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Speaker 1: Have you ever wondered why the apostle Paul mention being
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Speaker 1: caught up to the third heaven? Why not the first
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Speaker 1: or the second? What could this ancient biblical revelation tell
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Speaker 1: us about the mysteries of the universe that modern science
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Speaker 1: is only beginning to uncover. In taking Corinthians twelve two,
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Speaker 1: we find one of the most intriguing passages in the Bible,
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Speaker 1: a direct mention of the existence of multiple heavens. This
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Speaker 1: is knowledge that ancient civilizations possessed and that surprisingly is
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Speaker 1: beginning to make sense in light of the latest discoveries
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Speaker 1: about parallel dimensions and the structure of the cosmos. Get
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Speaker 1: ready for a journey that will completely transform your understanding
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Speaker 1: of the heavenly realms. When we lift our eyes to
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Speaker 1: the sky on a clear day, we see the first
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Speaker 1: of the three heavens mentioned in the Bible, the atmospheric realm.
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Speaker 1: This is the sky closest to us, the one we
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Speaker 1: can see and feel, where birds fly and clouds form.
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Speaker 1: To understand its creation and significance, we need to go
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Speaker 1: back to the very beginning, when God laid the foundations
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Speaker 1: of our world. In Genesis one one to two, we
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Speaker 1: find the initial state of creation. In the beginning, God
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Speaker 1: created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without
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Speaker 1: form and void, and darkness was on the face of
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Speaker 1: the deep, and the spirit of God was hovering over
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Speaker 1: the face of the waters. This initial scene shows us
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Speaker 1: a world covered by water, shrouded in darkness, awaiting God's
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Speaker 1: creative command. On the second day of creation, as we
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Speaker 1: read in Genesis one six to eight, God established the firmament.
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Speaker 1: Then God said, let there be a firmament in the
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Speaker 1: midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters
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Speaker 1: from the waters. Thus God made the firmament and divided
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Speaker 1: the waters which were under the firmament from the waters
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Speaker 1: which were above the firmament. And it was so, and
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Speaker 1: God called the firmament heaven. The Hebrew word used here
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Speaker 1: for firmament is rakia, which suggests something expanded or stretched out,
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Speaker 1: like a dome or canopy over the earth. This firmament
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Speaker 1: was not just an empty space. In Job thirty seven
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Speaker 1: eighteen we find a fascinating description, have you with him
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Speaker 1: spread out the skies strong as a cast metal mirror.
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Speaker 1: This passage suggests a solid and stable structure established by
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Speaker 1: God to maintain order in creation. The term cast metal
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Speaker 1: mirror evokes the idea of a reflective and resilient surface,
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Speaker 1: possibly related to the atmosphere's ability to reflect and filter sunlight.
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Speaker 1: The complexity of this first heaven becomes even more evident
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Speaker 1: when we study the water cycle described in the Bible.
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Speaker 1: In Job thirty six twenty seven twenty eight, we find
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Speaker 1: a surprisingly precise depiction, for he draws up drops of
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Speaker 1: water which distill as rain from the mist, which the
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Speaker 1: cloud drop down and pour abundantly on man. This passage
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Speaker 1: demonstrates an understanding of the hydrological cycle that modern science
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Speaker 1: would only fully grasp centuries later. Divine control over this
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Speaker 1: first heaven is evident in several moments of Biblical history.
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Speaker 1: In Exodus fourteen twenty one, we see how God used
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Speaker 1: the wind to part the Red Sea. Then Moses stretched
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Speaker 1: out his hand over the sea, and the Lord caused
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Speaker 1: the sea to go back by a strong east wind
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Speaker 1: all that night and made the sea into dry land,
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Speaker 1: and the waters were divided. This event showcases God's power
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Speaker 1: over atmospheric elements to fulfill his purposes. During the period
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Speaker 1: of the Exodus, the first heavens served as a stage
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Speaker 1: for continuous manifestations of divine presence. In Exodus thirteen twenty
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Speaker 1: one to twenty two, we read, and the Lord went
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Speaker 1: before them by day in a pillar of cloud to
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Speaker 1: lead the way, and by night in a pillar of
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Speaker 1: fire to give them light, so as to go by
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Speaker 1: day and night. He did not take away the pillar
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Speaker 1: of cloud by day or the pillar of fire by
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Speaker 1: night from before the people. This visible manifestation of God's
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Speaker 1: presence in the First Heaven lasted for forty years, guiding
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Speaker 1: the people of Israel through the wilderness. The importance of
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Speaker 1: the First Heaven as an instrument of divine will is
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Speaker 1: also evident in the story of the prophet Elijah. In
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Speaker 1: Breaking seventeen one, we find Elijah declaring, as the Lord,
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Speaker 1: God of Israel lives before whom I stand, there shall
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Speaker 1: not be due nor reign these years except at my word.
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Speaker 1: This proclamation initiated a three and a half year drought,
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Speaker 1: demonstrating how God can use atmospheric elements for his purposes.
