Who went directly to heaven?

The Eastern Orthodox Church teaches that three other persons were taken bodily into heaven: Enoch, Elijah (Elias) and the Theotokos (Virgin Mary). Similar to the Western "Assumption" of Mary, the Orthodox celebrate the Dormition of the Mother of God on August 15.

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Who has ever gone to heaven?

No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven—the Son of Man ;Jesus Christ (John3:13). (The Book of all Books), the book of life we so dearly believe in but not fully understand.. Living and working as a “god” (child) with God (Father) for all eternity.

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How did Enoch go to heaven?

The text of the Book of Genesis says Enoch lived 365 years before he was taken by God. The text reads that Enoch "walked with God: and he was no more; for God took him" (Gen 5:21–24), which is interpreted as Enoch's entering heaven alive in some Jewish and Christian traditions, and interpreted differently in others.

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How did Elijah go to heaven?

As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind. Elisha saw this and cried out, "My father! My father! The chariots and horsemen of Israel!" And Elisha saw him no more.

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What does the Bible say about 144,000?

Then I looked, and behold, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads.

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Will only 144,000 go to 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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Why is 777 God's number?

Christianity. According to the American publication, the Orthodox Study Bible, 777 represents the threefold perfection of the Trinity.

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Who are the 3 people who ascended to heaven?

Eastern Christianity

The Eastern Orthodox Church teaches that three other persons were taken bodily into heaven: Enoch, Elijah (Elias) and the Theotokos (Virgin Mary).

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Who in the Bible did not go to heaven?

How We Know Elijah Did Not Go to Heaven in the Whirlwind. Several excuses for the letter are popular among theologians: Elijah wrote the letter from heaven.

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What did Enoch see in heaven?

In the second heaven, Enoch finds darkness: a prison where rebel angels are tortured. In the third heaven, he sees both paradise represented as the Garden of Eden which is also guarded by angels (similar to 2 Corinthians 12:2) and hell where bad men are tortured.

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Who saw heaven in the Bible?

While on Patmos, God gave John a vision of the final days of earth, and a peak at heaven. In the vision, John saw the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down from heaven to the new earth, for the old earth had been destroyed.

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Why was book of Enoch removed from the Bible?

One possible reason for Jewish rejection of the book might be the textual nature of several early sections of the book that make use of material from the Torah; for example, 1 En 1 is a midrash of Deuteronomy 33.

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How many heavens are there?

In religious or mythological cosmology, the seven heavens refer to seven levels or divisions of the Heavens. The concept, also found in the ancient Mesopotamian religions, can be found in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam; a similar concept is also found in some other religions such as Hinduism.

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Who were born not of blood?

In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. The New International Version translates the passage as: children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God.

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Who is the son of God in heaven?

In Christianity, the title "Son of God" refers to the status of Jesus as the divine son of God the Father. It derives from several uses in the New Testament and early Christian theology.

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Who will be the least in heaven?

least commandments, and teach others to do so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of. Heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them. shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.

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What are the things not allowed in heaven?

Galatians 5:20 says, “Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresie.” This second grouping of sins are those that are religious in nature.

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Who are the living creatures in heaven?

Revelation's four living beings

In Revelation 4:6–8, four living beings (Greek: ζῷον, zōion) are seen in John's vision. These appear as a lion, an ox, a man, and an eagle, much as in Ezekiel but in a different order.

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How do I go to heaven?

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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Who was with Jesus when he ascended into heaven?

Christ is accompanied on his ascent by two angels who, according to the New Testament Book of Acts, promise that: 'This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into Heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into Heaven. '

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What is Jesus's number?

In some Christian numerology, the number 888 represents Jesus, or sometimes more specifically Christ the Redeemer. This representation may be justified either through gematria, by counting the letter values of the Greek transliteration of Jesus' name, or as an opposing value to 666, the number of the beast.

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What is holy number?

The number 108 is considered sacred by the Dharmic Religions, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.

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How old are Adam and Eve?

They used these variations to create a more reliable molecular clock and found that Adam lived between 120,000 and 156,000 years ago. A comparable analysis of the same men's mtDNA sequences suggested that Eve lived between 99,000 and 148,000 years ago1.

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