ARE THERE THREE HEAVENS?

 BIBLE QUESTIONS

PASTOR, ARE THERE THREE HEAVENS?

WORDS SOMETIMES HAVE DIFFERENT MEANINGS DEPENDING ON THE CONTEXT.  

THE FIRST HEAVEN REFERS TO OUR ATMOSPHERE, WERE RAIN FALLS AND BIRDS FLY.

"...the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas."  Psalm 8:8  ESV  (English Standard Version)

“For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, And do not return there,
But water the earth, And make it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower
and bread to the eater,..."  Isaiah 55:10  NKJV  (New King James Version)

THE SECOND HEAVEN IN THE BIBLE IS OUTER SPACE, WHERE THERE'S PLANETS, STARS, ASTEROIDS, COMETS, AND GALAXIES.

"When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You established—"  Psalm 8:4  TLV  (Tree of Life Version)

"For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light; the sun shall be darkened in its going forth, and the moon shall not cause its light to shine."  Isaiah 13:10  ASV  (American Standard Version)

THE THIRD HEAVEN IS THE THRONE ROOM OF GOD, WHERE HE AND ANGELS LIVE.

 "I know a man in Christ who was caught up to the third heaven fourteen years ago. Whether he was in the body or out of the body, I don’t know; God knows."  2 Corinthians 12:2 CSB  (Christian Standard Bible)

"After this I looked, and there in heaven was an open door. The first voice that I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.”

Immediately I was in the Spirit, and there was a throne in heaven and someone was seated on it.  The one seated there had the appearance of jasper and carnelian stone. A rainbow that had the appearance of an emerald surrounded the throne.

Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones sat twenty-four elders dressed in white clothes, with golden crowns on their heads.  Revelation 4:1-4  CSB (Christian Standard Bible)