11 Bible Verses about Heaven, Glimpsed By Humans
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and as soon as he was got out of the water, he saw the heavens open, and the spirit lighting upon him, like a dove.
and when Jesus was baptized, he came out of the water: and immediately the heavens seem'd to be parted asunder before him, and he saw the Spirit
When all the people were baptizing, Jesus was likewise baptized, and whilst he was praying, the clouds opened, and the holy spirit descended upon him in a corporeal form like a dove. and a voice came from heaven, which said, thou art my beloved son, in thee I am well pleased.
and John testified, saying, I saw the spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
and he said, there I see the heavens open, and the son of man standing on the right hand of God.
I knew a christian who above fourteen years ago, was snatch'd up even to the third heaven, whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knows. but tho' I don't know whether it was in the body, or out of the body, which God only knows, this I know, that he was snatch'd up into paradise, and heard such secrets as it is not lawful for a man to reveal.
At another time I had a vision, when I saw a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard talking to me, was like the sound of a trumpet; which said, "come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter."
when he had taken the book, the four animals, and the four and twenty elders fell down before the lamb, every one of them having harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of the saints.
and he that swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
Above all things, my brethren, don't swear, neither by the heaven, nor by the earth, nor use any other oath; but let your affirmation, or negation, be sincere, lest you fall under condemnation.
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