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#1 of 3 INTRODUCTION to the BIBLE VIEW OF HEAVEN AND HEAVENS.
NOTES
The main point is that the Bible reveals that there are HEAVENS. I address this and at the end of this presentation I illustrate the Three Heavens revealed in the Bible.
The word, "heaven" is used by Christians and other religions in reference to the after life and the home of God and angels. However, different religions mean different things by the same word. Some of the beliefs about heaven are found in various religions. BUT THE ONLY TRUSTWORTHY INFORMATION IS FOUND IN THE BIBLE, SINCE THE BIBLE IS GOD'S WORD. This brings up another subject (The Authority of the Bible), but that is another lesson. Religions, cults and even those who call themselves Christian have many beliefs that are contrary to the Bible. HOWEVER, a proper understanding of heaven must be found in the Bible.
Do not believe reports from anyone who tells you that they have been to either heaven or hell. They may believe that they have been there, but they have not. God gave very few Bible writers an actual revelation of Heaven. The best thing to do, when someone offers you any EXTRA-BIBLICAL information (information not from the Bible) is to shut it out, don't listen to it or read it. It is the misinformation of darkness. Only the Bible is the revealed, authentic, genuine, inspired, infallible word of God.
God does not give anyone today REVELATION. Revelation is what God gave to the Bible writers. We do not get REVELATION, WE GET ENLIGHTENMENT. Revelation is what God gave to the writers of the Bible (Prophets and Apostles) Enlightenment is what God gives to the readers of the Bible. There is NO NEW REVELATION. No one can add anything to the Bible today.
God does speak to us, but He does not speak to us in the same way He spoke to Prophets and Apostles. Whatever He says to us must agree with the Bible but nothing He says to us is as authoritative as the Bible. Scripture was infallibly communicated by God to men who were enabled by God to receive it and write it without error. We are not inspired, in-breathed, guided in the same way as Bible writers.
The Bible says there are Three Heavens.. These three heavens are not to be confused with the fanciful three heavens of Mormonism or the 7 heavens of Islam or any other extra-Biblical teaching.
Paul actually did refer to the, "Third Heaven."
Paul did not even make himself the subject of his account.
Paul did not reveal the things he saw and heard.
Paul pointed out that those heavenly realities were not even communicable.
Paul only communicated to us what God allowed him to communicate.
This agrees with other Bible writers who had similar experiences.
Don't trust anyone's words in the same way that we trust God's word.
Mormons teach that there are three heavens. The three heavens of Mormonism has nothing to do with the Third Heaven of the Bible and has no relationship to the "Heavens" taught about in the Bible.
The Three False Heavens of LDS
The three heavens of Mormonism are:
CELESTIAL (their highest heaven), the heaven or afterlife of fully dedicated and qualified Mormons. These are the people who will become gods or wives of gods. Mormons teach that Mormon men become gods. They claim that God the Father was once a man as we are men, but he became a god. They believe there are many gods with many worlds like our world and they believe that men today will become gods, and will have their own worlds.
TERRESTRIAL (the mid-level heaven) is the afterlife for religious people, other than Mormon and also for Mormons who did not fully follow Mormon rules.
TELESTIAL (the lowest or least heaven) is the afterlife of other people who were not religious or virtuous.
Though they use the same words as Christians use, Mormons not only have a different heaven than the Bible presents, they have a different Jesus, a different Holy Spirit, a different gospel, a different "salvation," because they do not believe the Bible is the inerrant, infallibly inspired and only word of God. They claim to believe the Bible, but they only believe the skewed interpretations of Mormon leaders. They also have other, so-called "inspired" writings or books.
Mormons teach that those who do not find Mormon salvation in this life will be given another chance, a second chance in the afterlife. This is another false doctrine of LDS.
BIBLE VERSES ABOUT HEAVENS
Genesis 2:1
(1) Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
Genesis 2:4
(4) These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
Deuteronomy 10:14
(14) Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD'S thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.
1 Kings 8:27
(27) But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
1 Chronicles 16:26
(26) For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.
1 Chronicles 27:23
(23) But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens.
Job 20:6
(6) Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
Job 26:13
(13) By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.
Psalms 2:4
(4) He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
Psalms 8:1
(1) To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
Psalms 8:3
(3) When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
Psalms 33:6
(6) By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
Psalms 103:19
(19) The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.
Psalms 148:4
(4) Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.
Isaiah 34:4
(4) And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.
Isaiah 40:22
(22) It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
Matthew 3:16-17
(16) And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
(17) And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Matthew 24:29
(29) Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
Acts 7:56
(56) And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
2 Corinthians 5:1
(1) For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Ephesians 4:10
(10) He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)
Hebrews 1:10
(10) And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:
Hebrews 4:14
(14) Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
Hebrews 7:26
(26) For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
Hebrews 8:1
(1) Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
2 Peter 3:10
(10) But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
2 Peter 3:10-13
(10) But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
(11) Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
(12) Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
(13) Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
THE THREE HEAVENS OF THE BIBLE (see video)
First Heaven is the Atmosphere around the earth.
Second Heaven is the Starry Space.
