The Smarter Generosity Podcast
Oct 7, 2026 · 21 min · 9 segments
What if the reward God offers us is far greater than a mansion, a crown, or earthly treasure? In this episode of **The** **Smarter Generosity Podcast**, Eric Fleshood and Katie Brubaker explore what…
I'm gonna start with a question for you of when people hear rewards in Heaven, right? A lot of us picture a mansion, maybe a crown, jewels.
Where do you think that picture came from, and is that an accurate picture of what rewards looks like?
And so people take that and they envision when God says, "Well done," he's gonna be simultaneously crowning my head-
So it is based on Scripture, but if you, if you read those carefully, you realize these are metaphors.
These are representations of things, uh, the author using language that, to describe something that is difficult to describe, or it's a, it's a, it's a symbol, let's say.
That's the, that's the reward in view at that point in the Scripture, is eternal life.
Uh, and then of course, the mansions idea comes from something that Jesus said, uh, about, "Hey, I'm going away, but don't worry.
I'm coming back, and my Father, my Father's house has many rooms." Some of the translations says, say, uh, t- those rooms are mansions.
And so, you know, that idea of, hey, I'm gonna have a big house in the sky by and by, uh, is based on that part of Scripture.
I'm gonna start with a question for you of when people hear rewards in Heaven, right? A lot of us picture a mansion, maybe a crown, jewels.
Where do you think that picture came from, and is that an accurate picture of what rewards looks like?
And so people take that and they envision when God says, "Well done," he's gonna be simultaneously crowning my head-
So it is based on Scripture, but if you, if you read those carefully, you realize these are metaphors.
These are representations of things, uh, the author using language that, to describe something that is difficult to describe, or it's a, it's a, it's a symbol, let's say.
That's the, that's the reward in view at that point in the Scripture, is eternal life.
Uh, and then of course, the mansions idea comes from something that Jesus said, uh, about, "Hey, I'm going away, but don't worry.
I'm coming back, and my Father, my Father's house has many rooms." Some of the translations says, say, uh, t- those rooms are mansions.
And so, you know, that idea of, hey, I'm gonna have a big house in the sky by and by, uh, is based on that part of Scripture.
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