How to Find God in Under Five Hours
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We know there is, waiting for us, another world where the troubles and sorrows of this life will be over.
C.S. Lewis, wrote, “If I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can satisfy, the only logical explanation is that I was made for another world.
What will this other world be like? Turning to Revelation 21:1, John, the apostle, writes, “Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away…” This is where we will also be after Jesus’ Second Coming. The Message Bible puts it especially well:
“Look! Look! God has moved into the neighborhood, making His home with men and women! They’re His people; He’s their God. (Revelation 21:3)”
It will be a place where we will be ecstatically happy and at peace. C.S. Lewis said that “Joy is the serious business of Heaven.” And this joy will be forever. Maybe our minds cannot truly conceive of such a time span. If billions of millenniums were one drop in all of the oceans, this wouldn’t begin to describe forever’s vastness!
Some theologians say that our eternal destination will be like a new Garden of Eden! The Bible Project scholars consider Revelation 21:1, where John discusses our final safe harbor:
“However in John’s account of a garden, humanity wasn’t represented by a couple. John describes seeing all the nations there, working to cultivate the garden… For John, the fulfillment of God’s purpose through Jesus would result in the restoration of humans to their place as co-rulers of God’s world, ready to work with God to take creation into uncharted territory.”
Who said it better than J.R.R. Tolkien in The Return of the King:
“Gandalf! I thought you were dead! But then I thought that I was dead myself. Is everything sad going to come untrue? What’s happened to the world?’ ‘A great Shadow has departed,’ said Gandalf, and then he laughed and the sound was like music, or like water in a parched land…”
Everything sad is going to come untrue!
We can only imagine exactly what it will be like, but, with certainty, it will involve lives of great purpose, excitement and joy! There will be no saints sitting on clouds playing harps for all eternity. God help us! Who came up with such an image! What an outrageous misrepresentation of our adventurous, exciting, genius, loving God the Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit! Whenever you have been the happiest in your life – it will be like that but millions of times better! Jesus says, in John 14:2, that “I am going there to prepare a place for you.” Jesus, who understands us like no one else, who is the author of Creation, and within it every flower, tree, mountain and the scent of Spring, who is the divine wordsmith and the originator of language and within it poetry, who is the composer who put the notes in the head of Mozart and Chopin, is preparing that world, even now!
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Jill Roberts, a retired trial lawyer, goes from weighing evidence in the courtroom to weighing evidence regarding Christianity. She has condensed decades of Bible study into a five-hour read through which you will find God, along with the answers to the only questions that will matter one hundred years from now. After giving the backstory of why Jesus came to Earth in the first place, she makes an airtight case for why this should matter to all of us.
If you have ever pondered the meaning of this life or that of the life to come, in this book you will find God, as well as the signposts that will guide you through your journey here and into an indescribably interesting and wondrous eternity.
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“How to Find God in Under Five Hours is a highly-readable journey of the spirit, a seeker’s field guide to understanding Christianity. In these hectic and uncertain times – when we all seem too busy to even read – Jill Roberts has given us a clear and concise road map to solving God’s mysteries.”
—John Fusco, Screenwriter of The Shack,
Thunderheart and The Highwaymen
“A clear and compelling retelling of how God has revealed Himself to any of us who want to find Him. A journey worth taking.”
—Dr. Craig Loibner, who served as Pastor of
Fellowship North Church for 30+ years.
“This book is a tour de force in its brilliant synthesis of the Bible and Jesus. A must-read for any Christ-follower or anyone searching for answers to life’s deepest questions.”
—Kim Tapfer, co-author of I Am (Transformed in Him)
“Jill takes us on a simple but profound journey through the story of God. With every twist and turn, she draws attention to His never-ending grace and mercy. I was reminded afresh of the unlimited forgiveness and love of a God who refuses to give up on his creation. In this small book, you will discover a big God who is always pursuing you.”
—Ash Meaney, West L.A. Campus Pastor, Vintage Church L.A.
About the Author
Jill Roberts, BA, MA, JD, is a decades-long student of the Bible and a retired attorney. She lives in Southern California and is the mother of three children and the grandmother of four.