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Speaker 1: The end of this drought is equally significant. In First
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Speaker 1: Kings eighteen forty one forty five, after the confrontation on
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Speaker 1: Mount Carmel, Elijah prophesies the return of rain. Then Elijah
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Speaker 1: said to Ahab, go up, eat and drink, for there
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Speaker 1: is the sound of abundance of rain. Now it happened
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Speaker 1: in the meantime that the sky became black with clouds
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Speaker 1: and wind, and there was a heavy rain. This event
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Speaker 1: not only demonstrates divine control over the elements, but also
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Speaker 1: how the First Heaven serves as a stage for the
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Speaker 1: display of God's power. The role of the First Heaven
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Speaker 1: as a prophetic sign is established in several passages. In
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Speaker 1: Jol Two thirty thirty one, we find a significant prophecy,
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Speaker 1: and I will show wonders in the heavens and in
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Speaker 1: the earth, blood and fire and pillars of smoke. The
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Speaker 1: sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into
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Speaker 1: blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day
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Speaker 1: of the Lord. These atmospheric signs are part of the
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Speaker 1: events that will herald the coming of the Day of
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Speaker 1: the Lord. Jesus also spoke about signs in the First
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Speaker 1: Heaven in Luked twenty one twenty five twenty six. He prophesies,
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Speaker 1: and there will be signs in the sun, in the moon,
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Speaker 1: and in the stars, and on the earth, distress of
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Speaker 1: nations with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring men's hearts,
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Speaker 1: failing them from fear and the expectation of those things
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Speaker 1: which are coming on the earth, for the powers of
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Speaker 1: the heavens will be shaken. This passage shows us that
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Speaker 1: the First Heaven will continue to be a place of
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Speaker 1: divine manifestations until the end of time. God's wisdom in
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Speaker 1: creating the First Heaven is evident in its vital functions.
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Speaker 1: In Isaiah forty twenty two, we read it is he
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Speaker 1: who sits above the circle of the earth, and its
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Speaker 1: inhabitants are like grasshoppers, who stretches out the heavens like
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Speaker 1: a curtain and spreads them out like a tent to
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Speaker 1: dwell in. This poetic description reminds us that the First
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Speaker 1: Heaven was designed as a perfectly suitable habitat for life
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Speaker 1: on earth. The Psalmist also acknowledgd is the majesty of
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Speaker 1: the First Heaven in Psalm one O. Four two three.
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Speaker 1: He wraps himself in light as with a garment. He
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Speaker 1: stretches out the heavens like a tent, and lays the
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Speaker 1: beams of his upper chambers on the waters. He makes
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Speaker 1: the clouds his chariot and rides on the wings of
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Speaker 1: the wind. This passage gives us a poetic glimpse of
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Speaker 1: God's sovereignty over the atmospheric realm. In Proverbs c. Eight
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Speaker 1: twenty seven two twenty nine, personified wisdom describes its role
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Speaker 1: in the creation of the First Heaven. I was there
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Speaker 1: when he set the heavens in place, when he marked
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Speaker 1: out the horizon on the face of the deep, when
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Speaker 1: he established the clouds above and fixed securely the fountains
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Speaker 1: of the deep, when he gave the sea its boundary
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Speaker 1: so the waters would not overstep his command, And when
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Speaker 1: he marked out the foundations of the earth. This passage
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Speaker 1: shows us the precision and purpose with which the First
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Speaker 1: Heaven was established. The First Heaven also serves as a
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Speaker 1: constant testimony to God's glory. In Psalm nineteen one to two,
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Speaker 1: we read the heavens declare the glory of God. The
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Speaker 1: skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day.
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Speaker 1: They pour forth speech, night after night they reveal knowledge.
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Speaker 1: This silent yet powerful testimony continues day after day, proclaiming
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Speaker 1: the existence and wisdom of the Creator. At the end
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Speaker 1: of times, the First Heaven will take part in the
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Speaker 1: cosmic transformations foretold in prophecy. In Revelation six fourteen, we
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Speaker 1: read the sky receded like a scroll being rolled up,
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Speaker 1: and every mountain and island was removed from its place.
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Speaker 1: This dramatic description shows us that even this familiar heaven
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Speaker 1: will undergo a complete transformation in God's divine plan. Thus,
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Speaker 1: as we contemplate the wonders of the first Heaven, its clouds,
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Speaker 1: its winds, its rains, and its storms, we are naturally
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Speaker 1: led to lift our eyes even higher toward the Second Heaven,
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Speaker 1: the celestial realm where the heavenly bodies perform their cosmic
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Speaker 1: dance in perfect harmony. Beyond the atmosphere that surrounds us
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Speaker 1: lies a vast celestial realm that the Bible identifies as
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Speaker 1: the Second Heaven. This is the domain of the stars, planets,
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Speaker 1: and galaxies, created by God to manifest his glory and
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Speaker 1: establish signs and times for humanity. The creation of this
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Speaker 1: Second Heaven is described in Genesis one fourteen to sixteen.
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Speaker 1: And God said, let there be lights in the vault
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Speaker 1: of the sky to separate the day from the night,
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Speaker 1: and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times
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Speaker 1: and days and years. And let them be lights in
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Speaker 1: the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.
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Speaker 1: And it was so God made two great lights, the
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Speaker 1: greater life to govern the day and the less alight
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Speaker 1: to govern the night. He also made the stars. This
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Speaker 1: creative act established not only the beauty of the night sky,
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Speaker 1: but also a precise system for measuring time and seasons.
