The Bible is clear that God cannot be limited to any one geographical place.īut will indeed God dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain You ( 1 Kings 8:27). Heaven As The Home Of God - The Third Heaven Praise Him, you heaven of heavens and you waters above the heavens! ( Psalm 148:4).ģ. Indeed heaven and the highest heavens belong to the Lord your God, also the earth with all that is in it ( Deuteronomy 10:14). The Scripture speaks of heavenly spheres beyond that which is visible from the earth. Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken ( Matthew 24:29).Īnd take heed, lest you lift up your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun, the moon, and the stars, all the host of heaven, you feel driven to worship them and serve them, which the Lord your God has given to all the peoples under the whole heaven as a heritage ( Deuteronomy 4:19). This use of the term heaven refers to outer space or the stellar heaven. The word translated 'air' is ouranos, the same Greek word that is elsewhere translated 'heaven.' We have another example of this use in the book of James.Īnd he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced fruit ( James 5:18).Ģ. Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather in barns yet your heavenly Father feeds them ( Matthew 6:26). I will destroy humanity whom I have created from the face of the earth, both humans and beasts, creeping thing and birds of heaven ( Genesis 6:7). The space above this is called the 'stratosphere.' The Scripture uses the term heaven to describe this area. The technical term for this is the 'troposphere.' It extends about twenty miles above the earth. The atmospheric heavens include the air that we breathe as well as the space that immediately surrounds the earth. The Atmospheric Heaven - The First Heaven The Bible, however, does not mention a first and second heaven.ġ. If there is a third heaven, it seems there must also be a first and second heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not know - God knows ( 2 Corinthians 12:2). I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession ( Hebrews 4:14).įurthermore the Bible refers to the third heaven. The fact that Jesus passed through the heavens gives evidence there is more than one heaven. (2) Outer Space (The Sun, Moon, And Stars)Ĭonsequently we find the Bible speaking of more than one heaven or multiple heavens. When the term 'heaven' is not used symbolically in Scripture, it usually refers to one of three realms.

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