We all have ‘a thing’.  Some of us have many ‘things’.  One of my ‘things’ is Heaven and finding great hope, comfort, and anticipation in it.  It’s been a thing, in a weird way, since even before I was a believer…so, for at least 13 years.  When I’m dead, I surely hope that everyone will know that I had finally reached my long awaited hope and that my phrase, ‘I’m still going to Heaven’ will joyfully ring in their ears. 

How does Todd Bolen  fit into this post, you may ask?  Well, Todd Bolen is one of my heroes.  I love the way he thinks, the way he evaluates, his style, his commitment, Bookman was/is his mentor…just lots of things.  When I was in Israel in 98 (already with a deep love and appreciation for Heaven), Todd preached a sermon on Heaven that I have never forgotten.  It was so rich and there were things about Heaven I had never known until that night in the Miklat.  It blew my mind and simply compounded my love and hope for Heaven.  In fact, I asked him for his notes and carefully read them and then filed them.  Last year, I pulled them out, stuck them in my Bible and read them here and there.  Today, however, I decided to really dive in again and use his notes as a study guide.  Today was ‘What will Heaven look like?’. MAN, I am so thankful for Todd Bolen (well, thankful for God more, but you know).  There are few people that deal with the topic fairly, Biblically, supernaturally, Biblically, powerfully, Biblically,  and hopefully.  Todd’s one of them.

I know he’s busy.  I know he’s busy ratifying the way people see and undertand God, Israel, the Jews, etc.  But I think it would be worth it if we let him know that one of the many books that he should write should be one about Heaven.  It would be like Bookman writing about the Life of Christ or Betty Price writing about Women’s Ministry.  There are certain topics that should only be handled by certain people…Todd, you’re it, sir.