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- The time from Paul's death until his resurrection at the same time as all of Christ's followers will seem to him but a mere moment. He will be with Christ as a glorified son of God in the next moment of his consciousness.
www.ucg.ca/booklets/what-happens-after-death/did-paul-expect-be-conscious-heaven-right-after-dyingDid Paul Expect to be conscious in Heaven Right After Dying?
Jan 30, 2024 · I believe that from the moment Paul was stoned inside the city (and thought to be dead) until the time the disciples surrounded him and he miraculously rose up, that Paul was in Heaven itself and more specifically, went into the area called the Paradise of God.
- Larry Ollison
Sep 11, 2023 · When Paul says that he went to the third heaven, he means that he went to the place where God dwells. Interestingly, Paul uses the phrase caught up to refer to how he was transported to heaven; it’s the same Greek word used in 1 Thessalonians 4:17 to refer to the rapture of the church.
Paul is taken up into the third heaven and hears words not to be spoken of. No doubt it is not seemly for me to boast. Nevertheless, I will come to visions and revelations from the Lord.
Sep 8, 2019 · For when I am weak, then I am strong. (2 Corinthians 12:9–10) Instead of circling back again and again to his once-in-a-lifetime out-of-body experience, Paul mentions it once, and then shifts all the focus onto the truths that people can see and think about and test in his writing and his life.
- Roger Barrier
The Acts of the Apostles record that Paul received three apparitions of the Lord Jesus Christ: 1) Paul’s Vision on the Road to Damascus (described in Acts 9, 22, and 26). Paul is walking on the road to Damascus in order to arrest Christians in Damascus.
Paul was saved as a result of a heavenly vision of the Lord Jesus. 2 He then had a brush with death at Lystra as we read in Acts 14. It would appear that Paul's words in 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 refer to his experiences as a result of that "near death" stoning at Lystra.
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4 days ago · So, this one – whom we understand to be Paul himself – was caught up to the heaven where God lives. Paul had a vision or an experience of the throne of God, just as Isaiah (Isaiah 6:1) and John (Revelation 4:1-2) did.
