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- HEAVENLY, HEAVENLY THINGS (οὐράνιος, ἐπουράνιον). These terms refer to heaven, to man’s relation to spiritual truths, and to the divine and eternal realm. The meaning is best understood in context.
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- The atmospheric heavens. When the word “heaven” occurs in the Bible, it refers, except when it is used fig., to one of three realms—to the atmospheric space immediately above us, to the stellar heavens that must ultimately embrace the universe, and to heaven as the abode of God.
- The celestial heavens. Heaven, often in both the OT and NT refers to the vast space above, in which are included the sun, moon, the planets, and the stars.
- Heaven as the abode of God. Although it is true that the Scriptures teach that “the heaven of heavens cannot contain” God (1 Kings 8:27 ASV), and that God is everywhere present in the universe, nevertheless, they clearly affirm that heaven is in a particular way the habitation of God.
- The relationship of Christ to heaven. The Lord Jesus in the NT is said to have dwelt eternally in the heavens, as He Himself declares in the high priestly prayer (John 17:5).
Living Bible. 8 What we are saying is this: Christ, whose priesthood we have just described, is our High Priest and is in heaven at the place of greatest honor next to God himself. 2 He ministers in the temple in heaven, the true place of worship built by the Lord and not by human hands. 3 And since every high priest is appointed to offer gifts ...
Discover the meaning of Heavenly in the Bible. Study the definition of Heavenly with multiple Bible Dictionaries and Encyclopedias and find scripture references in the Old and New Testaments.
Heaven most commonly refers to the dwelling-place of God. Heaven is where the glory of God is expressed in pristine clarity. The term "glory, " therefore, has popularly been used as a synonym for heaven ( Rom 8:18).
What the Bible says about Heaven. Topics Heaven. Revelation 21:4. 4 ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”. 21:4, 5 Wipe away every tear fulfills the promises in 7:17 and Is. 25:8.
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The New King James Version of the Bible uses the word heaven 532 times in 502 different verses. The Hebrew word usually translated "heaven," shamayim , is a plural noun form that literally means "the heights."
