It is the Apostle Paul who reveals and confirms the existence of a spiritual realm. This suggests an additional domain that is even higher than the stars. Could it be in the second, what we call space? Job 22 sheds a little more light on the subject when he writes "Is not God in the height of heaven? And see the highest stars, how lofty they are!" (Job 22:12). “As for the heavens, they belong to Jehovah, but the earth he has given to the sons of men.” - Psalm 115:16.Where, you might wonder, does God's throne exist? The Lord's throne cannot be in the FIRST place mentioned above (the sky) since God does not yet dwell with mankind. It made more sense than going to heaven.” * For example, a former Catholic named George says: “I found the Bible teaching about living forever on earth to be comforting. Many people have been thrilled to learn what the Bible really teaches about heaven. The Bible also reveals that the dead will be brought back to life and reunited with their loved ones. Logically, then, that verse refers to what will happen on earth, where we were meant to live and where we yearn to be with our loved ones.
The Bible says that “there are new heavens and a new earth that we are awaiting according to his promise.” * ( 2 Peter 3:13) By means of his Kingdom, God will restore our earth to the condition he intended for it, “and death will be no more.” ( Revelation 21:3, 4) Is that speaking of life in heaven or on earth? For something to “be no more,” it had to be there in the first place. ( Romans 5:12) Did that leave the human race without hope? The disobedience of that first man resulted in death, not only for himself and his wife but also for their offspring.
Death would come to the first man and woman only if they disobeyed God. God told the first human couple: “Be fruitful and become many, fill the earth.” ( Genesis 1:28) Earth was to be man’s permanent home, where he could live forever.
The Bible makes clear that death was never a part of God’s original purpose for humans. The Bible does not teach that the earth is merely a temporary home where we await death and a subsequent afterlife in heaven.
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