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Speaker 1: The Book of Job offers us a fascinating perspective on
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Speaker 1: the Second Heaven. In Job thirty eight thirty one thirty three,
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Speaker 1: God asks, can you bind the chains of the Pleiades?
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Speaker 1: Can you loosen Orion's belt? Can you bring forth the
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Speaker 1: constellations in their seasons? Or lead out the bear with
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Speaker 1: its cubs? Do you know the laws of the heavens?
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Speaker 1: Can you set up God's dominion over the earth. These
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Speaker 1: questions reveal that the constellations are not random arrangements, but
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Speaker 1: patterns established by God with purpose and order. The vastness
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Speaker 1: of the second Heaven serves as a testimony to the
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Speaker 1: greatness of the Creator. In Isaiah forty twenty six, we
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Speaker 1: are in right to consider this truth. Lift up your
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Speaker 1: eyes and look to the heavens who created all these
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Speaker 1: He who brings out the starry host one by one
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Speaker 1: and calls forth each of them by name. Because of
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Speaker 1: His great power and mighty strength, not one of them
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Speaker 1: is missing. This verse shows us that every celestial body
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Speaker 1: is known and sustained by God. The Second Heaven is
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Speaker 1: also the stage for spiritual battles. In Daniel ten twelve
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Speaker 1: to thirteen, we find a surprising revelation. Then he continued,
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Speaker 1: do not be afraid, Daniel, since the first day that
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Speaker 1: you set your mind to gain understanding and to humble
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Speaker 1: yourself before your God. Your words were heard, and I
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Speaker 1: have come in response to them, but the Prince of
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Speaker 1: the Persian Kingdom resisted me twenty one days. This passage
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Speaker 1: reveals that there is a spiritual dimension in the Second Heaven,
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Speaker 1: where angelic and demonic forces into the apostle. Paul refers
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Speaker 1: to this reality in Ephesians six twelve, for our struggle
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Speaker 1: is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers,
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Speaker 1: against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world,
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Speaker 1: and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
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Speaker 1: These heavenly realms include the Second Heaven, where spiritual conflicts
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Speaker 1: take place affecting the earth. The importance of the Second
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Speaker 1: Heaven as a place of divine signs is evidenced in
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Speaker 1: several biblical passages. In Matthew two one to two, the
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Speaker 1: wise men from the east declare, where is the one
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Speaker 1: who has been born King of the Jews? We saw
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Speaker 1: his star when it rose, and have come to worship him.
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Speaker 1: This event demonstrates how God can use celestial bodies to
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Speaker 1: communicate his purposes. One of the most extraordinary events involving
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Speaker 1: the Second Heaven occurred during the conquest of Canaan. In
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Speaker 1: Joshua ten twelve to thirteen, we read on the day
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Speaker 1: the Lord gave the Amorites over to Israel, Joshua said
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Speaker 1: to the Lord, in the presence of Israel, son stands
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Speaker 1: still over Gibeon, and you moon over the valley of Ajalon.
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Speaker 1: So the sun stood still and the moon stopped till
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Speaker 1: the nation avenged itself on its enemies. This miracle demonstrates
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Speaker 1: God's absolute control over the celestial bodies. King Hezekiah also
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Speaker 1: witnessed an extraordinary sign in the Second Heaven in Second
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Speaker 1: King's twenty nine eleven, when God promised to add fifteen
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Speaker 1: years to his life. The sign was given through the
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Speaker 1: movement of the Sun's shadow. Isaiah answered, this is the
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Speaker 1: Lord's signed to you that the Lord will do what
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Speaker 1: he has promised. Shall the shadow go forward ten steps?
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Speaker 1: Or shall it go back ten steps? It is a
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Speaker 1: simple matter for the shadow to go forward ten steps,
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Speaker 1: said Hezekiah, rather have it go back ten steps. Then
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Speaker 1: the prophet Isaiah called on the Lord, and the Lord
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Speaker 1: made the shadow go back the ten steps it had
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Speaker 1: gone down on the stairway of Ahaz. The Second Heaven
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Speaker 1: also serves as a measure of God's faithfulness. In Jeremiah
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Speaker 1: thirty one thirty five thirty six, we find this promise.
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Speaker 1: This is what the Lord says, He who appoints the
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Speaker 1: sun to shine by day, who decrees the moon and
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Speaker 1: stars to shine by night, who stirs up the sea
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Speaker 1: so that its waves roar, The Lord Almighty is his name.
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Speaker 1: Only if these decrees vanish from my sight, declares the Lord,
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Speaker 1: will Israel's descendants ever cease to be a nation before me.
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Speaker 1: During Jesus's crucifixion, the Second Heaven displayed supernatural signs. In
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Speaker 1: Luke twenty three forty four forty five, we read it
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Speaker 1: was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over
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Speaker 1: the whole land until the ninth hour for the sun
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Speaker 1: stopped shining. This cosmic event marked the most significant moment
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Speaker 1: in human history. The Second Heaven will also play a
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Speaker 1: crucial role in end time's events. In Mark thirteen twenty
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Speaker 1: four to twenty five, Jesus prophesies, but in those days
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Speaker 1: after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened and the
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Speaker 1: moon will not give its light. The stars will fall
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Speaker 1: from the sky, and the powers in the heavens will
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Speaker 1: be shaken. These cosmic transformations will signal the nearness of
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Speaker 1: Christ's return. In Revelation twelve one, John describes an astonishing
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Speaker 1: sign in the Second Heaven. A great sign appeared in heaven,
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Speaker 1: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under
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Speaker 1: her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.
