11 Bible Verses about Heaven, Glimpsed By Humans

And immediately coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened and the Spirit descending upon him like a dove.

And when Jesus was baptized, he went up immediately from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and alighting on him.

When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was also baptized. And as he was praying, the heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, "You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased."

And John bore witness, "I saw the Spirit descend as a dove from heaven, and it remained on him.

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

I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows. And I know that this manwhether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, but God knows was caught up to paradise and heard inexpressible things, which a man is not permitted to tell.

After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. And the voice, which I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this."

And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

And he who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits on it.

But I say to you, do not swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God's throne;

But above all, my brethren, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath, but let your yes be yes and your no be no, that you may not fall under condemnation.