Heaven
I.
Heaven
A. 3 types
1. First heaven
a. Home of
(1) Birds
(2) Clouds
b. Jer 4:25
c. Dan 4:12
d. Matt 6:26
e. Matt 8:20
2. Second heaven
a. Home of
(1) Sun
(2) Moon
(3) Stars
b. Gen 22:17
c. Ps 19:1
3. Third heaven
a. Home of God
b. 2 Cor 12:2
c. 1 Kg 8:27-30
d. Heb 11:10,16
e. Heb 12:22
f. Ps 87:3
g. Ps 46:4
h. Jn 14:2-3
i. Rev 21:2
B. New Jerusalem
1. Characteristics
a. Shape
(1) Foursquare
(2) Rev 21:16
(3) Could be
(a) Cube
(b) Pyramid
(c) In shape
b. Wall
(1) Around the city
(2) dimentions
(a) 144 cubits
(b) 216 feet
c. Illustration
(1) If globe
(a) About the size
(b) Of the moon
(c) Diameter - 2160 Miles
(2) Diameter
(a) Of this city
(b) 2600 Miles
d. Size
(1) 12000
(a) Furlongs
(b) Or 1347.7 miles
(2) Rev 21:16
(3) Compare
(a) From NY City
(b) To Denver
(c) From Canada
(d) To Florida
(4) Illustration
(a) Earth
[1] 120 million
[a] Square miles
[b] Water area
[2] 60 million
[a] Square miles
[b] Land area
(b) New Jerusalem
[1] Two billion
[a] Seven hundred million
[b] Square miles
[2] 15 times
[a] The surface area
[b] Of the earth
[3] People
[a] 40 billion
{1} Born
{2} Since Adam
[b] 4 billion
{1} On the earth
{2} Today
[c] In New Jerusalem
{1} 40 billion people
{2} Could fit
{3} On the first level
e. Inhabitants
(1) Angels
(a) Heb 12:22
(b) Rev 5:11
(c) Job 38:7
(d) Ps 148:1-3
(e) Rev 9:1-2
(f) Rev 12:3-4
(g) Rev 12:7-9
(h) Ps 68:17
(i) Matt 25:53
(j) Dan 7:9-10
(2) Rank
(a) Archangel
[1] Michael
[a] Dan 10:13,21
[b] Dan 12:1
[c] Jude 9
[d] Rev 12:7
[2] Gabriel
[a] Dan 8:16
[b] Dan 9:21
[c] Lk 1:19,26
(b) Cherubims
[1] Gen 3