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Speaker 1: This vision demonstrates how the Second Heaven continues to be
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Speaker 1: a means through which God communicates spiritual truths. The beauty
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Speaker 1: and order of the Second Heaven constantly remind us of
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Speaker 1: the majesty of the Creator. In Sight Arm one forty
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Speaker 1: seven four to five, the Psalmist declares he determines the
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Speaker 1: number of the stars and calls them each by name.
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Speaker 1: Great is our Lord and mighty in power. His understanding
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Speaker 1: has no limit. This truth remains relevant even in our
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Speaker 1: era of space telescopes and astronomical discoveries. As modern astronomers
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Speaker 1: continue to uncover new wonders in the Second Heaven, we
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Speaker 1: are reminded of the words in Psalm nineteen to one.
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Speaker 1: The heavens declare the glory of God, the skies proclaim
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Speaker 1: the work of his hands. Each new discovery only confirms
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Speaker 1: the greatness of the Creator and the precision of his work. Thus,
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Speaker 1: as we contemplate the wonders of the Second Heaven, its
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Speaker 1: countless stars, planets, in precise orbits, and distant galaxies, we
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Speaker 1: are naturally led to consider the Third Heaven, that even
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Speaker 1: higher realm where God's very throne is established. Beyond the
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Speaker 1: atmospe spheric realm and the celestial space, there is a
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Speaker 1: third Heaven, a transcendent spiritual kingdom where God's throne is established.
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Speaker 1: This is the highest and holiest place in all creation,
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Speaker 1: referred to in scripture as Paradise. In Seca Corinthians twelve
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Speaker 1: two to four, the apostle Paul gives us a glimpse
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Speaker 1: of this extraordinary realm. I know a man in Christ
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Speaker 1: who fourteen years ago was caught up to the Third Heaven.
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Speaker 1: Whether it was in the body or out of the body,
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Speaker 1: I do not know. God knows, And I know that
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Speaker 1: this man, whether in the body or apart from the body,
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Speaker 1: I do not know, but God knows, was caught up
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Speaker 1: to paradise and heard inexpressible things, things that no one
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Speaker 1: is permitted to tell. This unique experience reveals that the
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Speaker 1: Third Heaven is such a glorious place that human words
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Speaker 1: are inadequate to describe it. The prophet Isaiah had a
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Speaker 1: stunning vision of the Third Heaven in Isaiah six one four.
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Speaker 1: He reports, in the year that King Oziah died, I
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Speaker 1: saw the Lord High and Exalted, seated on a throne,
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Speaker 1: and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above
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Speaker 1: him were seraphim, each with six wings. With two they
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Speaker 1: covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and
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Speaker 1: with two they were flying. And they were calling to
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Speaker 1: one another. Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord Almighty. The
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Speaker 1: whole earth is full of his glory. At the sound
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Speaker 1: of their voices, the door posts and thresholds shook, and
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Speaker 1: the temple was filled with smoke. This description gives us
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Speaker 1: a small glimpse of the majesty and holiness that permeate
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Speaker 1: the Third Heaven. The apostle John also received a detailed
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Speaker 1: revelation of the Third Heaven. In Revelation four two to six,
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Speaker 1: he describes, at once I was in the spirit, and
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Speaker 1: there before me was a throne in heaven, someone sitting
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Speaker 1: on it, and the one who sat there had the
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Speaker 1: appearance of jasper and ruby. A rainbow that shone like
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Speaker 1: an emerald encircled the throne. Surrounding the throne were twenty
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Speaker 1: four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty four elders.
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Speaker 1: They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold
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Speaker 1: on their heads. From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings,
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Speaker 1: and peals of thunder. In front of the throne, seven
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Speaker 1: lamps were blazing. These are the seven spirits of God.
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Speaker 1: Also in front of the throne there was what looked
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Speaker 1: like a sea of glass, clear as crystal. The prophet
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Speaker 1: Ezekiel had an extraordinary vision of God's throne in the
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Speaker 1: Third Heaven. In Ezekiel one twenty six twenty eight, he
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Speaker 1: reports above the vault over their heads was what looked
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Speaker 1: like a throne of Lapis Lazuli, and high above on
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Speaker 1: the throne was a figure like that of a man.
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Speaker 1: I saw that from what appeared to be his waist up,
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Speaker 1: he looked like glowing metal, as if full of fire,
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Speaker 1: and that from there down he looked like fire. And
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Speaker 1: brilliant light surrounded him, like the appearance of a rainbow
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Speaker 1: in the clouds on a rainy day, So was the
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Speaker 1: radiance around him. This was the appearance of the likeness
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Speaker 1: of the glory of the Lord. The Third Heaven is
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Speaker 1: also the place where continuous heavenly worship takes place. In
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Speaker 1: Revelation five eleven to twelve, John describes an awe inspiring scene.
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Speaker 1: Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels,
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Speaker 1: numbering thousands upon thousands and ten thousand times ten thousand.
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Speaker 1: They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders.
