Discovery: The Third heaven and Paradise had been brought into the New Heaven by the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
The
second death is mentioned in
Rev.21:8, [(this is the fiery lake of burning sulfur). This place is certainly
not for anyone who believers in Jesus Christ.]
So, should or could we
consider the new Jerusalem as the second heaven, in a new heaven?[Not at all. (1.12.2020.)]
Because of that: “…, for
the first heaven and the first earth had passed away,…” (Rev. 21:1)
And “the third heaven” is the paradise …”(2 Cor. 12:4) {This could be a
temporary place, where the Spirit or the whole being of our Lord Jesus had been
-(I don’t know but God knows)- after the crucifixion and/or before the
resurrection – that’s a period of literally 3 days from good Friday to
resurrection Sunday}.
After Jesus’s
resurrection, He showed up to the believers, eating with them, talking to them,
and sending them out to preach the gospel, etc.
Then, after 40 days, He
ascended to heaven (a new heaven) where he sits on the Throne at the right hand
of God, the Father. This is where all believers are going to meet with the Lord
Jesus in eternal life (there is where every believer going to be, after life on
earth). It is a place where Jesus has prepared for his people.
May we simply recognize
it (the paradise) as the second
heaven? ['No, it's not
necessary.' I believe this: the answer the Lord gave and told me this
morning on Jan 12, 2020. Although, I do not get clearer understanding,]
Because it’s clear that, the thief who died on the cross on the same day our
Lord Jesus was crucified, caught up with the Lord to paradise, which is the third heaven (2 Cor. 12-2-4). Now he is with the Lord in heaven
(which I meant by the second heaven; 'No, I should not
make an assumption. (January 2nd 2020), the new heaven. [Now, by His resurrection, Jesus has made
everything new. He has brought the third heaven and the paradise into heaven
with Him. He has a house (mansion) prepared for all Christians to live eternal
life in the new heaven. He said all believers will be one as He and the Father
is one. There is one heaven, where our Lord sits on the throne at the right
hand of the Father God revealed to me on 1.12.2020]
In conclusion, God’s
people - those whose savior is the Lord Jesus Christ (Messiah) will be in
heaven (the second heaven or new heaven); while the others will be in
the fiery lake of burning sulfur (the second death). (Rev.21:8)
P.S.
I just curiously study
and pray. For I wrote in Tai to encourage Tai people to come to Jesus, by using
such questions: Do you want to go heaven? Do you want to go to paradise?, etc.
From that point, I began to search about the paradise and heaven. I had learned,
even not as a clearer picture, that Jesus had been in paradise (the third
heaven), while his body was still might or might not be in the tomb from the good
Friday till the moment of resurrection on Sunday morning. I don’t know, but God
knows. Now here, I am grateful to God and praising his name. I’ll keep on
reading Bible and pray. Thank you my wife, son and daughter for praying with me
on every side.
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done. Thank you so very
much.
I praise you, Lord
Jesus! Thank you that you lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the
evil one. (prayed on 1.7.2020)
Thank you Holy Father God in heaven in Jesus' name. Amen. (1.12.2020)
I sang Hallelujah!
(1:09pm 1.12.2020)
Thank you Lord our God,
for your blessings after blessings, the Salvation, Healing, and Redemption
(Deliverance). Thank you for this revelation and more teachings as you have had
for me. I pray and praise your name Jesus today on October 2nd 2021, 7:39
a.m.
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The
Bible verses:
2 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. 3 And I know that this
man—whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, but God
knows— 4 was caught up to paradise and heard
inexpressible things, things that no one is permitted to tell. (2 Cor. 12:2-4)
42 Then he said, “Jesus,
remember me when you come into your kingdom.[d]”43 Jesus answered
him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.” (Luke
23:42-43)
18 For Christ also suffered
once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was
put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit. 19 After being made alive,[d] he went and made
proclamation to the imprisoned spirits— 20 to those who were
disobedient long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the
ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through
water, 21 and this water
symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the
body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God.[e] It saves you by
the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22 who has gone into heaven
and is at God’s right hand—with angels, authorities and powers in submission to
him.(1 Pe 3:18-22)
13 But in keeping with his
promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness
dwells. (2
Peter 3:13)
8 By faith Abraham, when
called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and
went, even though he did not know where he was going. 9 By faith he made his
home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in
tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same
promise. 10 For he was looking
forward to the
city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God. (Hebrews 11:8-10)
14 Then death and Hades
were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. 15 Anyone whose name was
not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire. (Rev. 20:14-15)
Revelation 21
A New Heaven and a New
Earth
1Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,”[a] for the
first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no
longer any sea. 2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming
down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her
husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying,
“Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with
them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their
God. 4 ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes.
There will be no more death’[b] or mourning or crying or pain, for the
old order of things has passed away.”
5 He who was seated on the throne said, “I am
making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are
trustworthy and true.”
6 He said to me: “It is done. I am the Alpha and
the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without
cost from the spring of the water of life. 7 Those who are victorious will inherit all
this, and I will be their God and they will be my children. 8 But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile,
the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the
idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning
sulfur. This is the second death.”
The New Jerusalem, the
Bride of the Lamb
9 One of the seven angels who had the seven
bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show
you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.” 10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a
mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down
out of heaven from God. 11 It shone with the glory of God, and its brilliance was like that
of a very precious jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. 12 It had a great, high wall with twelve gates,
and with twelve angels at the gates. On the gates were written the names of the
twelve tribes of Israel. 13 There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on
the south and three on the west. 14 The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were
the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
15 The angel who talked with me had a measuring
rod of gold to measure the city, its gates and its walls. 16 The city was laid out like a square, as long
as it was wide. He measured the city with the rod and found it to be 12,000
stadia[c] in length, and as wide and high as it is
long. 17 The angel measured the wall using human
measurement, and it was 144 cubits[d] thick.[e] 18 The wall was made of jasper, and the city of pure gold, as pure
as glass. 19 The foundations of the city walls were
decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation was jasper,
the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, 20 the fifth onyx, the sixth ruby, the seventh
chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth turquoise, the
eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.[f] 21 The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single
pearl. The great street of the city was of gold, as pure as transparent glass.
22 I did not see a temple in the city, because
the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. 23 The city does not need the sun or the moon to
shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its
lamp. 24 The nations will walk by its light, and the
kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it. 25 On no day will its gates ever be shut, for
there will be no night there. 26 The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into
it. 27 Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will
anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are
written in the Lamb’s book of life.
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“… For we are
the temple of the living God. As God has said:
“I will live with them
and walk among them,
and I will be their God,
and they will be my people.” (2 Cor. 6:16)
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