What state is the city of heaven in?

In the Book of Revelation in the New Testament, the city is also called the Heavenly Jerusalem, as well as being called Zion in other books of the Christian Bible.

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Where is the new heaven located?

At the heart of the Israelites' Promised Land, Jerusalem represented the ultimate Promised Land: all of restored creation. John depicts the reunion of heaven and earth as the descent of a new Jerusalem.

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Where is Paradise heaven located?

On the Origin of the World, a text from the Nag Hammadi library held in ancient Gnosticism, describes Paradise as being located outside the circuit of the Sun and Moon in the luxuriant Earth east in the midst of stones.

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Who is God's chosen country?

If you've read the story of the Hebrew Bible (or Old Testament, you know that it tells the story of God's interaction with one particular nation, Israel. The Hebrew Scriptures are full of language about Israel's special status as God's chosen nation.

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What city will be coming down from heaven?

Bible Gateway Revelation 21 :: NIV. Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.

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How to get to heaven now?

You enter heaven by forgiveness and through the righteousness that Jesus gives you. You do not enter into heaven by the Christian life. It's always true that where faith is birthed, works will follow, but salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone.

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What country was God born in?

What is the birthplace of Jesus? Jesus Christ is thought to have been born in Israel's Bethlehem. Mary and Joseph, who were engaged at the time of Jesus' birth, were his parents.

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How many countries did God make?

Seven Nations (Bible)

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Where did Jesus go when he died?

At death his Spirit went to the Father in heaven, and then returned to be clothed in the resurrection body, in which he appeared to the disciples over a period of 40 days before the ascension. The statement in John 20:17 tells us that the ascension of the resurrected Christ had not yet happened.

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Is heaven is a real place?

It is not something that exists eternally but rather part of creation. The first line of the Bible states that heaven is created along with the creation of the earth (Genesis 1). It is primarily God's dwelling place in the biblical tradition: a parallel realm where everything operates according to God's will.

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Why did God create us?

He created people out of love for the purpose of sharing love. People were created to love God and each other. Additionally, when God created people, he gave them good work to do so that they might experience God's goodness and reflect his image in the way they care for the world and for each other.

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Will we know each other in heaven?

In fact, the Bible indicates we will know each other more fully than we do now. The Apostle Paul declared, "Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known" (1 Corinthians 13:12). It's true that our appearance will change, because God will give us new bodies, similar to Jesus' resurrection body.

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How many people will be in heaven?

The Bible does not say in any part that it is only the 144,000 that will go to heaven. The revelation to John supports Matthew 8:11, which says that many will come from every corner of the earth to sit with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. The number 144,000 that were sealed or chosen are not pre-chosen.

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Which country has lots of God?

Ranking the Faithful

Saudi Arabia has edged out Israel as the country perceived as the most religious, according to data from the 2022 Best Countries rankings from U.S. News, a characterization of 85 countries based on a survey of more than 17,000 global citizens.

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What are the 7 kingdoms in the Bible?

In order of appearance, here are the seven main kingdoms narrated in biblical history:
  • Kingdom of Egypt. The first major kingdom we meet in biblical history is Egypt. ...
  • Kingdom of Israel. ...
  • Kingdom of Babylon. ...
  • Kingdom of Persia. ...
  • Kingdom of Greece. ...
  • Kingdom of Rome. ...
  • Kingdom of God.

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What are the 7 nations in the Bible?

We see a steady shift in usage to focus on seven large nations of people who will oppose God: Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, (Deut 7:1) and he will drive them out from before Israel.

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What language did Jesus speak?

Aramaic is best known as the language Jesus spoke. It is a Semitic language originating in the middle Euphrates. In 800-600 BC it spread from there to Syria and Mesopotamia. The oldest preserved inscriptions are from this period and written in Old Aramaic.

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How tall was Jesus?

He may have stood about 5-ft.-5-in. (166 cm) tall, the average man's height at the time.

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What is Jesus actual birthday?

The date of birth of Jesus is not stated in the gospels or in any historical sources, but most biblical scholars generally accept a date of birth between 6 BC and 4 BC, the year in which King Herod died.

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Where did Jesus go after 12 years old?

Other than the statement that after he was 12 years old (Luke 2:42) Jesus "advanced in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and men" (Luke 2:52), the New Testament has no other details regarding the gap. Christian tradition suggests that Jesus simply lived in Galilee during that period.

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How far away is heaven from earth?

According to Dr. Mortimer, heaven lay within the sun as a vast globe, “at least 500,000 miles in diameter.”

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How long does it take for someone to go to heaven?

We enter heaven immediately upon our death, or our souls sleep until the second coming of Christ and the accompanying resurrection. Most have chosen to believe what the Bible appears to overwhelmingly propose: our souls (spirits) penetrate heaven immediately after we take our final breath.

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