A GLIMPSE OF HEAVEN
HEAVEN'S GATES
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A GLIMPSE OF HEAVEN BIBLE STUDY
LOOKING THROUGH HEAVEN'S GATES
Let's begin, shall we? Ever imagined what Heaven is like? Ever wanted just a glimpse of
Heaven? What would be revealed in a
glimpse of Heaven? Well, think of the most blissful place you can imagine and
Isaiah and Paul both say ... Not even close!
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Isaiah 64:4
For since the beginning of the world men have not heard,
nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen,
O God, beside thee,
what He hath prepared for him that waiteth for Him. |
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1 Corinthians 2:9
Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard,
neither have entered into the heart of man,
the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him.
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John 14:2-3
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. 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.
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A GLIMPSE OF HEAVEN AND GOD'S THRONE
PEARLY HEAVEN'S GATES
In
Revelation,
Chapter 4 we are given a description of God's Throne
in Heaven.
Let's look at the verses in Revelation
Chapter 4 ...
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REVELATION, CHAPTER 4
1After
this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in
Heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as
it were of a trumpet talking with me; which
said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee
things which must be hereafter.
2And
immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a
throne was set in Heaven, and One sat on the
throne.
3And
He that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a
sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round
about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
4And
round about the throne were four and twenty
seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty
elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and
they had on their heads crowns of gold.
5And
out of the throne proceeded lightnings and
thunderings and voices: and there were seven
lamps of fire burning before the throne, which
are the seven Spirits of God.
6And
before the throne there was a sea of glass like
unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne,
and round about the throne, were four beasts
full of eyes before and behind.
7And
the first beast was like a lion, and the second
beast like a calf, and the third beast had a
face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a
flying eagle.
8And
the four beasts had each of them six wings about
him; and they were full of eyes within: and they
rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy,
holy, LORD God Almighty, which was, and is, and
is to come.
9And
when those beasts give glory and honour and
thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth
for ever and ever,
10The
four and twenty elders fall down before him that
sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth
for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before
the throne, saying,
11Thou
art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour
and power: for thou hast created all things, and
for thy pleasure they are and were created.
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They say that a picture tells a thousand words ...
So, I
will share a detailed image to give you the visual.
An
artist created an image from the words shared in Revelation
Chapter 4 ...
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CLICK ON IMAGE TO SEE ENHANCED VIEW OF IMAGE
Art used by permission by Pat Marvenko Smith, copyright 1992.
Click here to visit her "Revelation Illustrated " site.
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Pretty
Awesome huh?
A GLIMPSE OF HEAVEN TIMING
PEEKING THROUGH HEAVEN'S GATES
The Bible reveals that after the End Times ...
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See
END
TIMES
Study at the end of this page to learn more. |
Will come the Millennium,
1000 years of rest and peace on earth.
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See
MILLENNIUM
Study at the end of this page to learn more. |
And after the Millennium will come the Great White Throne
Judgment.
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Revelation 20:11-15
And I saw a great
white throne,
and Him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the
Heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And
I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the
books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the
Book
of Life:
and
the
dead were judged out of those things which were written in
the books,
according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which
were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which
were in them: and they were judged every man according to
their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of
fire.
This
is the second death.
And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was
cast into the lake of fire. |
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See
WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT Study at the end of this page to learn more. |
The Book of Life is opened to see
who will enter Heaven and who will go to the
lake of fire to be tormented forever. Those
that were not written in the Book of Life are
thrown into the
Lake Of Fire. Those who are
written in the book of life, will live forever with God.
Then, God
will create a new Heaven and new Earth, for the present
Heaven and Earth are passed away and there is no more sea. There will also be a New Jerusalem.
GOD WILL CREATE A NEW HEAVEN AND NEW EARTH
BUT
WHY?
Ponder on this ...
Heaven and Earth were created in the
beginning ...
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Genesis 1:1-2
In the beginning God created the heaven and the
earth. And the earth was WITHOUT FORM AND VOID ; and
darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the
Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
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It is also written that God will make the earth void
again ...
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Jeremiah 4:22-27
For my people is foolish, they have not known me;
they are sottish children, and they have none
understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do
good they have no knowledge. I beheld the earth,
and, lo, it WAS WITHOUT FORM AND VOID and the
heavens, and they had no light. I beheld the
mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills
moved lightly. I beheld, and, lo, there was no man,
and all the birds of the heavens were fled. I
beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a
wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken
down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce
anger. For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land
shall be desolate; yet will I NOT MAKE A FULL END.
