{"id":52514,"date":"2019-10-02T21:34:46","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T18:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wingulamashahidi.org\/?p=52514"},"modified":"2025-07-11T12:06:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T09:06:59","slug":"52514","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wingulamashahidi.org\/en\/2019\/10\/02\/52514\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Is Heaven?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

Answer:<\/strong>In the Bible, the term \u201cheaven\u201d is used in multiple ways to describe different realms of reality. To understand its full meaning, we must consider the three distinct \u201cheavens\u201d revealed in Scripture. Each one carries spiritual and theological significance, and together they offer a complete picture of God\u2019s plan for His creation.<\/p>\n

1. The First Heaven<\/strong> \u2013 The Physical Sky (Natural Realm)<\/p>\n

This is the visible heaven\u2014the sky that surrounds the earth. It includes the clouds, the atmosphere, the sun, moon, stars, and planets. It is the realm of weather, birds, and all things visible above the earth. The Bible often uses the word \u201cheaven\u201d to refer to this physical expanse.<\/p>\n

\n

Isaiah 55:10 (ESV)<\/em><\/p>\n

For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is also the realm referred to in the days of Noah when the \u201cwindows of heaven\u201d were opened (Genesis 7:11), and in the Psalms when the heavens declare the glory of God:<\/p>\n

\n

Psalm 19:1 (ESV)<\/em><\/p>\n

The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

2. The Second Heaven<\/strong> \u2013 The Invisible Spiritual Realm (God\u2019s Dwelling Place)<\/p>\n

This is the supernatural realm where God dwells in glory, surrounded by angels and heavenly beings. It is not visible to the natural eye and is unreachable by human means. This is the heaven that Jesus referred to when He spoke of His Father in heaven (Matthew 6:9).<\/p>\n

The Apostle Paul referred to this realm as the \u201cthird heaven\u201d, also known as Paradise, where he was caught up in a vision:<\/p>\n

\n

2 Corinthians 12:2\u20134 (ESV)<\/em><\/p>\n

I know a man in Christ\u2026 was caught up to the third heaven\u2026 caught up into paradise\u2026 he heard things that cannot be told, which man may not utter.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This heavenly realm includes:<\/strong><\/p>\n