Hi!
Just thought I would throw this in for discussion about Heaven.
The scriptures talk about the Heavens as opposed to Heaven and in such instances it is referring to the universe/sky/stars. Paul also mentions the term third heaven and it is suppose by some that the first heaven is the sky, the second is the stars/universe and the third is the place where God's throne is.
In reference to the sky, read Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, on the seventeenth day of the second month-on that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
In reference to the stars and universe, read Genesis 15:5
He took him outside and said, "Look up at the heavens and count the stars-if indeed you can count them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be."
In reference to Heaven the place read 2 Corinthians 12:2
I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows.
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