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Rank in the Kingdom. 18 At that [] time the disciples came to Jesus and said, “ Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” 2 And He called a child to Himself and set him among them, 3 and said, “Truly I say to you, unless you [] change and () become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 So whoever will humble himself like this child, he is the greatest in the ...
It's possible Judaism got the idea of multiple heavens at this time. In fact, the word "paradise," one of many words used to reflect heaven, comes from the Persian for "enclosed park or garden." Judaism might also have been influenced by the ancient Babylonian tales.
In Christian religious cosmologies, the Empyrean was "the source of light" and where God and saved souls resided, [1] and in medieval Christianity, the Empyrean was the third heaven and beyond "the heaven of the air and the heaven of the stars." [2]
- 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).
Summa Theologica — Saint Thomas Aquinas. Objection 1: It would seem that the empyrean heaven was not created at the same time as formless matter. For the empyrean, if it is anything at all, must be a sensible body. But all sensible bodies are movable, and the empyrean heaven is not movable.
If therefore the angels were created in the empyrean heaven, it would not beseem them to mount up to a still higher heaven. And this is contrary to what is said in Isaias, speaking in the person of the sinning angel: "I will ascend into heaven" ( Is. 14:13 ).
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Read full chapter. Matthew 5:16-30. New American Standard Bible. 16 Your light must shine before people in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven. 17 “Do not presume that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish, but to fulfill. 18 For truly I say to you, until heaven ...
