For most of his life, the author served as a lay preacher in an international Christian church based on Protestant principles. Although he had no formal theological education and as such does not p...view moreFor most of his life, the author served as a lay preacher in an international Christian church based on Protestant principles. Although he had no formal theological education and as such does not profess to be an authority on biblical history or the exact interrelationship of all or any of the scriptural references quoted in this book, the hope for an eternally “better” and heavenly abode has forever filled his mind, as it did that of the Patriarchs of old (Heb. 11:14–16).view less