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Speaker 1: In a loud voice, they were saying, worthy is the
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Speaker 1: Lamb who was slain to receive power and wealth and
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Speaker 1: wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise. God's
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Speaker 1: presence in the third Heaven is so glorious that even
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Speaker 1: the highest angelic beings display extreme reverence. In Revelations seven
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Speaker 1: eleven twelve, we read all the angels were standing around
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Speaker 1: the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures.
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Speaker 1: They fell down on their faces before the throne and
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Speaker 1: worshiped God, saying Amen, Praise and glory and wisdom and
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Speaker 1: thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God,
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Speaker 1: forever and ever. Amen. In the Third Heaven we also
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Speaker 1: find the true heavenly Tabernacle in Hebrews eight one to two.
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Speaker 1: It is revealed now the main point of what we
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Speaker 1: are saying is this, we do have such a high
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Speaker 1: priest who sat down at the right hand of the
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Speaker 1: throne of the Majesty in Heaven, and who serves in
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Speaker 1: the sanctuary, the true tabernacle set up by the Lord,
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Speaker 1: not by a mere human being. This heavenly sanctuary served
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Speaker 1: as the model for the earthly tabernacle build by Moses.
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Speaker 1: The glory of the Third Heaven is so extraordinary that
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Speaker 1: even the most detailed description seem inadequate. In Verse Corinthians two, nine,
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Speaker 1: Paul quotes Isaiah. However, as it is written, what no
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Speaker 1: eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what
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Speaker 1: no human mind has conceived, the things God has prepared
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Speaker 1: for those who love him. This passage suggests that the
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Speaker 1: reality of the Third Heaven surpasses anything we can imagine.
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Speaker 1: In Revelation eight one, we find a unique moment in
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Speaker 1: the Third Heaven. When he opened the seventh Seal, there
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Speaker 1: was silence in heaven for about half an hour. This
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Speaker 1: dramatic silence in a place normally filled with worship and proclamation,
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Speaker 1: highlights the solemnity of the divine judgments that were about
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Speaker 1: to be unleashed. The Third Heaven also contains divine records.
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Speaker 1: In Revelation twenty twelve, John describes, and I saw the dead,
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Speaker 1: great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened.
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Speaker 1: Another book was opened, which is the Book of Life.
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Speaker 1: These heavenly records contain not only the names of the redeemed,
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Speaker 1: the Angel showed me the river of the water of life,
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Speaker 1: stood the Tree of Life, bearing twelve crops of fruit
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Speaker 1: yielding its fruit every month, and the leaves of the
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Speaker 1: Daniel had an awe inspiring vision of the Age of
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Speaker 1: His clothing was as white as snow. The hair of
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Speaker 1: The Third Heaven is also the place where the prayers
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Speaker 1: The smoke of the incense together with the prayers of
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Speaker 1: God's people went up before God from the Angel's hand.
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Speaker 1: In the future, the Third Heaven will have an even
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Speaker 1: heard a loud voice from the throne saying, Look, God's
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Speaker 1: dwelling place is now among the people, and He will
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Speaker 1: so as we contemplate the indescribable glories of the Third Heaven,
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Speaker 1: we begin to understand how these three celestial realms, the atmospheric,
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Speaker 1: the heavenly, and the paradise, interact and connect within a
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Speaker 1: one of the most fascinating aspects of bib revelation. These
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Speaker 1: in Biblical history where we can clearly see how these
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Speaker 1: remarkable examples of this interaction occurred at the baptism of Jesus.
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Speaker 1: In Luke three twenty one twenty two, we read when
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Speaker 1: And as he was praying, Heaven was opened, and the
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Speaker 1: and a voice came from heaven. You are my son,
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Speaker 1: this unique moment, we see the first heaven opening, a
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Speaker 1: from the third Heaven. On the mount of Transfiguration, we
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Speaker 1: witness another extraordinary interaction between the heavens. In Matthew seventeen
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Speaker 1: His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became
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Speaker 1: as white as the light. Just then there appeared before
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Speaker 1: them Moses and Elijah talking with Jesus. Peter said to Jesus, Lord,
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Speaker 1: it is good for us to be here. If you wish,
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Speaker 1: a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the
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Speaker 1: cloud said, this is my son whom I love. With him,
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Speaker 1: I am well pleased listen to him. This event shows
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Speaker 1: how the glory of the third Heaven can manifest through
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Speaker 1: the other heavens. Jacob's experience at Bethel reveals another moment
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Speaker 1: he saw a stare resting on the earth, with its
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Speaker 1: top reaching to Heaven, and the angels of God were
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Speaker 1: ascending and descending on it. There above it stood the Lord.
