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Tag Archives: heaven
The Promise & The Warning of Jesus Christ’s Ascension
Acts 1:9-11 While they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; which also … Continue reading
Posted in God's Promises
Tagged angels, ascension, glory, God, heaven, Jesus Christ, judgment, resurrection, second coming of Christ
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Heavenly Housing
John 14:1-3 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. 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 … Continue reading
Posted in Heaven & Hell
Tagged ascension, God the Father, heaven, house, Jesus, mansions
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The Prophetic Symbolism of the Rainbow
Ezekiel 1:1, 26-28 Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and … Continue reading
A Memoir of Edward Payson (1783-1827)
Proverbs 10:7; Psalm 37:37 The memory of the just is blessed. Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace. JOHN GILL (1697-1771): None of the saints ever affirmed that they had arrived … Continue reading
Posted in Death & Resurrection
Tagged Beulah, death, Edward Payson, heaven, John Bunyan, peace, perfect, perfection
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Our Omnipresent All-Seeing God
Psalm 139:7,8,12; Proverbs 15:3; Jeremiah 23:23,24 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art … Continue reading
Posted in Meditation, Solitude & Self-examination
Tagged all-seeing, God, heaven, hell, omnipresent, omniscient, presence
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The Unholy Carnal Paradise of False Religion
Matthew 22:23-30 The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him, saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up … Continue reading
Posted in Heaven & Hell
Tagged Christianity, false religion, heaven, holiness, Islam, lust, paradise, polygamy, sensuality
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The Importance of Jesus Christ’s Ascension Into Heaven
John 20:17 Jesus saith unto her…I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. JOHN FLAVEL (1630-1691): Why did Christ ascend? ISAAC AMBROSE (1604-1664): The types prefigured it…The types of this were Enoch’s translation, … Continue reading
Posted in Atonement, Crucifixion, Ascension
Tagged ascension, heaven, intercession, Jesus Christ, prophecies, representative, Scripture, types, work
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Enoch’s Translation from Earth to Heaven
Genesis 5:24; Hebrews 11:5,6 Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation … Continue reading
Posted in Heaven & Hell
Tagged Enoch, heaven, rapture, resurrection
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The Plain Truth about Lies, & Truth, for a “Post-truth” Era
I John 2:21; Ephesians 4:25 No lie is of the truth. Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour. GEORGE SEATON BOWES (circa 1820’s-1880’s): When the question, “What is truth?” was proposed at a Deaf and Dumb … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous
Tagged heaven, hell, lies, truth
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Lifting Up Our Hearts & Eyes to God in Heaven
Psalm 25:1; Psalm 123:1; Lamentations 3:41 Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto … Continue reading
