Covenant Reformed News – February 2008 • Volume XI, Issue 22
This article addresses the theological question of whether time exists in heaven by examining Revelation 10:6 and presenting three biblical arguments for the continuity of time in both the intermediate and eternal states. The author argues that heaven's history, the ongoing glorification of God and Christ's reign, and the nature of creaturely existence all require time, but that heavenly time differs fundamentally from earthly time in being filled with perfect joy and peace rather than suffering and futility.
Is There Time in Heaven? A reader submitted the question, “Is there time in heaven?” along with the cry of the mighty angel in Revelation 10:6 that “there should be time no longer.” “Heaven” here refers to what we call the intermediate state (the third heavens, where believers go at death until Christ’s return) and the eternal state (the new heavens and the new earth inherited by the elect after the final judgment). Here are three reasons why there is and will be time in heaven. 1) Heaven has...