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Heaven, the heavens or seven heavens, is a common religious, cosmological, or transcendent place where heavenly beings such as gods, angels, jinn, saints, or venerated ancestors are said to originate, be enthroned, or to live. According to the beliefs of some religions, heavenly beings can descend to earth or incarnate, and earthly beings can ascend to Heaven in the afterlife, or in exceptional cases enter Heaven alive.
Heaven is often described as a "higher place", the holiest place, a Paradise, in contrast to Hell or the Underworld or the "low places", and universally or conditionally accessible by earthly beings according to various standards of divinity, goodness, piety, faith, or other virtues or right beliefs or simply the will of God. Some believe in the possibility of a Heaven on Earth in a World to Come.
Another belief is in an axis mundi or world tree which connects the heavens, the terrestrial world, and the underworld. In Indian religions, Heaven is considered as Svarga loka, and the soul is again subjected to rebirth in different living forms according to its karma. This cycle can be broken after a soul achieves Moksha or Nirvana. Any place of existence, either of humans, souls or deities, outside the tangible world (Heaven, Hell, or other) is referred to as otherworld.
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheisticreligion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ as presented in the New Testament. Christianity is the world's largest religion, with over 2.4 billion adherents, known as Christians. Christians believe that Jesus is the Son of God and the savior of humanity whose coming as Christ or the Messiah was prophesied in the Old Testament.
Christian theology is expressed in ecumenical creeds. These professions of faith state that Jesus suffered, died, was buried, and was resurrected from the dead, in order to grant eternal life to those who believe in him and trust in him for the remission of their sins. The creeds further maintain that Jesus bodily ascended into heaven, where he reigns with God the Father, and that he will return to judge the living and dead and grant eternal life to his followers. His ministry, crucifixion and resurrection are often referred to as "the gospel", meaning "good news". The term gospel also refers to written accounts of Jesus's life and teaching, four of which—Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John—are considered canonical and included in the Christian Bible.
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Early Christianity and Early Rabbinical Judaism were significantly influenced by Hellenistic religion and Hellenistic philosophy. Christianity in particular inherited many features of Greco-Roman paganism in its structure, its terminology, its cult and its theology. Titles such as Pontifex Maximus and Sol Invictus were taken directly from Roman religion. The influence of Neoplatonism on Christian theology is significant, visible for example in Augustine of Hippo's identification of God as summum bonum and of evil as privatio boni. Striking parallels between the New Testament account of Jesus and classical gods or demigods such as Bacchus, Bellerophon or Perseus were recognized by the Church Fathers and termed "demonic imitation" by Justin Martyr in the 2nd century.
Hellenistic culture had a profound impact on the customs and practices of Jews, both in the Land of Israel and in the Diaspora. The inroads into Judaism gave rise to Hellenistic Judaism in the Jewish diaspora which sought to establish a Hebraic-Jewish religious tradition within the culture and language of Hellenism.
Jesus (/ˈdʒiːzəs/; Greek: Ἰησοῦς Iesous; 7–2 BC to AD 30–33), also referred to as Jesus of Nazareth or Jesus Christ, is the central figure of Christianity, whom the teachings of most Christian denominations hold to be the Son of God. Christians believe Jesus is the awaited Messiah (or Christ, the Anointed One) of the Old Testament.
Virtually all modern scholars of antiquity agree that Jesus existed historically, and historians consider the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke) to be the best sources for investigating the historical Jesus. Most scholars agree that Jesus was a Galilean, Jewish rabbi who preached his message orally,was baptized by John the Baptist, and was crucified by the order of the Roman Prefect Pontius Pilate. In the current mainstream view, Jesus was an apocalyptic preacher and the founder of a renewal movement within Judaism, although some prominent scholars argue that he was not apocalyptic. After Jesus' death, his followers believed he was resurrected, and the community they formed eventually became the Christian church. The widely used calendar era, abbreviated as "AD" from the Latin "Anno Domini" ("in the year of our Lord") or sometimes as "CE", is based on the birth of Jesus. His birth is celebrated annually on December 25 as a holiday known as Christmas.
Nearly every religion or mythology of world has a paradise or heaven which promises everlasting rewards if its followers obey the rules. There are quite a few similarities between them—mainly eternal youth, peacefulness, and an absence of evil or strife—but there are quite a few differences as well. -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: "20 AMAZING Photographs of Nature Photographers With Their Animal Friends." ➨ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpnwR1_htgg -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
The future inheritance for those in Christ is much closer than many would think. The era of tranquility and peace that will be bestowed upon each child who calls upon His Name is also unimaginable in that we will be perfected & changed. Our capacity to think, imagine, see, hear and touch will also be enhanced. Most importantly; our capacity to love and receive love will be increased; making the things to come in the next life to be a truly extraordinary experience. Of course; the decisions we make in this lifetime are truly reflective of what we will receive in the next. It doesn't take a righteous person to get to Heaven, but one who genuinely and continually repents and desires a relationship with the Father through Christ and the Holy Spirit. For we are not saved by works, but the grac...
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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-sLjpZYal3Y6Wso5qwaxhw/featured This man had a near death experience and saw lukewarm Christians who went to Hell for their sins that they had not repented of. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-sLjpZYal3Y6Wso5qwaxhw/featured
Christians are... well, simple people. They want to go to Heaven, they want to be forgiven for everything they do wrong, they want to live forever, they don't need proof of anything spiritual they live their life by in & if you try to question the philosophy that makes all that allegedly possible, they tend to get pretty irritated. Well, there are plenty of religions that offer you an after life, or even reincarnation, which kinda makes more sense (no massive pile of souls just waiting to be woken up), so why stick to the religion that literally promotes oppressing women, killing innocent gay people/witches etc & generally being totally awful to most people who are unlike Christians...? Makes no sense. Really, most people believe what they are taught to believe... like a bunch of kids wh...
True story of Olympic Boxing Champion Earthquake Kelley dies, and is taken to Heaven by an Angel, meets Jesus Christ the Son of God. DivineRevelations.info
Understanding the teachings of Prophets and of Christ Himself the God-Man, requires that our contemporary western minds step away from the pagan view of the three-tiered worldview taught in all churches by Augustine of Hippo. The Frankish papacy has infected their own and "reformed" churches (Calvinism, etc) with the closed universe which imagines that heaven is "far away" in the future of "Beatific Vision". The Apostles were taught the worldview of the Hebrew Prophets from Genesis onwards, in which God the Creator interacts with mercy in the lives of Mankind His creatures and all of His Creation visible and invisible. Satan wars against the freedom given to Mankind by God, and ensnares us all with the fear of Death and the power of Death. Christ sets us free (Gal. 5:) "for freedom Christ...
http://www.hardknock.tv Hard Knock Tv's Nick Huff Barili sits down with Hopsin for exclusive in-depth interview. In part 1, Hopsin: 1. Breaks down Ill Mind of Hopsin 7. 2. Says he wasn't to happy with his last album. "I was over the rap thing." 3. Talks about falling out from Christianity. 4. Confesses "I'm still on a quest to find God." 5. Describes Ill Mind 7 as "Venting on a Beat." 6. Says you can make heaven everywhere you go ones you understand how to use your mind. 7. Explains that everyone could have the success he has if they used their brain. He does not feel that he has any particular talents that other people cant obtain. + More! We are just getting started with this in-depth interview. Tune in next week for part 2 of Hopsin's and Nick's conversation. Make sure to subscribe to ...
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