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1 | What's Heaven? | 2 Cor 12:2 | Kwigger | 105826 | ||
Thank you for your response, Makarios. Here's a follow-up: Where do we get the idea that the rank and file believers will occupy the third Heaven? Isn't that a bit of Hallmark and Hollywood that has crept into the beliefs of many? Also, do I take it from what you wrote that you believe that departed saints are currently in the third heaven? I have wrestled with this. Was Lazarus called out of Heaven or out of the grave? In the OT we hear dying called sleeping with our fathers. Hmmm. Kharis and shalom, Hoss |
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2 | What's Heaven? | 2 Cor 12:2 | Hank | 105904 | ||
"Slept with his fathers" is a common Hebrew idiom. It is common English usage to speak of one as having "passed away" or "gone to rest." All these expressions, Hebrew and English, mean one thing. They simply are idiomatic euphonisms for death. I believe it is a mistake to read any other meaning into the Hebrew idiom "slept with his fathers" than the simple declaration that someone died. --Hank | ||||||