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Jun 14, 2020 · It is important to note that the term “heaven” is not used symbolically in Scripture; instead, it usually refers to one of three realms. The three heavens are divided as follows: 1. Our immediate atmosphere. 2. Outer space (the sun, moon, and stars) 3. The home of God.
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1) The word "heaven" (Hebrew: shamyim, Greek: ouranos) can mean God’s dwelling place. The Bible says: "The LORD has established His throne in heaven, and His kingdom rules over all" (Psalm 103:19). God’s throne is also mentioned in connection with the mountain of God (Ezekiel 28:16). 2) Heaven may also refer to the endless planets, stars ...
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1. "Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also” (John 14:1-3). 2.“I also pray tha...
11."Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you” (Matthew 5:12). 12.“There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High” (Psalm 46:4). 13.“And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, p...
15.“And Jesus said to him, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise’” (Luke 23:43). 16. “Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord” (1 Thessalonians 4:17). 17.“The twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits ...
22.“We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord” (2 Corinthians 5:8). 23.“For I am hard pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better” (Philippians 1:23). 24.“For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until no...
26. “For I know that my Redeemer lives, and He shall stand at last on the earth; and after my skin is destroyed, this I know, that in my flesh I shall see God” (Job 19:25-26). 27.“Your dead shall live; together with my dead body they shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust; For your dew is like the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast ...
32.“But someone will ask, ‘How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?’ How foolish! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. When you sow, you do not plant the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or of something else. But God gives it a body as he has determined, and to each kind of seed he gives its ...
37.“By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. For he was looking...
57.“When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory. Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry” (Colossians 3:4-5). 58.“May the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all, just as we do to y...
Heaven in Christianity. In Christianity, heaven is traditionally the location of the throne of God and the angels of God, [ 2 ][ 3 ] and in most forms of Christianity it is the abode of the righteous dead in the afterlife. In some Christian denominations it is understood as a temporary stage before the resurrection of the dead and the saints ...
- Isaiah 25:8-12. 8 he will swallow up death forever. The Sovereign LORD will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove his people’s disgrace from all the earth.
- Matthew 5:17-20. 17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
- Matthew 7:13-15. 13 “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
- Matthew 19:17-19. 17 “Why do you ask me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”
Dec 22, 2020 · A biblical theology of heaven begins in the first verse of the Bible: God creates “the heavens and the earth.”. While “heavens” often simply refers to the sky (Gen. 1:20), throughout Scripture it also refers to God’s holy realm, his special abode populated with righteous angels (Ps. 2:4; 1 Kings 22:19). “The heavens and the earth ...
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