Third Heaven is the Throne of God.

#2 of 3 The Origin, Nature and Destiny of Humans.
Place of Departed Spirits
NOTES
Genesis 2:7
(7) And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
In order to understand where we go when we die, it is helpful to understand where we came from and what we are (our origin and our nature).
God made (formed from something) and created (brought from nothing) us as Body, Soul and Spirit. Though there is a difference in Soul and Spirit, I will use these terms interchangeably or simply say, "outer man," or "inner man."
Our body is the physical part of us, which God formed from the dust of the earth. The Body is our "other awareness" (awareness of other people or things), through the five senses (seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, touching).
Our spirit is the spiritual part of us, which God imparted by breathing His Spirit into us. The spirit is our, "God conscience part of us."
Our soul is the union of physical and spiritual life. Some refer to this as self, and it is our self awareness. The five components of the soul are; Reason, Emotion, Desire, Conscience and Will.
The union of these three components makes us into a Psycho/Physical Totality. Simply stated, we are inner man and outer man. We are not complete as a physical being and we are not complete as a spiritual being. God made us inner and outer and God created us to be a union, combination of the inner man and the outer man.
Adam and therefore the human race is a combination of the inner and outer man. Jesus was physical and spiritual. When He died physically, His spirit was separated from His body, but in His resurrection His body was reunited with His spirit. The is the plan and standard of human existence. We will die and then be resurrected, or if we are caught up in the Rapture, then our bodies will be changed instantly. We are physical and spiritual creatures.
Genesis 1:26-27
(26) And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
(27) So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Genesis 2:7
(7) And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Man is a Trichotomy, a three part being.
"ELOHIM" REVEALS TRIUNITY OF GOD
God said, "Let us make man in our image."
God was not speaking to angels. It was a conversation between the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The "US" in this passage was the Triune God (One God in Three Persons).
In Genesis 1:1 we are introduced to God, but in the Hebrew the name is Elohim (as seen in the suffix, IM), which is a plural of God, therefore it could be translated Gods. However, the Bible clearly teaches that there is only One God. This passage does not simply point out the greatness of God, it introduces us to the Trinity. God was saying, "Let us make man in our image." We see this again when God dealt with the people in Babel, while they were building the Tower.
Genesis 11:7-8 God said...
(7) Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
(08) So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
When a person dies, his body returns to the dust and his spirit is separated. The spirit of the saved goes to be with God, and the spirit of the unsaved goes to the Place of Departed Spirits.
Ecclesiastes 12:7
(7) Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
From the time of Adam until the resurrection of Jesus (approximately 4,000 years), death would separate the body from a man's spirit. The body would go to the grave, and the inner man would go to the Place of Departed Spirits (Sheol, Hades, Hell).
There will come a time that all bodies will be raised from the dead.
John 5:28-29
(28) Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
(29) And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
The resurrection of believers will take place
The resurrection of the righteous will take place at the time of the rapture. Dead in Christ will rise first then the rapture.
1 Corinthians 15:50-55
(50) Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
(51) Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
(52) In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
(53) For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
(54) So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
(55) O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
(13) But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep (physically dead, not soul sleep), that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
(14) For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
(15) For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent (precede) them which are asleep.
(16) For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
(17) Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
(18) Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.
2 Corinthians 5:1-6
(1) For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
(2) For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:
(3) If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.
(4) For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
(5) Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
(6) Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:
Jesus, the God-Man, died physically and His body was buried in the borrowed tomb. However, His spirit was separated from His body and His spirit went to the Place of Departed Spirits, known to the Hebrews as Sheol, to the Greeks as Hades, and generally referred to as Hell.
Ephesians 4:8-10
(08) Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
(9) (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
(10) He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)
Jesus did not go to the Place of Departed Spirits to be punished, to suffer or to convert lost spirits. He went to Sheol, Hades, Hell in order to announce His victory over sin and death, and to bring the souls of the righteous dead out and take them to heaven with Him.
1 Peter 3:18-19
(18) For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
(19) By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
When Jesus arose from the dead, He raised some of those who were dead and buried, to walk with Him in Jerusalem.
Matthew 27:51-53
(51) And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
(52) And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
(53) And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
Those who were raised at that time are the First Fruits of the Resurrection of the Righteous. He not only raised some of the Old Testament Saints physically at that time, He released all of the righteous from Sheol (Hades, Hell) and took them to heaven. From that time on, the spirits of all of the righteous (those who die in the Lord), go immediately to be with God when they die.
Since Jesus conquered death and the grave, and has taken the Old Testament believers to heaven, there is no part of Sheol (Hades, Hell) that holds any believers, therefore, the Place of Departed Spirits (Sheol, Hades, Hell) is only occupied unsaved people, from the time of the first family until today. Hell is often related to the idea of Gehenna, the Valley of Hinnom, which was a notorious place of child sacrifice. It would become a garbage dump and Jesus referred to its fires, which never go out, thus the imagery of hell.
