In the Bible, the same English word can have different meanings depending on the context.
The classic word discussed here is the word "heaven"
Gen 1:20 heaven is where birds fly, that is the sky we see above us, the first heaven.
Isaiah 13:10 talks about the stars of heaven, so there is where the Sun is located, the 2nd heaven.
And of course, the one that many dispensationalists would know of, Paul talks about being caught up in the 3rd heaven (2 Cor 12:2-4)
The classic word discussed here is the word "heaven"
Gen 1:20 heaven is where birds fly, that is the sky we see above us, the first heaven.
Isaiah 13:10 talks about the stars of heaven, so there is where the Sun is located, the 2nd heaven.
And of course, the one that many dispensationalists would know of, Paul talks about being caught up in the 3rd heaven (2 Cor 12:2-4)
Yes the 3rd. The unseen holy place of faith, The hidden glory of God.
Caught up in a vision using the things seen the temporal enlightening the eyes of our new hearts with that not seen (faith)
The place found when the 2/20 prescription is applied .
2 Corinthians 4:18 While we look not at the things which are seen, ( the first and second heaven) but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal;( the first and second heaven) but the things which are not seen are eternal.
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