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And then He will create a New Heaven and New Earth,
just as He did in the book of Genesis.
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Isaiah 65:17
For,
behold, I create new heavens and a new earth:
and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into
mind.
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Just
as He has said He would after the Millennium.
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Revelation 21:1
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.
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It is OBVIOUS that the earth somehow becomes without form and
void from SOMETHING and God said HE was going to do so,
but that He would not make a full end and He said that
He would make a New Heaven and New Earth.
Could this mean RENEWED?
What if God regenerates the Earth every so
often as to cleanse it? This method of cleansing Heaven and Earth appears to happen
every 7000 years according to these Scriptures.
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See
7000 year sign study, at the end of this study, to learn more. |
Revelation, Chapter 21-22 reveals what it will be like.
I will let the Bible speak for itself because nobody
could explain it as well as it is described there.
A GLIMPSE OF HEAVEN BIBLE STUDY
LOOKING THROUGH HEAVEN'S GATES
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REVELATION, CHAPTER 21
1And
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.
2And
I John saw
the holy city,
new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of
Heaven,
prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
3And
I heard a great voice out of heaven saying,
Behold,
the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will
dwell with them,
and they shall be his people, and God himself
shall be with them, and be their God.
4And
God shall
wipe away all tears from their eyes;
and there shall be
no more death,
neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there
be any more pain:
for the former things are passed away.
5And
he that sat upon the throne said, Behold,
I make all things
new. And
he said unto me, Write: for these words are true
and faithful.
6And
he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and
Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give
unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the
water of life freely.
7He
that overcometh shall inherit all things;
and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
8But
the fearful, and unbelieving, and the
abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and
sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall
have their part in the lake which burneth with
fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
9And
there came unto me one of the seven angels which
had the seven vials full of the seven last
plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come
hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's
wife.
10And
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,
11Having
the glory of God: and
her light was
like unto a stone most precious, even like a
jasper stone, clear as crystal;
12And
had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates,
and at the gates twelve angels, and names
written thereon, which are the names of the
twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
13On
the east three gates; on the north three gates;
on the south three gates; and on the west three
gates.
14And
the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and
in them the names of the twelve apostles of the
Lamb.
15And
he that talked with me had a golden reed to
measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the
wall thereof.
16And
the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as
large as the breadth: and he measured the city
with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The
length and the breadth and the height of it are
equal.
17And
he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and
forty and four cubits, according to the measure
of a man, that is, of the angel.
18And
the building of the wall of it was of jasper:
and the city was pure gold, like unto clear
glass.
19And
the foundations of the wall of the city were
garnished with all manner of precious stones.
The first foundation was jasper; the second,
sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth,
an emerald;
20The
fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the
seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the
ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the
eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
21And
the twelve gates were twelve pearls: every
several gate was of one pearl: and the street of
the city was pure gold, as it were transparent
glass.
22And
I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God
Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
23And
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.
24And
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.
25And
the gates
of it shall not be shut at all by day:
for there
shall be no night there.
26And
they shall bring the glory and honour of the
nations into it.
27And
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.
REVELATION, CHAPTER 22
1And he shewed me a
pure river of
water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out
of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
2In
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.
3And
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:
4And
they shall see His face;
and His
name shall be in their foreheads.
5And
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.
6And
he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and
true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent
his angel to shew unto his servants the things
which must shortly be done.
7Behold,
I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the
sayings of the prophecy of this book.
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God will then dwell with mankind Revelation 21:3
... There shall be no more tears, death, sorrow or pain Revelation
21:4 ... He that overcomes, shall inherit all things and
become a child of God
Revelation 21:7 ... The New Jerusalem will be beautiful Revelation 21:10-22 ...
The city will not need the sun or moon, for God is the light.
Revelation 21:23 ... A river of life flows from God's throne through the land and the
Tree of Life will bare 12 manners of fruit, and the leaves from
the tree will be used for healing. Revelation 22:1-2 ... There will be no night time nor darkness
Revelation 22:5
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So you see it is not over when the End Times are
over. It is not over when the Millennium begins ...
Many like to create their own view of what is going
to happen and limit God.
God has already laid out His plan. From the
beginning to the END
OUR A GLIMPSE OF HEAVEN BIBLE STUDY ON HEAVEN'S GATES REVEALS THAT WE SHOULD KEEP OUR EYES ON HEAVEN BECAUSE SOON IT WILL BECOME ETERNAL
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