Heaven
Definition: The abode of Lord God and faithful spirit creatures, a region invisible to the naked eye. The Bible also uses the term "heaven (s)" in several other ways, eg to represent God himself, the faithful spirit creatures organization, a position of divine favor, the physical universe other than Earth, the expansion surrounding the planet Earth, human governments under the domination of Satan, and the new government celestial just for the Lord hath invested with power to Jesus Christ and his heirs.
Was there all of us in the spiritual region before we were born as humans?
John 8:23: "[Jesus said] 'You are from the regions below, I am from the regions above. You are of this world, I am not of this world. '"(Jesus had come from the spiritual region. But as Jesus said, other men had not come from there.)
Rom. 9:10-12: "When Rebekah conceived twins [...] when not yet born or practiced anything good or vile, for the purpose of God continue regarding the selection depending, not of works but of Him who called, told her: 'The greater the child slave.' "(Of course, if the twins Jacob and Esau had previously lived in a spiritual region surely would have made a record of acts based on his conduct there, right? But it was not until after birth as humans when it made such a record.)
Will the sky every good people?
Ac. 2:34: "David [whom the Bible refers to as a 'nice man at heart the Lord '] did not ascend to heaven. "
Mat. 11:11: "Truly I say: Among those born of women there has risen one greater than John the Baptist: but he that is of children in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he." (So John did not go to heaven when he died.)
Ps 37:9, 11, 29: "Evildoers themselves will be cut, but those who hope in the Lord are those who inherit the earth. The righteous themselves will possess the land, and dwell therein forever. "
If Adam had not sinned, would he have gone to heaven with time?
Gen. 1:26: "He went God say, 'Let us make man in our image, after our likeness and let them have in subjection the fish of the sea and the creatures of the heavens and volatile domestic animals and the whole earth and every moving animal that moves upon the earth . '"(So the purpose of God to Adam was to take charge of caring for the earth and animal life on it. Nothing is said that he would go to heaven.)
Gen. 2:16, 17: "Jehovah God also imposed this mandate, man, 'Of every tree of the garden you may eat to satisfaction. But as the tree of knowledge of good and evil should not eat it, because on the day you eat from it you will positively die. '"(It was the original purpose of the Lord that the man died one day. The command of God cited here shows that he warned that failure to follow the course that would to death. The death would be the punishment for disobedience, not a door to a better life in heaven.'s obedience would be rewarded with continued life, eternal life in paradise that God had given man. See also Isaiah 45:18.)
Does one go to heaven to have a truly happy future? Salt
37:11: "The meek shall themselves will possess the earth, and indeed find their exquisite delight in the abundance of peace. "
Rev. 21:1-4: "I saw a new heaven and new earth [...] I heard a loud voice from the throne say: 'Look! The tent of God is with mankind, and he will reside with them, and they will be his peoples. And God himself will be with them. And he will wipe every tear from their eyes and death will be no more, nor be anymore mourning nor outcry nor pain. The former things have passed away. '"
Miq. 4:3, 4: "Do not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore. And actually sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree and none shall make them tremble: for the mouth of Jehovah of hosts has spoken. "
you opened Jesus the way to heaven for those who had died before he died?
What does 1 Peter 3:19, 20? "In this condition [in spirit, after his resurrection] also followed [Jesus] his way and preached to the spirits in prison, which once had been disobedient when God's patience waited in the days of Noah while the ark was being built, where few people, that is, eight souls ["souls", VV, BC, "people", VV (1977), NBE and BJ], were carried safely through water. "(Were these" spirits in prison "the souls of humans who would not heed the preaching of Noah before the Flood?, what they now had the opportunity to go to heaven? A comparison of 2 Peter 2:4 and Jude 6 with Genesis 6:2-4 shows that these spirits were angelic sons of God that had materialized and married women in the days of Noah. In 1 Peter 3:19, 20 the Greek word for "spirits" is pneu'ma · without, while the word translated "souls" is psy · Khai. " The "spirits" were not disembodied or disembodied souls but disobedient angels, the "soul" to which reference is made here were people alive, human, Noah and his household. Therefore, what is preached to the spirits in prison "should have been a message of doom.)
