23 occurrences

'Heaven' in the Bible

who also said, "Men {of Galilee}, why do you stand there looking into the sky? This Jesus who was taken up from you into heaven like this will come back in the same way you saw him departing into heaven!"

Verse ConceptsFutureGospel, Essence OfLast ThingsAngel, AnnouncementsChrist And HeavenChrist Coming AgainGoing To Heaven

Now there were Jews residing in Jerusalem, devout men from every nation under heaven.

Verse ConceptsBaptism, Places UsedJudaismReverence, And ObedienceAll Nationspiety

For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says, 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Jesus ChristMelchizedekRight Hand Of GodRight SidesChrist And HeavenChrist Is LordChrist Overcoming

And [when they] heard [it], they lifted [their] voices with one mind to God and said, "Master, you [are] the one who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all the things in them,

Verse ConceptsAgreement, Before GodCreation, Origin OfGod's Ownership Of EverythingPraying LoudlyEarth, Creation OfNatureCreation Of The Physical HeavensSeaPrayer MeetingsPraying Together

But God turned away and gave them over to worship the host of heaven, just as it is written in the book of the prophets: 'You did not bring offerings and sacrifices to me [for] forty years in the wilderness, [did you], house of Israel?

Verse ConceptsBody40 To 50 YearsIsrael In The WildernessBooks Of ProphecyWorshiping Together

'Heaven [is] my throne and earth [is] the footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord, or what [is the] place of my rest?

Verse ConceptsFootstoolsFeetGod, Sovereignty OfHeaven, Nature OfGod Is TranscendentHeaven, God's ThroneGod's DwellingWhat Kind?God Being Outside Of Creationfootprints

Now as [he] proceeded, it happened that [when] he approached Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.

Verse ConceptsJourneyLight, NaturalVisions And Dreams In ScriptureShiningSudden EventsLight In The Worlddamascus

And he saw heaven opened and an object something like a large sheet coming down, being let down to the earth by its four corners,

Verse ConceptsFour CornersThe Act Of OpeningOpening HeavenFour SidesPutting Animals DownHeavenly Visionporksailing

And this happened three times, and immediately the object was taken up into heaven.

Verse ConceptsCommunicating Three TimesThings Lifted Up

"I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision--an object something like a large sheet coming down, being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came to me.

Verse ConceptsecstasyFour CornersLowering PeopleThose Who Saw VisionsFour SidesI PrayPutting Animals Down

But the voice replied from heaven for the second time, '[The things] which God has made clean, you must not consider unclean!'

Verse ConceptsGod Speaks From HeavenLack Of Holiness

And this happened three times, and everything was pulled up into heaven again.

Verse ConceptsCommunicating Three TimesThings Lifted Up

And [when] the city secretary had quieted the crowd, he said, "Ephesian men, for who is there among men who does not know the Ephesian city is honorary temple keeper of the great Artemis and of [her] image fallen from heaven?

Verse ConceptsFalling From Heaven

"And it happened that [as] I was traveling and approaching Damascus around noon, suddenly a very bright light from heaven flashed around me,

Verse ConceptsLight, NaturalNoonAurasLight In The Worlddamascus

In the middle of the day along the road, O king, I saw a light from heaven, more than the brightness of the sun, shining around me and those who were traveling with me.

Verse ConceptsLight, NaturalNoonThe SunLight In The World

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