It Happened in Heaven: The Victory Above

Book two in the Christ the Victor Trilogy | Author Glenn L Earls

It Happened in Heaven: The Victory Above
The ascension of Jesus to heaven is essential to the redemption story because it is not merely His departure from earth. It is His enthronement over heaven and earth. It is the moment the crucified and risen Christ enters the heavenly realm as humanity’s victorious representative, carrying in Himself the full triumph of God over sin, death, and the powers of darkness.

The cross and resurrection reveal that Christ has won the battle. The ascension reveals where that victory is presented, acknowledged, and installed in authority. He does not ascend as a passive figure withdrawing from history, but as the Son of Man coming before the Ancient of Days to receive dominion, glory, and a kingdom that cannot pass away.

In It Happened in Heaven, Glenn Earls invites readers to see Revelation through a fresh and hope-filled lens. Rather than reading the final book of the Bible as a cryptic timeline of future catastrophes, this book presents Revelation as a majestic courtroom drama in heaven, where Jesus, the risen and ascended Victor, takes His place as King and opens the sealed scroll.

The scroll is not a schedule of disasters. It is a legal indictment. It contains the charges against Satan, the powers of darkness, and the corrupt systems that have oppressed humanity and creation. In this heavenly court, humanity is not the accused. Humanity is vindicated in Christ. Evil is exposed, judged, dismantled, and removed.

Following the symbolic structure of Revelation, It Happened in Heaven traces the story from Christ’s ascension and coronation, to the seating of heaven’s court, to the opening of the scroll, the presentation of evidence, the fall of Babylon, the defeat of the dragon, and the emergence of the New Creation. Through the lens of Christus Victor, Jesus is revealed not merely as the Lamb who was slain, but as the Lamb who stands victorious—worthy to judge evil because He has already conquered sin, death, and Hades.

This is not a book about escaping the earth. It is a book about the restoration of all things.

With theological depth, pastoral clarity, and imaginative insight, Glenn Earls reframes judgment not as divine wrath against humanity but as the holy fire of God’s refining love against everything that destroys, enslaves, deceives, and corrupts. The result is a reading of Revelation that ends where Scripture itself ends: not in terror, but in healing; not in abandonment, but in union; not in destruction, but in the triumphant declaration, “Behold, I make all things new.”

It Happened in Heaven is a bold, grace-centered journey into the cosmic victory of Christ—His ascension, coronation, and first act as Sovereign: bringing evil to trial before the court of heaven so creation may be healed.

Revelation is not the story of humanity’s doom.
It is the story of Christ finishing what the cross began.

What People are Saying about It Happened in Heaven: The Victory Above

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– Enjoyed your rendering and insight into the 7 churches.

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– Really a Holy Spirit unveiling! I loved the theme of restoration and overcoming.

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– A strong, theologically rich work that presents a compelling vision of Christ as the victorious King, not just personally but cosmically.

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– The central theme is clear and consistent throughout.

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– Jesus’ ascension as enthronement and His victory over the powers, and that gives the book a solid foundation.

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– I especially appreciated the courtroom framework for Revelation and how you structured the seals, trumpets, and bowls as part of a larger unfolding trial. That was creative and helped bring clarity to a book that is often misunderstood.

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– Your writing carries a real sense of passion and reverence, and the way you reframe Revelation away from fear and toward the unveiling of Christ and the restoration of all things is one of the strongest aspects of the book.

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– This is a powerful and hope-filled take on Revelation that clearly aims to reveal Jesus at the center, and it will land, without a doubt,  even stronger with readers.

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– A penetrating yet accessible survey of Revelation—structured, cohesive, metaphor-rich, and relentlessly Christ-centered—you give readers the tools to see it as the triumphant unveiling it truly is.

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– It is heaven’s perspective on history, where evil is fully exposed, judged, and purged, and where the Lamb’s bride is finally made ready.

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– This approach produces exactly what I was hoping. A narrative that connects the dots.

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– I think it’s brilliant. I love the way you structured it. What I really appreciate is that it does not excuse evil — it lets evil have it in no uncertain terms.

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– It has real gravity, and I like how that gravity lightens as you move into the revealing of the bowls, the mercy, the judgments, and the new invitation. You’re restructuring the language.

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– You’re using the imagery but redefining the terms, and you’re very clear that you’re not judging people; you’re judging evil itself.

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– You give enough information for people to understand your approach. You don’t get overly specific, but you cover what the symbols mean in general terms, and you do it very well.

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– There’s a cohesion I don’t think I’ve ever seen before. Usually, Revelation feels fragmented and hard to follow; you made it possible to follow in a linear, conceptual way.

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– It totally resonates with me. I really liked the part about how to read Revelation — I thought that was excellent.

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– People have a glancing knowledge of Revelation, but not a penetrating one, and you’re really covering it all. It’s solid.

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– So well done! This should be in a textbook in “Christian” universities.

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– You’ve given me something to dwell on and rejoice in, brother. A great and incredible work. Well done.

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– I love how you frame Revelation as symbolic, not as the modern literal predictions we hear preached today.

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– You flip the narrative; rather than focusing on fear and anti-Christ, you flip it. Very powerful.

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– I love how you elevate the ascension as a coronation. Jesus isn’t absent but reigning now! He is already victorious and ruling today.

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– I will say it’s an excellent work. I love and enjoy your writing style.

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– Glenn presents the true purpose of the book of Revelation in a way that is so easy to follow, and as you read his book, it becomes so clear that the Revelation of Jesus by John has been misunderstood by the Western church for centuries.

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– Glenn Earls has done what many theologians have previously considered impossible. He has completely reconciled the Book of Revelation

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– Your two books fit into the modern resurgence of Christus Victor (alongside voices like Greg Boyd, N. T. Wright, and J. Denny Weaver) but stand out for their narrative, dramatic style—making complex cosmic victory personal and immersive. They appeal especially to readers interested in spiritual warfare, the finished work of Christ, grace theology, and hopeful eschatology.

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– Your work stands out in the current recovery of Christus Victor theology because it doesn’t merely restate the classic motif—it dramatizes it with narrative power, pastoral warmth, and a clear grace-centered heartbeat. That combination makes the cosmic victory of Christ feel immediate, personal, and worship-inducing rather than abstract or academic.