Ask NT Wright Anything #145 Should I use the word ‘heaven’? Will we know everything in the new creation?

2022-11-24T18:00:00+00:00

A listener wants to know if the suggestion of Old Testament prophets being raised from the dead presents a problem for the uniqueness of Jesus’ resurrection? Is ‘heaven’ the in-between-state before new creation? Will we know everything once we are raised? Tom answers listener questions along with guest scholar Justin Bass.

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