Subject: Woman's place in Heaven |
Bible Note: Hello wdc. Come now, let us reason together, saith the LORD (Isa. 1:18). If I may... Gen. 1:1 the word is "shamayim" which is plural and means "to be lofty" "sky." Gen. 1:6-8 has this "heaven" as under and above - two expanses. This one was created by God but He divided them into under and above - two. The ministry of Lucifer is on earth: Isaiah 14:13 (KJV) 13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God - I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: Ezek. 28:14 - If Lucifer is the "outstretched" cherub that "covers" what did he cover? It appears he covered or "outstretched" above the throne or Presence of God on the mountain of God (Jerusalem?), and this would mean he was "hovering" a few inches to several yards above the throne/Presence of God in the first heaven or expanse. The text says he wanted to ascend into second heaven above the clouds (where the planets reside - for some reason). This is the second heaven. Since man had not been atoned in TIME the curtain in the Tabernacle prevented an unatoned person to be in the Holy Presence of God so no one in the OT ascended in death to God but were in another place: the grave - Sheol/Hades or Paradise/Abraham's bosom [generally to the Hebrew mind meant the Presence of God, but not actually IN the Presence of God] Where did Moses and Elijah come from at the Transfiguration? Were they kept in Eden where a cherub with a flaming sword kept it from being entered let alone found? And Paul, did he go to an "expanse" [heaven - third or otherwise,] that was on the planet? Maybe Eden? If He went into the Presence of God Himself then this heaven is not a place, but a Person. As I hold with God creating man sin-ful being that God cannot reduplicate His attributes of nature into created matter, the same follows with a "place" or "location." If third heaven is a place or location, and it is eternal, then God reduplicated His eternal-ness into a location, and again, if one is to possess one attribute of God they must by necessity possess ALL attributes of Deity. To date, I prefer to believe first and second heaven as part of creation. "Third heaven" is not a place, but a Person - God. |