That's An Exaggeration!
"Now I saw a new heaven and a new
earth, for the first heaven and the first
earth had passed away."
Revelation 21:
1
In 1897, the obituary of Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
was published in a New York newspaper. The problem
was that Mark Twain was very much alive! He cleared
up the confusion in a note written in May of that year:
“The report of my death was an exaggeration.”
Sometimes exaggeration doesn’t tell the story.
That happened when the queen of Sheba heard
what she considered to be outlandish reports of
King Solomon’s glory in Jerusalem.
When she visited the king, however, she found
Solomon’s kingdom exceeded what she was told
in 1 Kings 10. Some people think what the Bible
says about the new heavens and new earth is
an
exaggeration such as the lavish ornamentation
described in Revelation 21:18-21.
You may think God is exaggerating at times
(Ephesians 3:20), but He’s not. Heaven will
be like nothing you’ve ever seen.
There are no exaggerations in heaven,
only truth beyond our earthly ability to
comprehend.
"Scripture repeatedly makes clear that
heaven is a realm of unsurpassed joy,
unfading glory, undiminished
bliss,
unlimited delights, and unending
pleasures."
John
MacArthur