What does 1 Peter 4:6? "In fact, to this end the good news was declared also to the dead, for trial in the flesh from the standpoint of men but live in spirit from the point of view of God. "(Were these" dead "people who had died before Christ's death ? As shown, the dead are not "spirits in prison." Those spirits were disobedient angels. And the preaching could not have benefited physically dead humans because, as Ecclesiastes 9:5 says, they "are not conscious of nothing at all "and Psalm 146:4 says that at the time of death" thoughts do perish 'of the person. Rather, Ephesians 2:1-7, 17 refers to people who are spiritually dead and who come to live in the same direction because we have accepted the good news.)
does it show in the "New Testament" the heavenly life is the hope for all Christians ?
John 14:2, 3: "In my Father's house are many mansions. Otherwise, I would have told you, I go to prepare a place for you. Also, if I follow my path and prepare a place, I come again and receive at home myself, that where I'm also are you. "(Jesus shows here that his faithful apostles, to whom he was speaking, with time would be in the "house" your Father in heaven with Jesus. But here he does not say how many more would go to heaven too.)
John 1:12, 13: "To all who did receive him [Jesus], to them he gave authority to become children of God, because they were exercising faith in his name, and they were born, not of blood nor of the will flesh, nor of the will of man but of God. "(Note that the context in verse 11, refers to" his own ", the Village Jesus, the Jews. All those who did receive him when he came to them in the first century to become children of God, with the prospect of heavenly life. The verbs in the text are found in past or past tense, so that this passage refers to all those who have become Christians since then.)
Rom. 8:14, 16, 17: "All who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God. Well, if we are children, then heirs: heirs indeed of God, but joint heirs with Christ, provided we suffer together that we may also be glorified together. "(This was written when it was true that all who were led by spirit of God are sons of God who had the hope of being glorified with Christ. But it has not always been so. Lucas 1:15 says that John the Baptizer would fill you with holy spirit, but Matthew 11:11 explains that he will not participate in the glory of the heavenly kingdom. Similarly, too, after the gathering of the heirs of the heavenly Kingdom would be other people who serve God as followers of his Son and yet not partake of the heavenly glory.)
What are specific references in the New Testament "in relation to a provision to reward with eternal life on Earth to Christians?
Mat. 5:5: "Happy are the mild-tempered ones, since they will inherit the earth."
Mat. 6:9, 10: "Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Your will, as in heaven, also upon earth. "(Which is the will of God in relation to Earth? What do Genesis 1:28 and Isaiah 45:18?)
Mat . 25:31-33, 40, 46: "When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit upon his glorious throne. And all nations shall be gathered before him, and separate people from each other, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will set the sheep on his right, but the goats on his left. [...] The King will tell them [the sheep]: 'Verily I say: To the extent that made it one of the least of these my brethren, I did. " Y [goats] will leave for the everlasting cutting, but the righteous [the sheep] to eternal life. "(Note that these" sheep "are not the same as the king's brothers, who are" partakers of the heavenly calling "[Heb . 2:10-3:1]. But these people would be calm like sheep alive during the time when Christ was on the throne and during the time that some of the "brothers" of it were still experiencing problems on Earth.)
John 10:16: "And I have other sheep that are not of this fold: them also I have to bring, and hear my voice, and become one flock, one shepherd. "(Who are these" other sheep "? are followers of the Great Shepherd, Jesus Christ, but not in the fold of the" new covenant "with the hope of heavenly life. However, they come to be closely partnership with those in the fold.)
2 Pet. 3:13: "But there are new heavens and a new earth, which we hope as he promised, and justice they to dwell. "(also Revelation 21:1-4.)
Rev. 7:9, 10: "After these things [after the apostle John saw the total number of" sealed "that had been" bought land "to be with Christ in the heavenly Mount Zion, see Revelation 7:3 , 4; 14:1-3] saw, and, look! a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in long white robes, and had palms in their hands. And they cried with a loud voice, saying, 'Salvation we owe to our God who sits on the throne and the Lamb '. "
How many Bible offers the hope of heavenly life?