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Speaker 1: This celestial stairway symbolizes the continuous connection between the three
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Speaker 1: these realms. The prophet Ezekiel had a vision that demonstrates
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Speaker 1: how the three heavens can open simultaneously. In Ezekiel one one,
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Speaker 1: he recounts in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month,
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Speaker 1: on the fifth day, while I was among the exiles
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Speaker 1: by the Kebah River, the heavens were opened, and I
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Speaker 1: saw visions of God. This opening of the heavens allowed
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Speaker 1: Ezekiel to behold the realities of the three celestial realms
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Speaker 1: in a single vision. The ascension of Jesus also demonstrates
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Speaker 1: the interaction between the heavens. In Acts one ninety eleven,
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Speaker 1: we read after er he said this, They watched as
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Speaker 1: while he was going. Suddenly two men dressed in white
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Speaker 1: stood beside them, men of Galilee. They said, why do
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Speaker 1: you stand here looking into the sky. This same Jesus
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Speaker 1: back in the same way you have seen him go
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Speaker 1: into heaven. This event shows Jesus passing through the three
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Speaker 1: seven fifty five to fifty six, we find but Stephen,
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Speaker 1: full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and
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Speaker 1: saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the
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Speaker 1: right hand of God. Look, he said, I see heaven open,
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Speaker 1: and the Son of Man standing at the right hand
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Speaker 1: of God. This moment reveals how the heavens can own
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Speaker 1: In Daniel seven thirteen, the prophet describes a scene that
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Speaker 1: illustrates movement between the heavens. In my vision at night,
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Speaker 1: I looked, and there before me was when like a
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Speaker 1: son of Man, coming with the clouds of heaven, he
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Speaker 1: This passage demonstrates how the realities of the second and
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Speaker 1: third heavens can overlap in prophetic visions. The interaction between
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Speaker 1: the heavens is also seen in angelic manifestations. In Daniel
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Speaker 1: ten thirteen, an angel explains to Daniel, but the Prince
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Speaker 1: of the Persian Kingdom resisted me for twenty one days.
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Speaker 1: Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help
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Speaker 1: me because I was detained there with the king of Persia.
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Speaker 1: This account reveals that spiritual battles take place in the
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Speaker 1: heavenly realms, directly affecting events on earth. The prophet Elijah
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Speaker 1: in Second Kings two eleven. We read as they were
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Speaker 1: them and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind.
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Speaker 1: This event shows how a human being can be transported
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Speaker 1: Kings eight twenty seven, he declares, but will God really
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Speaker 1: dwell on earth? The heavens? Even the highest heaven cannot
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Speaker 1: This statement recognizes the vastness and into connectedness of the
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Speaker 1: heavenly realms. John in his apocalyptic visions, frequently witnessed the
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Speaker 1: interaction action between the heavens. In Revelation fifteen five to six,
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Speaker 1: he describes, after this I looked, and I soar in
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Speaker 1: and it was opened. Out of the temple came the
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Speaker 1: the other heavens and the earth. Divine intervention often involves
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Speaker 1: the coordination of all three heavens. In Revelation sixteen seventeen
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Speaker 1: Then there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder,
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Speaker 1: and a severe earthquake. Here we see how a proclamation
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Speaker 1: from the third heaven results in manifestations in the First
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Speaker 1: and second heavens. The apostle Paul understood that our spiritual
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Speaker 1: battle involves all heavenly realms. In Ephesians two too, he
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Speaker 1: described Satan as the prince of the power of the air,
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Speaker 1: indicating that spiritual forces operate through different levels of the heavens.
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Speaker 1: The new creation promised by God will involve the transformation
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Speaker 1: John prophesies, then I saw a new Heaven and a
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Speaker 1: This cosmic renewal will affect all levels of the heavens,
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Speaker 1: establishing a new order of existence. Thus, as we understand
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Speaker 1: how the three heavens interact and influence one another. We
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Speaker 1: spiritual reality, preparing us to grasp both the scientific and
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Speaker 1: spiritual revelations that confirm these ancient truths. The biblical understanding
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Speaker 1: revealing how ancient knowledge and contemporary science can compliment each
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Speaker 1: In Isaiah forty twenty two, we find a remarkable description.
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Speaker 1: He sits enthroned above the circle of the Earth, and
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Speaker 1: its people are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens
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Speaker 1: to dwell in. This ancient description of the Earth's spherical
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Speaker 1: shape and the expansion of the universe anticipated scientific discoveries
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Speaker 1: that would only be confirmed millennia later. The layered structure
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Speaker 1: description of the first heaven. In Job thirty six twenty
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Speaker 1: He draws up the drops of water, which distill as
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Speaker 1: rain to the streams. The clouds pour down their moisture,
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Speaker 1: and abundant showers fall on mankind, who can understand how
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Speaker 1: he spreads out the clouds, how he thunders from his pavilion.
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Speaker 1: This passage demonstrates an understanding of atmospheric processes that modern
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Speaker 1: meteorology would later confirm. Modern astrophysics has revealed the vastness
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Speaker 1: of the second Heaven in ways that echo the words
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Speaker 1: of Jeremiah thirty three twenty two. As the host of
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Speaker 1: Heaven cannot be counted, nor the sand of the sea measured,
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Speaker 1: So will I multiply the descendants of my servant David.
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Speaker 1: When this text was written, the number of visible stars
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Speaker 1: was only a few thousand, but today we know there
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Speaker 1: are billions of galaxies containing trillions of stars. In Job
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Speaker 1: the Earth over nothing. This ancient description of the Earth
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Speaker 1: quantum physics has revealed aspects of reality that suggest the
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Speaker 1: directly observe. In Tewo Corinthians four eighteen, Paul writes, so
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Speaker 1: we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but
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Speaker 1: but what is unseen is eternal. This distinction between visible
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Speaker 1: and invisible realities finds parallels in scientific theories about extra
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Speaker 1: dimensions and multiverses. The biblical concept of the firmament or
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Speaker 1: expanse finds an interesting correlation in the scientific discovery of
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Speaker 1: Earth's magnetosphere. This invisible layer of magnetic protection shields our
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Speaker 1: planet from harmful solar radiation, precisely fulfilling the role of
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Speaker 1: separation and protection described in Genesis one six time seven,
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Speaker 1: and God said, let there be of vault between the waters,
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Speaker 1: to separate water from water. Modern science has also uncovered
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Speaker 1: the crucial importance of the exact proportion of the universe's
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Speaker 1: fundamental forces. In Isaiah forty five eighteen, we read, for
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Speaker 1: this is what the Lord says, He who created the heavens.
