Cincinnatus was an old Roman farmer who had promised his family he would take care of their small piece of land. One day, while he was out plowing his field, messengers arrived from Rome begging him to save the army that was trapped by an enemy. It was a huge, heroic request—but he wouldn’t leave until he first honored the simple promise he’d already made at home. He put his farm in order, made sure his family was provided for, and only then agreed to go.
Once he fulfilled that first commitment, he stepped into the greater one. He kept both promises: the quiet one to his family first, and then the great one to his country.
It’s like that in the endgame of God’s grand plan—after He keeps His promise of a kingdom to Israel at the return of Jesus, then comes heaven on earth forever.
The apostle Paul sums it up well in his first letter to the Corinthians.
1 Corinthians 15:24
Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
This is God’s grand plan fulfilled. This is where all of history has been going and will finally end up—God’s original, perfect creation restored for His people, you and me, to live with Him forever.
Isaiah 65:17
For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
So, what will that be like?
No More Death, Pain, or Sorrow
In the new heavens and the new earth, God brings an end to every kind of human suffering. Death, grief, pain, and tears are permanently removed.
Revelation 21:4
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
No More Injustice, Tragedy, or Evil
Heaven on earth will mean total peace, and the full blessing of God. No more darkness, horrible events, or evil set loose in our lives.
Revelation 22:3
And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him…
What will you and I look like—and be like—in that heaven on earth? Let’s take a look at that next.
Child of God, husband, father, grandfather, rabblerouser, songwriter, pot stirrer, waiting for the King.