Heavens vs Heaven, how many heavens do we have?

Sometimes the sky and universe are referred to as heaven in Scripture. Sometimes paradice is referred to as heaven. Let the context give you the meaning.

 

1st Heaven= Firmament/sky where the birds and airplanes fly.

2nd Heaven=Space: where the stars are

3rd Heaven=Paradise/Abraham's bosom: Place where God exists with the angels and spirits wait for the resurrection. Where Paul and John were taken to recieve their revelation.

peace to youraying:

 

I know of a pastor that teaches that there is an "intermediate heaven" that saved folks go to between the time they die and the time that Jesus comes back and raises their bodies from the grave.

But his theory assumes that God is confined by time, and is waiting for tomorrow to come just like we are. I think that if God created the concept of time, then He is certainly not confined by it, therefore there is no need for an "intermediate heaven".

Have any of you heard of this two heaven theory? I had not before this pastor told me about it.

AJ

 

Sounds like a combination of pergatory and open theism. Both of which are wrong.

I agree with CanadyJD.

 

Sounds like what some think was Abraham's Bosom from Luke 16.

But we know from what Paul wrote that "absent from the body, present with the Lord."

 

I remember a big ugly debate on that phrase just a few months ago. I, too, agree with what canadyjd said.