Luc. 12:32: "Fear not, little flock, for your Father has approved them the kingdom."
Rev. 14:1-3: "I saw, and, look! the Lamb [Jesus Christ] standing on Mount Zion [in the sky, see Hebrews 12:22-24], and with him an hundred forty-four thousand who have written on their foreheads his name and the name of the Father. [...] And they are like singing a new song [...] and no one could learn that song but the hundred and forty four thousand, who have been redeemed from the earth. "
Is the group composed of the 144,000 Jews only natural?
Rev.
7:4-8: "I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred forty-four thousand, sealed from every tribe of the children of Israel: Reuben [...] [...] [...] Gad Judah [...] [...] Asher Naphtali Manasseh [...] [...] [...] Simeon Levi Issachar [...] [...] [...] Zebulun Joseph [. ..] Benjamin. "(These are not tribes Natural Israel because there never was a tribe of Joseph, does not include the tribes of Ephraim and Dan on this list, and the Levites had separated them for service in relation to the temple, but were not counted as one of the 12 tribes . See Numbers 1:4-16.)
Rom. 2:28, 29: "There is a Jew who is on the outside, nor is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh. But he is a Jew who is inside, and circumcision of the heart by spirit, not a written code. "
Gal. 3:26-29: "All of you, in fact, are children of God through faith in Christ Jesus. [...] There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female, for you are all one person in union with Christ Jesus. Also, if you belong to Christ, are really Abraham's seed, heirs with respect to a promise. "
Is the number 144,000 merely a symbolic figure?
The fact that, after mentioning the specific number 144,000, Revelation 7:9 refers to a "great multitude, which no man could number," the answer to that question . If the 144,000 figure was not verbatim, without meaning as a contrast to the "great crowd." Which we believe the figure is consistent with the literal statement of Jesus in Matthew 22:14 regarding the Kingdom of heaven: "There are many guests, but few chosen."
you going to heaven also the "great crowd" as referred to in Revelation 7:9, 10?
Of Revelation does not say, as it does in the case of the 144,000-who have been "bought land" to be with Christ in the heavenly Mount Zion. (Rev. 14:1-3.)
This description is given of them: "Standing before the throne and before the Lamb" does not necessarily indicate a location, but a condition of approval. (Compare Revelation 6:17, Luke 21:36.) The expression "before the throne" (Greek: e · no'pi · on tou thro'nou, literally, "in view of the throne") does not require the in the sky. His position is simply "view" of God, who tells us from heaven he beholds the sons of men. (Ps. 11:4; cf. Matthew 25:31-33, Luke 1:74, 75, Acts 10:33.)
The "great crowd in heaven" as mentioned in Revelation 19:1, 6 is not the same "great crowd" of Revelation 7:9. Of those that are in heaven the description does not say that out "of all nations" and they are attributing their salvation to the Lamb, they are angels. In the Bible, the term "great crowd" is used in different contexts. (Mark 5:24, 6:34, 12:37.)
What will your heavenly to be there?
Rev. 20:6: "They shall be priests of God and of Christ, and rule as kings with him for a thousand years." (Daniel 7:27 also.)
1 Cor. 6:2: "¿[...] not you know that the saints will judge the world? "
Rev. 5:10:" You did that would be a kingdom and priests to our God, and have to rule as kings over ["on", BD, NBE, "on", MT, NC (1972), BJ, VP, VM] land. "(The same Greek word and the same grammatical structure is in Revelation 11:6. There MT, NC (1972), BJ, and others, shed construction" on ".)
Who selects those who go to heaven?
2 Thess. 2:13, 14: "We must always give thanks to God for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation by sanctifying spirit and their faith in the truth. In this same fate called him by the good news we declare, with the purpose of acquiring the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. "
Rom. 9:6, 16: "Not all those from Israel are really 'Israel'. [...] It depends on who you want or exertion, but of God who shows mercy. "
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