Mike Focht 1/9/2026
And this is life eternal, that they might know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
John 17:3
Heaven will be eternally new because of the infinite character of God. Eternity is set in an eternal relationship. What if my personality had to be the central reality to fill up all of your eternal years? Your eternity would quickly turn into a hell of boredom! Fortunately, God Almighty is the central personality whose wonder, majesty, mystery, and goodness will!
God may be known in truth, but He can never be fully known because He is infinite. What God reveals about Himself through the Word is sure and steadfast, but it is not exhaustive. The continual revelation of God’s perfect person (Humanity cannot conceivably imagine a personality better!) will fill up our endless years. That is why knowing God, intellectually, experientially, and in a physical creation is the ultimate experience of eternal life.
If that seems too simple, allow me to illustrate why it is not. I think everyone would agree that life is better with certain people sharing it. Their very personality makes whatever experience we have better. Well, God is the ultimate source and Creator of everything we love and admire in other people. We are made in His image, not He in ours. He is more enjoyable than the infinitesimal part of His image that those we love represent now, or even will in their glorified state!
The person of the God of the Bible—the Trinity—is like an unexplored and infinite continent filled with untold wonders and joys and treasures. Travel its shores, plains, mountains, and valleys in any direction, and there is no telling what glorious beauties, wonders, and perfections you will find. The new birth has set our feet on the sandy shore of that infinite country. A.W. Tozer wrote, “There is the point of reality where we begin our fellowship and friendship and communion with God. But where we stop no man has yet discovered, for there is in the mysterious depths of the triune God neither limit nor end.”
The Scriptures hint at this future divine revelation. In the book of Revelation, the apostle John twice mentions that Christ will bear a new name.
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna to eat. And I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written which no one knows except him who receives it (2:17).
Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knew except Himself (19:11-12).
God’s name has always been a revelation of His character. When something new about His person was revealed, we find Him often revealing a new name, such as: I AM, Jehovah Rapha, Emmanuel, Jesus, the Alpha and Omega, etc. In various places in Scripture, we see references to the future revelation of the character and person of our infinitely majestic God.
Just think of what it will mean to have new revelations of the character of Jesus Christ. G.K. Chesterton points out that Jesus Christ never seemed to restrain His tears, His anger, His compassion, or His love, but there was one thing that the Holy Spirit restrained from our eyes—His laughter and joy. To share in that seems to be a special joy saved for the eternal ages. What will it mean to have God rejoice over us in singing? What will it mean to have Jesus Christ present us to the Father with exceeding joy? What will it be like to share in the joy of the marriage supper of the Lamb? What will it mean to join God in laughter? These things are all before us with eternal joy unspeakable!
Eternal life must be set in an eternal relationship. Only an eternally new personality can fill our eternity to overflowing. Fortunately, God’s infinite character will fill our experience of forever with eternal newness!