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1 | How Many Levels Of Heaven are their! | 2 Cor 12:2 | BillyK | 17905 | ||
Heavens!!! I was told that there are three levels of heaven. Can anyone tell me PLEASE where I can find any info on this? Thank You!!! Bill |
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2 | How Many Levels Of Heaven are their! | 2 Cor 12:2 | Searcher56 | 17906 | ||
Bill, Welcome to the forum. 2Co 12:2 tells us that a man was caught up to the third heaven. The Jews constructed a multi-layered world, sort of like a large onion composed of various layers with the physical world in which human beings lived at the center. These layers were called "firmament" or shamayim (heavens or sky) in the Old Testament or "heavens" in the New Testament era. There are many other non-Biblical books and writings that also describe these layers. This model was still in use in the Middle Ages (1400s AD) when Dante wrote of the various levels of heaven and hell. The lowest heaven, the core of the "onion," is the visible physical world that all people can see. In most of these models the second heaven is composed of water, a great sea, a firmament dividing the earth from the heavenly beings. The third heaven was beyond the sight of human beings. It was the dwelling place of God and His attendant heavenly beings who He would send to protect Israel and the righteous. Joseph Smith (Mormons) taught that "in the celestial glory there are three heavens or degrees. Doctrine and Covenants, 76:11-119 The Muslims believe there are seven levels. "And He created seven skies (heavens) in two days, and taught each sky its duties. And He adorned the nearest sky (or: the sky of this world) with lamps (stars)…" (Fussilat 41: 12) Steve |
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