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The 3 Heavens

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Heaven or Heavens?Psa 8:1 <To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.> O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the the heavensheavens.

Psa 8:2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

Psa 8:3 When I consider thy heavensthy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;


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3 Heavens:1. Aerial: Firmament- clouds,

atmosphere.

2. Starry: sun, moon, stars

3. Heaven of heavens: Throne of God.

Deu 10:14 Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD'S thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.


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1st Heaven:Aerial: Firmament- clouds,

atmosphere. Dividing the earth from the great deep.

Gen 1:6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

Gen 1:7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

Gen 1:8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

Gen 1:9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

Gen 1:10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.


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1st Heaven Scriptures:Gen 1:20 And God said, Let the waters bring

forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

•Genesis 7:23 “fowl of the heaven”

•2 Sam. 18:9 “between the heaven and the earth”

•Psalm 104:12 “fowls of the heaven have their habitation”

•Lamentations 4:19 “eagles of the heaven”

•Revelation 19:17 “fowls that fly in the midst of heaven”


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2nd Heaven:Starry: sun, moon, stars

Deu 4:19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.


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2nd Heaven Scriptures: Deut. 17:3 “sun, or moon, or any of the host of

heaven” Jeremiah 8:2 “sun and the moon and all the host of

heaven” Matthew 24:29 “stars shall fall from heaven”

*host of heaven represents fallen angels whose power and presence is worshipped:

2 Kings 17:16; 21:3-5; 23:4-5; Is 34:4; Dan 8:10; Acts 7:42


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3rd Heaven:

Neh 9:6 Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.

Heaven of heavens: Throne of God.

1Ki 22:19 And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.


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3rd Heaven Scriptures:

1 Kings 8:43,45 “heaven thy dwelling place”

2 Chronicles 6:18 “heaven of heavens cannot contain thee”

2 Corinthians 12:2 “caught up to the third heaven”

*the host of heaven represents the angels which have not fallen and worship God in the third heaven. (2 K. 22:19)


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Are There 3 Kingdoms?•Just as there are 3 Heavens, there are 3 kingdoms.•Just as there are 3 persons in the Godhead, there are 3 kingdoms (Father, Son, Holy Spirit)•Just as there are 3 parts of our being (body, soul, spirit), there are 3 kingdoms•Just as God views 3 classes of people (Jew, Gentile, Church) there are 3 kingdoms.

1. The Kingdom of God

2. The Kingdom of Heaven

3. The Kingdoms of the world


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