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Speaker 1: He is God, he who fashioned and made the earth.
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Speaker 1: He founded it. He did not create it to be empty,
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Speaker 1: but formed it to be inhabited. This verse suggests a
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Speaker 1: finely huned universe designed to support life, a concept that
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Speaker 1: scientists refer to as the anthropic principle. The discovery of
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Speaker 1: the universe's accelerating expansion echoes the words of Isaiah forty
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Speaker 1: two five. This is what God, the Lord, says, the
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Speaker 1: creator of the heavens, who stretches them out, who spreads
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Speaker 1: idea of an expanding universe poetically described in the Bible
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Speaker 1: thirty eight thirty one, God asks, can you bind the
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Speaker 1: chains of the Pleiades? Can you loosen Orion's belt. Modern
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Speaker 1: astronomy has revealed that the Pleiades the seven Stars are
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Speaker 1: indeed a gravitationally bound system of stars, whereas the stars
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Speaker 1: eventually drift apart, undoing the configuration we see today. The
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Speaker 1: modern understanding of light as having both wavelike and particle
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Speaker 1: four and God said, let there be light, And there
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Speaker 1: he separated the light from the darkness. This first mention
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Speaker 1: a fundamental nature of light that modern science continues to explore.
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Speaker 1: In Ecclesiastes one point seven we find a description of
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Speaker 1: the hydrological cycle. All streams flow into the sea, yet
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Speaker 1: the sea is never full to the place the streams
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Speaker 1: the water cycle has been confirmed and detailed by modern hydrology.
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Speaker 1: The idea of instantaneous communication across vast distance, which physicists
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Speaker 1: of instant celestial communication. In Daniel nine twenty one twenty three,
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Speaker 1: we see that before Daniel even finished his prayer, the
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Speaker 1: in prayer, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the
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Speaker 1: earlier vision, came to me in swift flight. He instructed
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Speaker 1: me and said to me, Daniel, I have now come
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Speaker 1: to give you insight and understanding. The scientific discovery that
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Speaker 1: the universe had a definite beginning, known as the Big
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Speaker 1: Bang theory, aligns with the biblical statement in Genesis one one.
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Speaker 1: In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth,
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Speaker 1: modern science confirms that the universe is not eternal, but
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Speaker 1: had a defined starting point. In Hebrews eleven three, we
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Speaker 1: read by faith we are understand that the universe was
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Speaker 1: formed at God's command, so that what is seen was
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Speaker 1: not made out of what was visible. This passage suggests
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Speaker 1: that the visible reality emerges from an invisible one, a
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Speaker 1: concept that finds parallels in modern quantum physics, where particles
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Speaker 1: systems and their global interconnection, now studied by modern meteorology,
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Speaker 1: was poetically described in Ecclesiastes one six. The wind blows
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Speaker 1: to the south and turns to the north. Round and
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Speaker 1: round it goes, ever returning on its course. This ancient
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Speaker 1: description of global atmospheric circulation patterns demonstrates a remarkably advanced
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Speaker 1: understanding of Earth's weather systems. Thus, as modern science continues
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Speaker 1: to unravel the mysteries of the universe, we find that
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Speaker 1: many of its it's deepest revelations were subtly present in
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Speaker 1: ancient scriptures, pointing to a fundamental harmony between divine revelation
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Speaker 1: and honest scientific inquiry. This convergence prepares us to contemplate
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Speaker 1: the ultimate destiny of all creation. God's plan for the
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Speaker 1: three heavens culminates in a glorious transformation that will affect
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Speaker 1: all of creation. This cosmic renewal will not be merely
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Speaker 1: a restoration of the original state, but a complete transformation
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Speaker 1: In Zac and Peter three ten and thirteen we find
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Speaker 1: a powerful description of this transformation. But the Day of
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Speaker 1: the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will
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Speaker 1: disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire,
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Speaker 1: and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare.
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Speaker 1: Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind
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Speaker 1: of people ought you to be? You ought to live
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Speaker 1: holy and godly lives as you look forward to the
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Speaker 1: Day of God and speed its coming. That day will
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Speaker 1: bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and
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Speaker 1: the elements will melt in the heat. But in keeping
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Speaker 1: Heaven and a new Earth where righteousness dwells. This transformation
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Speaker 1: Matthew twenty four twenty nine, Jesus prophesies. Immediately after the
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Speaker 1: distress of those days, the sun will be darkened and
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Speaker 1: the moon will not give its light. The stars will
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Speaker 1: fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.
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Speaker 1: These cosmic events will signal the beginning of the universal renewal.
