11 Bible Verses about Heaven, Glimpsed By Humans

And immediately on going up from the water, he saw the heavens divided by a chasm, and the Spirit as a dove descending upon him:

And Jesus, after his baptism, came straight from the water: and lo! the heavens were opened for him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as it were a dove, and coming upon him:

Now it came to pass, at the time when John was baptising all the people, that Jesus also was baptised, and as he prayed, the heaven was opened, and the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily form, like a dove, upon him, and a voice came from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I am well pleased.

And John bore witness, saying, I saw the Spirit descending as a dove from heaven, and it rested upon him.

and he said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.

I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body I know not, or whether out of the body I know not: God knoweth;) such a one was caught up unto the third heavens. And I knew such a man, (whether in the body or out of the body I know not: God knoweth,) that he was caught up into paradise, and heard ineffable words, which it is not permitted to man to speak.

AFTER these things I beheld, and, lo! a door was opened in heaven, and a voice, the first which I heard, as of a trumpet, speaking to me, said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee what things will be after these.

And when he had taken the book, the four living beings and the four and twenty presbyters prostrated themselves before the lamb, having each harps, and vases of gold, full of perfumes smoaking, which are the prayers of the saints.

So he that sweareth by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him who is seated upon it.

But I say to thee, Swear not at all; neither by the heaven; for it is the throne of God:

But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, nor by earth, nor by any other oath: but let your yea be yea, and your no, no; that ye fall not under condemnation.