In reply to Rev. Dr. Daniel Schroeder.

Dr. I do have one question concerning the use of the word "heaven". Isn't the word itself synonymous with the "kingdom of God"? And if so while His kingdom is the 'cosmos'(the entirety of creation), the heaven that we speak of ultimately is a reconciled earth where everything has been completely restored, including us, sin removed and everything being as God intended for it to be, and this our final inheritance, or "heaven"?