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Speaker 1: The second Heaven will also undergo a profound transformation. In
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Speaker 1: Revelation six thirteen fourteen, John describes and the stars in
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Speaker 1: the sky fell to earth as figs dropped from a
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Speaker 1: fig tree. When shaken by a strong wind. The heavens
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Speaker 1: receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain
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Speaker 1: an island was removed from its place. This description suggests
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Speaker 1: a complete reconfiguration of the cosmos. The third Heaven will
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Speaker 1: manifest gloriously in the New Creation. In Revelation twenty one
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Speaker 1: a new Heaven and a new Earth for the first
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Speaker 1: heaven and the first Earth had passed away, and the
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Speaker 1: the New Jerusalem, coming down out of Heaven from God,
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Speaker 1: prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I
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Speaker 1: heard a loud voice from the throne saying, behold, the
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Speaker 1: dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell
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Speaker 1: with them, and they will be his people, and God
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Speaker 1: nor pain any more, for the former things have passed away.
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Speaker 1: The new Jerusalem will be the center of this new creation.
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Speaker 1: In Revelation twenty one twenty two twenty seven we find
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Speaker 1: its description I saw no temple in the city, for
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Speaker 1: its temple is the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb.
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Speaker 1: And the city has no need of sun or moon
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Speaker 1: to shine on it, for the glory of God gives
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Speaker 1: it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. By its
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Speaker 1: light will the nations walk, and the kings of the
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Speaker 1: earth will bring their glory into it. And its gates
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Speaker 1: no night there. They will bring into it the glory
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Speaker 1: and the honor of the nations. But nothing unclean will
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Speaker 1: detestable or false, but only those who are written in
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Speaker 1: the Lamb's Book of Life. This new creation will be
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Speaker 1: characterized by an unprecedented intimacy with God. In Revelation twenty
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Speaker 1: two three five, we read, no longer will there be
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Speaker 1: Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him.
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Speaker 1: They will see his face, and his name will be
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Speaker 1: on their foreheads, and knight will be no more. They
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Speaker 1: be fulfilled. In Ephesians one nine ten, Paul reveals making
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Speaker 1: his purpose, which he set forth in Christ as a
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Speaker 1: plan for the fullness of time to unite all things
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Speaker 1: in Him, things in heaven and things on earth. The
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Speaker 1: new creation will not merely be a restoration, but an
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Speaker 1: elevation to a higher state of glory. In Firse Corinthians
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Speaker 1: bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly
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Speaker 1: the stars, for star differs from star in glory. The
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Speaker 1: great high mountain and showed me the Holy City Jerusalem,
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Speaker 1: coming down out of heaven from God, having the glory
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Speaker 1: of God, its radiance like a most rare jewel, like
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Speaker 1: a jasper, clear as crystal. Nature itself will also be
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Speaker 1: transformed in the new Creation. In Isiah sixty five seventeen
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Speaker 1: twenty five, we find for be old, I create new
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Speaker 1: heavens and a new Earth, and the former things shall
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Speaker 1: not be remembered or come into mind. The wolf and
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Speaker 1: the lamb shall graze together. The lion shall eat straw
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Speaker 1: like the ox, and dust shall be the serpent's food.
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Speaker 1: They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain,
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Speaker 1: says the Lord. This transformation will affect the entire created order.
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Speaker 1: In Romans eighth nineteen to twenty one, Paul explains for
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Speaker 1: the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of
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Speaker 1: the sons of God, for the creation was subjected to futility,
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Speaker 1: not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it. In
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Speaker 1: hope that the creation itself will be set free from
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Speaker 1: its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the
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Speaker 1: glory of the children of God. In the New Creation,
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Speaker 1: God's eternal purpose will be fully realized. In Revelation seven
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Speaker 1: fifteen to seventeen, we read Therefore they are before the
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Speaker 1: throne of God God, and serve him day and night
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Speaker 1: in his temple, And He who sits on the throne
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Speaker 1: will shelter them with his presence. They shall hunger no more,
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Speaker 1: neither thirst any more. The eye son shall not strike them,
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Speaker 1: nor any scorching heat, for the Lamb in the midst
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Speaker 1: of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will
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Speaker 1: guide them to springs of living water. And God will
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Speaker 1: wipe away every tear from their eyes. The glory of
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Speaker 1: this new creation will surpass anything we have ever experienced.
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Speaker 1: In First Corinthians two nine, Paul quotes Isaiah what no
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Speaker 1: eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of
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Speaker 1: man imagined. What God has prepared for those who love
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Speaker 1: him in this new creation. The veil between the heavens
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Speaker 1: will be removed. In Revelation twenty two one two five,
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Speaker 1: John describes, then the Angel showed me the river of
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Speaker 1: the Water of Life, bright as crystal, flowing from the
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Speaker 1: Throne of God and of the Lamb, through the ee
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Speaker 1: middle of the street of the city. Also on either
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Speaker 1: side of the river the Tree of Life, with its
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Speaker 1: twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The
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Speaker 1: leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
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Speaker 1: And so we conclude our journey through the Three Heavens
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Speaker 1: understanding that everything God has created is moving toward a
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Speaker 1: glorious fulfillment, where the heavenly and earthly realms will be
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Speaker 1: united in perfect harmony under God's direct rule, and His
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Speaker 1: glory will fill all creation forever. If you found this
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