Ancient Canaan as Type of Heaven: Promise, Possession, Progress

"Let us go up at once, and possess it" (Numbers 13:30). Ancient Canaan typified heaven in four essential respects: it was a promised land whose possession rested upon Adonai's covenant word; it was territory where Elohim dwelt peculiarly present; it offered fruition and abundance; and it came as a free gift, unearned by human merit. Israel's wilderness journey prefigures the Christian's progress toward eternal rest.…