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Early Christian writers usually taught that heaven is a real place of life with God, not just a symbol. Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, Clement of Alexandria, Tertullian, Origen, Cyprian, Methodius, and Lactantius all speak of heaven as a promised home, a kingdom, or a place of reward for the saints. Many also connect heaven with the resurrection, Christ’s reign, and the new Jerusalem, while some texts also distinguish paradise from heaven or place paradise under heaven. The evidence is broad and early, but it is mixed on details such as whether paradise and the third heaven are the same place, and whether heaven is best described as a present spiritual hope or a future bodily inheritance.
For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Eternal house in the heavens.
Also in NKJV · ESV What the early church said about 2 Corinthians 5:1
And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
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I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
Direct Bible passage for the third heaven.
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For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
Heaven itself as Christ's ascended place.
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In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
Direct saying about a place prepared in the Father's house.
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And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
Direct saying about being with Christ where he is.
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Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.
Heavens of heavens and waters above the heavens.
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He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
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And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
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And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
Heavenly places in Christ.
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But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
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To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
Inheritance reserved in heaven.
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Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
Prepared kingdom language from Matthew.
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And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
New heaven and new earth as future home.
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And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.
Throne set in heaven.
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But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
Heavenly Jerusalem as future communion.
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And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
Ascension up to heaven in prophetic vision.
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And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
New Jerusalem from heaven.
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Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
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And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
Old Testament promise of an everlasting kingdom.
Also in NKJV · ESV What the early church said about Daniel 7:27
But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
A heavenly country prepared by God.
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And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
Heaven open and angels ascending and descending.
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For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
Hope laid up in heaven.
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And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
Ascension into heaven.
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Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
Christ gone into heaven with powers subject to him.
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Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
Died with Christ, shall live with him.
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If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
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And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
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And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Apocalyptic text about God's reign forever.
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Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.
Everlasting kingdom language.
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For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
Citizen status in heaven supports heavenly belonging.
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Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
New heavens and new earth frame future kingdom hope.
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To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
Eternal life tied to seeking glory and immortality.
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Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
First resurrection and reigning with Christ.
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Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
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And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.
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Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)
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Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.
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Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,
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Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say among the nations, The LORD reigneth.
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And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.
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But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?
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But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!
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Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.
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Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance.
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Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:)
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Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.
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Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
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Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.
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Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven.
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Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.
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Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
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Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
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He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision.
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The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD's throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
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Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.
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The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.
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For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
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The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.
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Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high,
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Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
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Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places.
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Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
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For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
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Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?
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Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?
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Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.
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Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
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Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.
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And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
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But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
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Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.
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But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:
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That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
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After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
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Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
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But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
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At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
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For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
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And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
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Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
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Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.
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And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
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But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.
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So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
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Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?
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For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
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Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
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And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
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And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
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And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there. And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it. And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
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And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads. And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
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For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
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In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
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And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:
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His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
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Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.
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For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
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But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
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Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
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The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.
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I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven;
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He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches:
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Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
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Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
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Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
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And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
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But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
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Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
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To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
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Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
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I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
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But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
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Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
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Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
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They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
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Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
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There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
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How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
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Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
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For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
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And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
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By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
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And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
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“Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.”
Colossians 3:2 KJV · 12 words
Listen“Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.”
Psalms 145:13 KJV · 13 words
Listen“The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.”
Psalms 33:13 KJV · 12 words
Listen“Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high,”
Psalms 113:5 KJV · 12 words
Listen“Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.”
Lamentations 3:50 KJV · 9 words
Listen“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”
Genesis 1:1 KJV · 10 words
Listen“There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.”
Hebrews 4:9 KJV · 10 words
Listen“And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.”
Genesis 5:24 KJV · 13 words
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“Next in the prayer comes, "Your kingdom come." We ask that the kingdom of God may come to us, just as we also ask that His name may be sanctified in us. For when does God not reign? Or when does that begin in Him which has always existed and never stops existing? We pray that our kingdom may come, the kingdom promised…”
“He maintains that Saint Paul had two revelations. He says the apostle does not mean that paradise is in the third heaven, as those who knew how to observe fine points of language would understand, when he says, “I know such a man caught up to the third heaven; and I know such a man, whether in the body or out of the b…”
“He says that Saint Paul had two revelations. He says the apostle does not mean that paradise is in the third heaven, according to those who knew how to notice the fine points of language, when he says, "I know such a man caught up to the third heaven; and I know such a man, whether in the body or out of the body, God…”
“Now the followers of Origen bring forward this passage, “For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved,” 2 Corinthians 5:1, and so on, to argue against the resurrection of the body. They say that the tabernacle is the body, and that the house not made with hands in the heavens is our spiritua…”
“Now the followers of Origen bring forward this passage, "For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved," 2 Corinthians 5:1, and so on, to argue against the resurrection of the body. They say that the tabernacle is the body, and that the house not made with hands in the heavens is our spiritua…”
“But from this point, when Christ is proved by the sacred authority of the divine writings to be not only man but also God, other heretics arise and try to weaken the true belief about Christ. By this very fact, they want to show that Christ is God the Father, because He is said to be not only man, but also God. For th…”
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