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Heaven & Death |
| Other topics: Sabbath | Repentance | Baptism | Heaven & Death | MAIN (How-to) |
| 1. Genesis 13;12-15 | Abraham and his seed promised the land of Canaan as a possesion forever. Abraham had to be given eternal life to inherit Canaan forever. |
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| 2. Romans 4:13 | This promise of eternal inheritance was later expanded to include the whole world! |
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| 3. Galatians 3:29 | If we belong to Christ, then we are Abraham?s seed. We belong to Christ, if we have His Spirit. (Romans 8:9), Since a Christian is one of Abraham?s seed, then the promise of eternal inheritance on the earth also belongs to them. |
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| 4. Hebrew 11: 8-13 | Abraham died not yet having received the promises. Obviously he will have to be resurrected and given eternal life to receive the promises of eternal inheritance of Canaan and the earth. |
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| 5. John 5:25-29 | Abraham and his seed will be resurrected, given eternal life and inherit the promises at the coming of Christ. |
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| 6. I Thessalonians 4:16-17 | We will rise at the resurrection to meet Christ in the air, not in Heaven where God?s throne is. |
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| 7. II Corinthians 15:50-51 | We shall be changed into immortal beings at the seventh last trump, not at our death. |
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| 8. Matthew 5:5 | The meek shall inherit the earth. A quotation from the O.T |
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| 9. Psalms 37:11 | The meek shall inherit the earth. |
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| 10. Rev. 5:10 | We are called to be God?s kings and priests and shall reign on the earth. |
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| 11. John 3:13 | No man hath ascended to heaven but Christ (Son of man). |
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| 12. Acts 2:29-34 | David has not ascended into the heavens. |
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| 13. Acts 13:22 | David was a man after God?s on heart. |
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| 14. Ezekiel 37:20- 25 | David will one day reign as king over Israel for ever. Obviously he will be given eternal life in God?s Kingdom and receive the promises at the resurrection. However, he has clearly not ascended in to the heavens, but is now in the grave. |
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| 15. Genesis 7:11 | To understand the subject of Heaven, we must understand that in the Bible it speaks of 3 heavens. Here is an example of the first heaven; the atmosphere, where there are clouds form, rain condenses and the birds fly. |
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| 16. 2 Psalms 8:3 | Here is an example of the second heaven mentioned in the Bible, the area outside the earth?s atmosphere often referred to as ?outer space? , where the sun, moon, stars and galaxies are located. |
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| 17. II Corinthians 12:2 | This is the third heaven, where God?s throne is located. |
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| 18. Revelation 4:1- 11 | This again is the third heaven where God sits on His Throne. |
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| 19. Matthew 5:10, 20 | This, as well as other passages speak of the saints inheriting the Kingdom of Heaven. However, it is not speaking of the Kingdom being in Heaven, but rather of or also from Heaven. |
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| 20. Revelation 21:1-3 | The Heavenly Jerusalem shall come down to this earth. |
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| 21. Daniel 2:44 | Kingdom of God shall consume all the kingdoms of the earth. It shall clearly be the Kingdom of God, from or of Heaven, established on the earth. |
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