reticence here born only of the Holy Spirit. The pro pensity and curiosity of man would have run unbridled. But what the Scripture does have to say about heaven is enough to cause a longing within each human heart to go there. From the Old Testament The Old Testament has practically nothing to say about heaven. There are some veiled Scriptures such as, "... In thy presence is fulness of joy; ..." (Psalm 16:11). (ASV) The reason the Old Testament does not dwell on this subject is self evident: The hope of the Old Testament is earthly; its promises largely confined to this earth, and its theme having to do with the glori ous future of the earth. From the New Testament It is from the New Testament that we draw all of our information about heaven. The reason that the subject of heaven seems far removed from our thinking is because the average person loses all reality of "heaven as a place" since they do not believe this fact to be substantiated by eyewitnesses. The skeptical mind thinks that no one has "spied out the land." It is startling when we assemble facts that we have long known as individual instances and find that, jointly, they round out a magnificent body of truth, for we do have eyewitnesses to the glorious reality of heaven -there are three to be exact. These three are quali fied to speak on this enigmatic subject,. they speak with authority for they have been there and have returned, and we have been given thrilling reports. The three who have brought us first hand accounts are: 1. THE LORD JESUS CHRIST-"... I came forth from the Father" (John 16:27). 2. PAUL THE APOSTLE-"! knew a man in Christ, fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I know not; or whether out of the body, I know not; God 5
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