11 Bible Verses about Heaven, Glimpsed By Humans

And just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens rent apart, and the Spirit, like a dove, descending upon him,

After the baptism of Jesus, and just as he came up from the water, the heavens opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending, like a dove, and alighting upon him,

Now after the baptism of all the people, and when Jesus had been baptized and was still praying, the heavens opened, And the Holy Spirit descended, in a visible form, like a dove, upon him, and from the heavens came a voice--"Thou art my Son, the Beloved; in thee I delight."

John also made this statement--"I have seen the Spirit descending as a dove out of the heavens, and it remained upon him.

"Look," he exclaimed, "I see Heaven open and the Son of Man standing at God's right hand!"

I know a man in union with Christ, who, fourteen years ago-- whether in the body or out of the body I do not know; God knows-- was caught up (this man of whom I am speaking) to the third Heaven. And I know that this man--whether in the body or separated from the body I do not know; God knows-- Was caught up into Paradise, and heard unspeakable things of which no human being may tell.

After this, in my vision, I saw an open door in the heavens, and the first voice that I heard was like the blast of a trumpet speaking to me. It said-- 'Come up here and I will show you what must take place.'

And, when he had taken the book, the four Creatures and the twenty-four Councillors prostrated themselves before the Lamb, each of them holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense. (These are the prayers of Christ's People.)

while a man, swearing by Heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits upon it.

I, however, say to you that you must not swear at all, either by Heaven, since that is God's throne,

Above all things, my Brothers, never take an oath, either by heaven, or by earth, or by anything else. With you let 'Yes' suffice for yes, and 'No' for no, so that you may escape condemnation.