question for you, Christian, is this: Are you looking forward to that? Does that preview of Heaven excite your heart? Does it thrill you to sing along with other believers?

There’s much we don’t know about Heaven on this side of glory. We don’t need to know. But I do know that many professing Christians believe in some type of ethereal experience of Heaven where we will be bodiless, floating around like ghosts playing harps. That’s certainly not what Heaven will be.

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