11 Bible Verses about Heaven, Glimpsed By Humans

and immediately on His coming up out of the water He saw an opening in the sky, and the Spirit like a dove coming down to Him;

and Jesus was baptized, and immediately went up from the water. At that moment the heavens opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him,

Now when all the people had been baptized, and Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the sky opened, and the Holy Spirit came down in bodily shape, like a dove, upon Him, and a voice came from Heaven, which said, "Thou art My Son, dearly loved: in Thee is My delight."

John also gave testimony by stating: "I have seen the Spirit coming down like a dove out of Heaven; and it remained upon Him.

"I can see Heaven wide open," he said, "and the Son of Man standing at God's right hand."

I know a Christian man who fourteen years ago-- whether in the body I do not know, or out of the body I do not know; God knows--was caught up (this man of whom I am speaking) And I know that this man-- whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know; God knows--was caught up into Paradise and heard unspeakable things which no human being is permitted to repeat.

After all this I looked and saw a door in Heaven standing open, and the voice that I had previously heard, which resembled the blast of a trumpet, again spoke to me and said, "Come up here, and I will show you things which are to happen in the future."

And when He had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four Elders fell down before the Lamb, having each of them a harp and bringing golden bowls full of incense, which represent the prayers of God's people.

and he who swears by Heaven swears both by the throne of God and by Him who sits upon it.

But I tell you not to swear at all; neither by Heaven, for it is God's throne;

But above all things, my brethren, do not swear, either by Heaven or by the earth, or with any other oath. Let your 'yes' be simply 'yes,' and your 'no' be simply 'no;' that you may not come under condemnation.