Title: Where is Heaven?
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Heaven is not a visible country, it is an invisible country. It is the same as it is written, “It is not the things that are seen, but the things that are unseen, that we look for, for what is seen is temporary, but what is not seen is eternal” (2 Corinthians 4:18).
The visible is the shadow of the invisible. The tabernacle or temple built by Moses is the shadow of the invisible true tabernacle of God. It is the same as it is written, “I will make them a sanctuary for them to dwell among them, according to the pattern of the tabernacle and its utensils, as I show you to do” (Exodus 25:8-9).
It is clear that the sanctuary that He promised to dwell among the people of Israel, who had been liberated from slavery in Egypt through Moses, was the sanctuary that was the shadow of the true thing. It is the same as the words of the testimony, as it is written, “For since things that pass away came from glory, much more that the way is in glory” (2 Corinthians 3:11).
Therefore, the word of truth says, “Christ did not enter the sanctuary made with hands, which is the shadow of the true, but the true heaven, where he now appears before God for us, and often self-destructs, just as a high priest enters the sanctuary with the blood of others year after year. not to offer it, so that he must have suffered often from the creation of the world, but now he has appeared at the end of the world to take away sin by the sacrifice of himself once for all” (Hebrews 9:24-26). will be
The kingdom of God where God exists has already been accomplished in heaven through His Son, Jesus Christ, according to the will of God. Therefore, God showed this pattern to Moses, the faithful servant, and said, “You shall build according to the pattern of the tabernacle and its utensils, whatever I show you.”
Heaven, the dwelling place of God, was fulfilled in heaven as a will, but that will is being fulfilled on earth as well. It is the same as the written evidence of “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand…” (Mt 3:2), and the teaching “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven” (Mt 6:10). something like
Therefore, only in those who are being built together in the Holy Spirit to become the kingdom of God, the dwelling place of God in Christ, will the kingdom of God come and become the dwelling house of God the Father in Christ Jesus, and they will become one with the Father forever.
It is written, “You were built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the cornerstone. In Him every building is joined together to become a temple in the Lord, and you also become a dwelling place for God in the Holy Spirit. It is being built together in Jesus” (Ephesians 2:20-22).
For this reason, regarding the kingdom of heaven, the invisible kingdom of God, “When the Pharisees asked when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus answered and said, The kingdom of God does not come with sight, nor can it be said that it is here or there. is in you” (Luke 17:20-21). Amen, thank you Lord.