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Thursday, May 27, 2010

HEAVEN AND WHO ENTER THE HEAVEN



HEAVEN AND WHO ENTER THE HEAVEN



Explanation of heaven according to the Bible Old Testament:



Heaven is the dwelling place of God










Figure 4: Overview of heaven and the world.












1 Kings 8: 30 "And hear the petition of your servant and your people Israel that they are turning to this place, that you also hear it in your dwelling place in heaven, and when you hear it, then you will forgive."


Psalm 2: 4 "He who dwells in heaven laughs; God making fun of them [The kings of the world that is against God]. "


Psalm 115: 3 "Our God in heaven, He did what he wanted."



Isaiah 66: 1 "Thus says the Lord: Heaven is my throne and earth is My footstool."




Explanation of the New Testament Scripture about heaven:




Matthew 6: 9-10 "Therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as in heaven."








Figure 5: Overview of Jesus and heaven, by BibleHeaven.











Hebrews 8: 1 "The essence of all that we are talking about are these: We have such a High Priest, who sits on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven."



Revelation 6: 2 "Immediately I was in the Spirit and behold, a throne in heaven, and One sat on the throne "




WHO ENTER THE HEAVEN AND WHO EXCLUDED FROM HEAVEN?




WHO ENTER THE HEAVEN?



Explanation of Scripture that should go into heaven is as follows:




John 14: 6 "Jesus said to him: I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father, but through Me."
John 11: 25-26 "Jesus said to her: I am the resurrection, and the life, he that believed in Me, although he was dead, yet he shall live. And whosoever lived and believed in Me shall never die.











Figure 6: Jesus is the way to the Father in heaven.











Matthew 5: 3 "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."



About the final judgment in Matthew 25: 33-34, 40 "And he shall set the sheep on his right hand and the goats on his left. And the King will say to those on His right hand: Come, you who are blessed by my Father, receive the kingdom which has been provided for you since the foundation of the world ... And the King shall answer them: I say unto you, behold all things you did it to one of my brethren the least of these, you did it to Me. "














Figure 7: Preview symbolically they are up to heaven and those who descended into hell.


Way up to Heaven by: faithfulness to the Lord [loyalty], trust, the original or properly [authenticity], reliable [credibility], resolution [consistency], good neighbor relations [positive interactions].

Way down to hell: if not faithful to the Lord [disloyalty], can not be trusted [Distrust], false or incorrect [inauthenticity], hesitated, inconsistency and not a good relationship with fellow human beings [negative interactions]



Hebrews 12: 22-23 "But you've come to Mount Zion, the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem and to the thousands of angels, a collection of festive, and to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven, and to God who judges all people, and to the spirits of righteous men who have become perfect. "



1 Peter 1: 3-4 "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who because of His great mercy has begotten us again by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to a life full of hope, to receive a portion that is not immortality that can not be defiled and that can not wither, which is stored in heaven for you. "













Figure 8: Those who go to heaven guarded and escorted by angels, by Jack Chick.







Ephesians 2: 4-6, 8-9 "But God is rich in mercy, because of His great love, who handed him over to us, we have turned together with Christ. Even if we had died by our mistakes- by grace you are saved, and in Christ Jesus he raised us up and place together with Him in heaven ... For by grace are ye saved through faith and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God, not of works; lest any should boast.




" People who were sealed from Israel and from all the nations:


Revelation 7: 4, 9 "And I heard a number of them who were sealed: one hundred forty four thousand who had been sealed from all ethnic Israel ... After these things I saw: in fact, a large collection of people who can not innumerable, of all nations and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, wearing white robes and holding palm fronds in their hands. "













Figure 9: Picture of heaven by artist Sven Grier.














Matthew 7: 21 "Not everyone who say to me: 'Lord, Lord! will enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father which is in heaven. "
















ASCENSION OF JESUS CHRIST AND THE GOAL





ASCENSION OF JESUS TO HEAVEN AND THE GOAL












WHAT ARE THE GOALS OF THE JESUS CHRIST ' S ASCENSION?








Jesus Christ rose to heaven to provide a place for people who believe in Jesus Christ, the Father and God the Holy Spirit. Below are some explanations of Bible verses addressed:








Figure 1: Jesus ascended into heaven












John 14: 2-3: "In my Father's house are many places to stay. If not so, I would have told you. Because I go over there to provide a place for you. And if I had gone over there and has provided a place for you, I'll come back and take you to my place, so that in places where I am, ye also are. "








John 14: 16-17: "I will ask the Father and He will give you an another Helper, that He is with you forever, the Spirit of Truth. The world can not receive Him, because world does not see Him and know him not. But you know Him, because He will dwell with you and in you. "



WHERE DID JESUS CHRIST ASCEND ?


· Jesus ascended to heaven or paradise and sat on the right hand of God as expressed by the verses of the Bible as follows:








Figure 2: Fig Heaven by Jack Chick











. Mark 16: 19 "After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God."



· Luke 24: 50-51 "Then Jesus led them out of town until near Bethany. There, he raised his hands and blessed them. And when he was blessing them, He parted from them and taken up into heaven. "



· Hebrews 1: 3b "And after He had finished the cleansing of sins, He sat on the right, the great, high place."



· Hebrews 1: 13b "Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under Your feet ."




Figure 3: Crucifixion of Jesus with 2 malefactors, by Albredt Alddorfer,1526



· To one a criminal who was crucified with Jesus, Luke 23: 43 Jesus said to him: "I tell you, today you shall be together with me in Paradise."








· 2 Corinthians 12: 3-4 "I also knew about that person -[ whether in body or outside body, I do not know, God know;]-He was suddenly taken up into Paradise and he heard the words unspoken that humans should not be pronounced.