The word “heaven” is found

times in the New Testament alone.

Heaven is a

place and is described in detail.

Scripture also refers to

heavens.

2 Corinthians 12:1–4 I must go on boasting. Though there is nothing to be gained by it, I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord. I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows. And I know that this man was caught up into paradise—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows— and he heard things that cannot be told, which man may not utter.

Now there are multiple arguments that these 3 heavens are the 3 levels of glory you aspire to by your works - the higher the level the closer to God. – Scripture

support that.

What are 3 heavens?

1. The first heaven is what the Old Testament most frequently referred to as the

   Reveal Answer
   .

2. The second heaven is

   Reveal Answer
   . - Genesis 1:16–19 And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars. And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.

3. The third heaven is the __dwelling __place of God. - John 14:2 In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?

This is also the destination of Old Testament saints who died trusting in God’s

of the Redeemer.

Ephesians 4:8 Therefore it says, “When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men.”

What’s Heaven Like?

The most famous description is from the

. – Revelation 21:10-27

John tells us that heaven possesses the “_glory_of God” - Revelation 21:11

Heaven has:

gates - Revelation 21:12

Each gate is a

pearl. – Revelation 21:21

__12 __foundations - Revelation 21:14

Wall construction - Revelation 21:17-20

144 cubits is __216 ft.

thick.

Dimensions - Revelation 21:15-16

1 Stadia – 607 ft. 12,000 stadia is

miles long.

Heaven is

square miles at its base. – US is 3.7 square miles – 329.5 million people.

1400 miles cubed that means with the average story of 20ft. then there are

floors of heaven.

2020 – 2.3 billion Christians in the world. –

people per square mile.

Which equates to

per person. - That’s just 1 floor of heaven.

Building blocks - Revelation 21:18

Pure Gold – is

. - Verse 21 – The Streets are see-through.

What’s Not Going To Be There?

Heaven is a place of “

”

No More Temple - Revelation 21:22

No more artificial light - Revelation 21:23-24

No more darkness - Revelation 21:25, 22:5

Never closed - Revelation 21:25

No more sin. - Revelation 21:27

No more sorrow, suffering, or sickness. - Revelation 21:4

No more separation - Revelation 20:6

No one who isn’t supposed to be there - Revelation 21:27

What Else Is There?

The Garden of Eden will be

: - Revelation 22:1-2

Our

that believed on Jesus. –

John 14:1–3 “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.

Our

. -

1 John 3:2 Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.

Bottom Line.

No matter how eloquent John was in describing Heaven, the reality is that it’s beyond our ability to truly imagine it.

1 Corinthians 2:9 But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”