Heaven
doctrineThe dwelling place of God — and the eternal home of those who belong to him.
Not just a list of verses — a map of how ideas in Scripture connect and lead to each other.
Follow the flow
Heaven connects to different paths in Scripture:
Heaven arises from Salvation and Redemption, and leads to Sanctification.
Reading Path
Follow this theme through Scripture — one verse per step, in theological order.
“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:”Ephesians 2:8 →
“For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:”Philippians 3:20 →
“Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:”Romans 5:1 →
“Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.”Revelation 14:12 →
“But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.”2 Corinthians 3:18 →
Relationships
Anchor Scriptures 19 verses
“For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.”
Read in context →“And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.”
Read in context →“Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.”
Read in context →“And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.”
Read in context →“In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.”
Read in context →“For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:”
Read in context →“Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.”
Read in context →“Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.”
Read in context →“After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.”
Read in context →“But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,”
Read in context →“Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.”
Read in context →“If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.”
Read in context →“To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,”
Read in context →“I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.”
Read in context →“But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,”
Read in context →“Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.”
Read in context →“I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.”
Read in context →“Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:”
Read in context →“After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.”
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