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booker:
I need some clarification on these verses.
Heaven is God’s throne
Isaiah 66:1
Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?
Acts 7:48-49
Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?
Matthew 5:34-35
But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:
Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
Jesus was taken up into heaven and sat at the right hand of God
(Mark 16:19; Acts 7:55-56).
Jesus told us that there are many rooms in God’s house and that He has gone before us to prepare a place for us.
John 14:1-4
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 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.
And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
Paul in his letter to the Corinthians, encouraged them to cling to the hope of heaven so that they would not lose heart.
2 Corinthians 5:1-4
For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:
If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.
For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
Hebrews 10:19-22
Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
And having an high priest over the house of God;
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
And
Revelation 21-22
I know about "And no one has ascended up to Heaven "
This is what i found online "The word 'ascend' means to go up. It pictures someone or something that goes up of its own strength.John 3:13 does not teach that no one has ever seen or entered heaven. It teaches that no man ever climbed up into heaven by his own power. The only one who has ever ascended to heaven in His own strength is the One who originated in heaven and came down to earth before He ascended."
btw.I'm not trying to challenge ray's teachings,just looking for answers i don't find on his papers.
Marky Mark:
Hello booker. What exactly is your question? ???
Peace...Mark
soberxp:
Gal 4:16 Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?
Gal 4:17 Those people are zealous to win you over, but for no good. What they want is to alienate you from us, so that you may be zealous for them.
Gal 4:18 It is fine to be zealous, provided the purpose is good, and to be so always and not just when I am with you.
Gal 4:19 My dear children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,
Gal 4:20 how I wish I could be with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you! (Hagar and Sarah )
Gal 4:21 Tell me, you who want to be under the law, are you not aware of what the law says?
Gal 4:22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.
Gal 4:23 His son by the slave woman was born in the ordinary way; but his son by the free woman was born as the result of a promise.
Gal 4:24 These things may be taken figuratively, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children who are to be slaves: This is Hagar.
Gal 4:25 Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present city of Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.
Gal 4:26 But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.
Gal 4:27 For it is written: "Be glad, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have no labor pains; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband."
Gal 4:28 Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.
Gal 4:29 At that time the son born in the ordinary way persecuted the son born by the power of the Spirit. It is the same now.
Gal 4:30 But what does the Scripture say? "Get rid of the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman's son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman's son."
Gal 4:31 Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.
aqrinc:
Hi booker,
Ray has addressed those questions on the Website and also members have covered your topics on the forum. If you wish to hold a discussion on any one of these topics or all of them, let us know what you think about them and what you need clarification on.
Suggest you look here: http://forums.bible-truths.com/index.php/topic,3108.msg23193.html#msg23193 first, as most subjects already have multiple answers.
george ;D.
Akira329:
--- Quote from: booker on September 06, 2010, 09:54:57 AM ---I know about "And no one has ascended up to Heaven "
This is what i found online "The word 'ascend' means to go up. It pictures someone or something that goes up of its own strength.John 3:13 does not teach that no one has ever seen or entered heaven. It teaches that no man ever climbed up into heaven by his own power. The only one who has ever ascended to heaven in His own strength is the One who originated in heaven and came down to earth before He ascended."
btw.I'm not trying to challenge ray's teachings,just looking for answers i don't find on his papers.
--- End quote ---
What are you trying to say?
Men have seen and entered heaven but not by their own strength???
Your asking for clarification but what specifically??
Antaiwan
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