The part of Sheol that received Old Testament believers was known as Abraham's Bosom. Abraham is known as The Friend of God and He is known as The Father of the Faithful, therefore it is easy to see why people would call that pre-heaven location after Abraham. It was also known as Paradise. Remember, Jesus told the repentant thief on the cross that he would be with Jesus, in Paradise that day. Since Jesus went to the safe part of Sheol at His death and He did not ascend to heaven until days later, then we know that Jesus was telling the thief that he would go to Abraham's Bosom (the safe part of Sheol). Later, during the ministry of the Apostle Paul, Paradise was located in the heavenly presence of God (2 Corinthians 12:4) and still later, John tells us that the Paradise of God is located in heaven (Revelation 2:7).
Sheol continues to be the temporary destination of all lost people. It is the place of torment, the place of an unquenchable fire, the place of misery, until it is moved to the Lake of Fire, which is the final destination of all the unsaved.
Jesus has led the way to the presence of the Father.
Hebrews 4:14
(14) Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
Hebrews 8:1
(1) Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
The Origin, the Nature and the Destiny of man is that the body goes from dust to dust, but Spirit returns to God and after wards there is judgment for the unsaved.
The believer will not enter into judgment for his sins, since Jesus has taken away our sins and our judgment and our punishment. But those who do not believe on Christ for salvation will be held accountable for every sin committed, whether thought, word or deed.

#3 of 3 THE ABODE OF THE DEAD, THE PLACE OF DEPARTED SPIRITS, THE REALM OF THE UNSEEN.
In this video I will discuss the meaning of the words, Sheol, Hades, Hell, The Grave, Gehenna (Hell Fire, Torment), The Pit (the Abyss), Paradise (Abraham's Bosom).
What does the Bible say about the location of the afterlife?
Look at the account of the beggar, Lazarus and the rich man (Luke 16:18-31).
Notice...
The rich man who fared sumptuously every day and the hungry, sore covered beggar.
Social, economic, academic success is not an indicator moral, spiritual condition.
In death the rich man went to torment and the hungry, sore ridden beggar went to a place of comfort.
It was not based on their outward condition but on their inward condition.
There were three sections to the place of the departed.
Lazarus was in a place of comfort, called Abraham's Bosom.
The wicked man was in a place called Hades, hell, a place of torment.
There was a pit, a chasm, an abyss that separated them.
Though they were spiritual beings, they either enjoyed or suffered conditions that were described in physical terms.
Abraham, who had died about 1850 years earlier, answered the rich man when he asked for mercy.
The rich man sought relief from the beggar.
Abraham called the rich man Son (probably because the rich man was a descendant. Apparently lineage or family is not as important as spiritual condition.
The rich man asked for someone to warn his brothers, back on earth.
Abraham pointed out that if people do not listen to God's word, then they will not listen to someone from the grave.
Though most religions have the concepts of heaven and hell we must not allow other belief systems to form our view and we must not allow anyone to convince us that our view actually comes from a pagan view or allow them to get us to doubt that heaven and hell are real places, because the Bible says they are.
SHEOL, the Hebrew word for the Place of the Dead or the Place of the Unseen. Sheol was where all people went when they died. There was a section set aside for the righteous, a section set aside for the unrighteous and a pit or an abyss that was the place of demons.
The GRAVE was another term that referred to the Place of the Dead. Since the dead bodies were buried there it was natural to think of it being the place of disembodied spirits. Obviously, dead bodies and the spirits of the dead are not the same, but the association is easy to understand.
As we find out in the New Testament, the section occupied by the righteous was a "holding room," where the righteous waited until they would be taken to a better place or condition.
We also learn from the New Testament that the section set aside for the wicked was like a local jail, holding criminals until their court date, at which time they would be judged and sentenced by a righteous Judge based on the evidence recorded in books. Then, at the end of this world, Death and Hell will be cast into the LAKE OF FIRE, which is the second death (separation) from God and all that is good. The Lake of Fire is like an eternal prison, from which there is never any escape.
HADES, sometimes translated as hell, the Greek word for the Place of the Dead. Obviously the Greeks viewed there Hades differently than Jews or Christians. But remember, sometimes the same words or names were given different significance by different religions or cultures.
GEHENNA, named for the Valley of Hinnom, which historically was used by those who burned children in sacrifice to a pagan god. It eventually became the local area to dump and burn filth and garbage. There was always a fire burning the city refuse. Jews and Jesus in particular used that imagery in reference to HELL, the eternal fires of torment.
PARADISE, another name for Abraham's Bosom. When Jesus was dying on the cross, He was carrying on a conversation with the repentant thief.
Luke 23:39-43
(39) And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.
(40) But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?
(41) And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.
(42) And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.
(43) And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
Notice in vs 43 that Jesus told the repentant thief that he would be in Paradise with Jesus that very day. This could not be heaven (though the New Testament does place Paradise in heaven at a later date. Jesus was not going to heaven that day. He was going to the Grave, Sheol, Hades, Hell, Abraham's Bosom. Jesus was referring to the section of Sheol that was reserved for the righteous.
While in Paradise, Jesus spoke to the "prisoners" and within a couple of days He led them out. Within a few weeks Jesus would return to heaven in His resurrected body. From that point on, Paradise has been part of the heavenly landscape.