puricare chronicles: HEAVEN OPENED - Until Christ came to die and rise again, heaven was closed, for nothing unclean could enter there, and death had “passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.” Since that wonderful day when Christ ascended back to heaven, “to be absent from the body” is “to be present with the Lord.” Heaven someday will even receive our resurrected bodies. Heaven thenceforth will be open eternally to all the redeemed. “The gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.” - “And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.” - In Jacob’s dream, angels were ascending and descending on a great ladder between Earth and heaven. Christ promised a future reality in which He Himself would be the ladder to the opened heaven. Until Christ came to die and rise again, heaven was closed, for nothing unclean could enter there, and death had “passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.” Even those who died in faith could only be “comforted” in “Abraham’s bosom” deep “in the heart of the earth,” because “it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.” Then Christ died and rose again “to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.” In His spirit, “he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth,” and “when he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive,” leading all pre-Calvary saints with Him into heaven.

Wednesday, April 7, 2021

HEAVEN OPENED - Until Christ came to die and rise again, heaven was closed, for nothing unclean could enter there, and death had “passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.” Since that wonderful day when Christ ascended back to heaven, “to be absent from the body” is “to be present with the Lord.” Heaven someday will even receive our resurrected bodies. Heaven thenceforth will be open eternally to all the redeemed. “The gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.” - “And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.” - In Jacob’s dream, angels were ascending and descending on a great ladder between Earth and heaven. Christ promised a future reality in which He Himself would be the ladder to the opened heaven. Until Christ came to die and rise again, heaven was closed, for nothing unclean could enter there, and death had “passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.” Even those who died in faith could only be “comforted” in “Abraham’s bosom” deep “in the heart of the earth,” because “it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.” Then Christ died and rose again “to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.” In His spirit, “he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth,” and “when he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive,” leading all pre-Calvary saints with Him into heaven.

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Heaven Opened

Until Christ came to die and rise again, heaven was closed, for nothing unclean could enter there, and death had “passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.” Since that wonderful day when Christ ascended back to heaven, “to be absent from the body” is “to be present with the Lord.”

Heaven someday will even receive our resurrected bodies. Heaven thenceforth will be open eternally to all the redeemed. “The gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.”

BY HENRY M. MORRIS, PH.D.

“And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.” - (John 1:51)

In Jacob’s dream (Genesis 28:12), angels were ascending and descending on a great ladder between Earth and heaven.

Christ promised a future reality in which He Himself would be the ladder to the opened heaven.

But that was to be “hereafter.”

Until Christ came to die and rise again, heaven was closed, for nothing unclean could enter there, and death had “passed upon all men, for that all have sinned” (Romans 5:12).

Even those who died in faith could only be “comforted” in “Abraham’s bosom” deep “in the heart of the earth” (Luke 16:22, 25; Matthew 12:40), because “it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins” (Hebrews 10:4).

Then Christ died and rose again “to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself” (Hebrews 9:26).

In His spirit, “he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth,” and “when he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive” (Ephesians 4:8-9), leading all pre-Calvary saints with Him into heaven.

Then was fulfilled the wonderful scene predicted in Psalm 24:7: “Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.”

Since that wonderful day when Christ ascended back to heaven, “to be absent from the body” is “to be present with the Lord” (2 Corinthians 5:8).

Heaven someday will even receive our resurrected bodies. John prophesied it this way: “I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice…said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter” (Revelation 4:1).

Heaven thenceforth will be open eternally to all the redeemed. “The gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there” (Revelation 21:25).

The Institute for Creation Research (ICR) wants people to know that God’s Word can be trusted in everything it speaks about—from how and why we were made, to how the universe was formed, to how we can know God and receive all He has planned for us.

After 50 years of ministry, ICR remains a leader in scientific research within the context of biblical creation. Founded by Dr. Henry Morris in 1970, ICR exists to conduct scientific research within the realms of origins and Earth history, and then to educate the public both formally and informally through professional training programs, through conferences and seminars around the country, and through books, magazines, and media presentations. Click here for more information about ICR founder Henry M. Morris.

https://www.icr.org/article/11789/

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