Where is Heaven?
🔊 Listen to this article Play Pause Stop Speed Ready Heaven: Nearer Than We Imagine By Dr. Daniel Folarin Many picture heaven as a distant place somewhere beyond the stars. Scripture leads us to a better way of thinking. Heaven is God’s realm, the invisible dimension of His rule and glory, and it often intersects our world. When the veil lifts, we see what was always near. Heaven and Earth in Scripture In Genesis 1 we are told that God made the heavens and the earth. Verse 7 speaks of waters above and waters below, language that reflects how the world looks from our vantage point. The Bible often speaks in phenomenological terms, that is, human description based on what people see. This is not primitive science. It is pastoral and theological language designed to teach us about God’s ordered world. The point is not a map of the sky. The point is that God creates, separates, and governs with wisdom. W...
