Wait Until Then Book

Nathan loved baseball. He watched it on TV...went to games...read books about it...collected baseball cards. And he talked and dreamed with his grandfather about running the bases. Gramps always told him, "I'm pretty sure our best baseball is still ahead of us." Nathan loved that idea.

Let Randy Alcorn help your child understand what the Bible says about Heaven and the New Earth yet to come—and why they're worth the wait.

100% of the royalties from Wait Until Then are donated to Joni and Friends.

What is the difference between the two illustrated children's storybooks about Heaven: Wait Until Then and Tell Me About Heaven?

What both books have in common is a grandfather and grandson discussing Heaven. From there, the differences are pretty major. Wait Until Then is a children's picture book of 2,000 words. Tell Me About Heaven has 14,000 words, is seven times longer, and is long enough to be a sustained story.

Wait Until Then focuses on whether a handicapped boy and a weak grandfather, who uses a walker and is dying of cancer, will one day play baseball. The boy's disability is central to the book, and his parents and siblings are all an important part of the story. Tell Me About Heaven is about a different boy (not handicapped), a different grandfather (not sick or dying), and set out in the country with just the boy and grandfather. It doesn't involve baseball and has many different settings.

Wait Until Then has a traditional "each painting captures the story" approach. Tell Me About Heaven's art is not illustrative of the story itself but of certain concepts discussed by grandfather and grandson. They are more like illustrations of the book's theology, not immediate scenes (except the book ends).

It is Randy's hope that both books will serve as resources for families as they teach their children truths about Heaven.

Reader Responses

I wanted to share my latest experience with the children's book Wait Until Then. I was asked to speak at an Awana club for council time; it was their last session and the theme was "Homerun!" The Lord spoke so clearly to me that the best homerun for those precious boys and girls would be to know Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior and to one day be in Heaven with Him. Then He reminded me of the book Wait Until Then and told me I was to read it to the children.

When it came time for me to attend the Awana meeting and share in the council time, there were so many children, and I wondered what I was thinking. How in the world could someone just read a story to all of them? I released the book back to God and said, "You asked me to do this, and I will."

It was the most powerful experience I have ever had. All the children had their eyes on me and sat perfectly quiet and still. The commander came up to me afterwards and said, "That was wonderful -I have never seen the children sit so quietly at council time!" Then we had all the big kids come for the next council. I had the same fears, and I turned them over to Him. Picture those big boys and girls on the floor (some in chairs) quiet and taking in every word.

What a joy it was for me to be used of God in this way! It is such a precious story. I did share, too, that I have a son who is in a wheelchair, and one day in Heaven we are going to run and walk and talk together. The homerun of Heaven was presented powerfully and clearly... thank you, Lord. - B. B.

Thank you very much for the two children's books. They are beautiful. I rushed over to show the many fathers in our Bible study here and they were at a loss for words to show their gratitude. Now they can take them to visiting and read to their children. These are wondrous books. - A prisoner

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Related Resources


Tell Me About Heaven	Heaven for Kids	Heaven	Heaven Study Guide


Heaven Small Group Discussion Guide	In Light of Eternity	Heaven Bible Study Workbook	How Can We Know That We’ll Go to Heaven?


50 Days of Heaven	TouchPoints: Heaven	Heaven Booklet	The Promise of Heaven


Heaven DVD for Pastors	Heaven DVD Day of Discovery	Heaven Message CD 1	Heaven Message CD 2

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