if heaven is not in the sky and clouds. where is it? (with biblic reference)?

Question

I want to know with a reference to the bible, where is heaven? Isnt it supposed to be on the sky? if so, howcome an airplane cannot se the heaven when it flies over the sky? where in the bible does it says where the heaven is or could be?

Answer 1

God is a spirit. God does not have a physical body like man. Heaven is where God dwells. Like God, it is a spiritual place, not a physical place like Earth.

Answer 2

Every time you see the word "heaven" in the Bible, the Greek word is literally "sky." Ever noticed that the KJV doesn't contain the word "sky"? That because they used "heaven" in place of the Greek word "ouranos," which means "sky." That is always why the word "heaven" is never captilized.

If you study the text, there is no place called "heaven" that is described in the Bible. Most people confuse "heaven" with the New Jerusalem described in the book of Revelation - but in the Bible it is described as a city on earth. There are no verses whatsoever that talk about dying and "going to heaven." Where a place called "heaven" is described (only a couple of verses), it is talking about the constellations of the zodiac - in other words, the sky.

Answer 3

What most people call "heaven" is actually an eternal city which the Bible calls the "new Jerusalem" (Revelation 21:2). The eternal city is described like this:

"Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away." He who was seated on the throne said, 'I am making everything new.'" (Revelation 21:3-5)
The new Jerusalem will be the eternal home of God's people. Of this place, the Bible says that "nothing unclean and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those whose names are written in [Jesus'] book of life" (Revelation 21:27).

We are told that all people will undergo a bodily resurrection from the dead, and all will appear before the judgment seat of Christ (Revelation 20:11-13). Though Jesus initially came to the earth as a Savior, He will now sit as Judge. Those whose names are not found written in his book of life will be cast into the lake of fire (Revelation 20:14-15).

Answer 4

Gen 1:6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
Gen 1:7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
Gen 1:8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.


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Answer 5

Definition Of HEAVEN
: The dwelling place of Jehovah God and of faithful spirit creatures; a realm invisible to human eyes. The Bible also uses the term “heaven(s)” in a variety of other senses; for example: to represent God himself, his organization of faithful spirit creatures, a position of divine favor, the physical universe apart from the earth, the expanse surrounding planet Earth, human governments under Satan’s domination, and the righteous new heavenly government in which Jesus Christ with his joint heirs are empowered by Jehovah to rule.

Spiritual Heavens.
The same original-language words used for the physical heavens are also applied to the spiritual heavens. As has been seen, Jehovah God does not reside in the physical heavens, being a Spirit. However, since he is “the High and Lofty One” who resides in “the height” (Isa 57:15), the basic sense of that which is “lifted up” or “lofty” expressed in the Hebrew-language word makes it appropriate to describe God’s “lofty abode of holiness and beauty.” (Isa 63:15; Ps 33:13, 14; 115:3) As the Maker of the physical heavens (Ge 14:19; Ps 33:6), Jehovah is also their Owner. (Ps 115:15, 16) Whatever is his pleasure to do in them, he does, including miraculous acts.—Ps 135:6.

In many texts, therefore, the “heavens” stand for God himself and his sovereign position. His throne is in the heavens, that is, in the spirit realm over which he also rules. (Ps 103:19-21; 2Ch 20:6; Mt 23:22; Ac 7:49) From his supreme or ultimate position, Jehovah, in effect, ‘looks down’ upon the physical heavens and earth (Ps 14:2; 102:19; 113:6), and from this lofty position also speaks, answers petitions, and renders judgment. (1Ki 8:49; Ps 2:4-6; 76:8; Mt 3:17) So we read that Hezekiah and Isaiah, in the face of a grave threat, “kept praying . . . and crying to the heavens for aid.” (2Ch 32:20; compare 2Ch 30:27.) Jesus, too, used the heavens as representing God when asking the religious leaders whether the source of John’s baptism was “from heaven or from men.” (Mt 21:25; compare Joh 3:27.) The prodigal son confessed to having sinned “against heaven” as well as against his own father. (Lu 15:18, 21) “The kingdom of the heavens,” then, means not merely that it is based in and rules from the spiritual heavens but also that it is “the kingdom of God.”—Da 2:44; Mt 4:17; 21:43; 2Ti 4:18.

Also because of God’s heavenly position, both men and angels raised hands or faces toward the heavens in calling upon him to act (Ex 9:22, 23; 10:21, 22), in swearing to an oath (Da 12:7), and in prayer (1Ki 8:22, 23; La 3:41; Mt 14:19; Joh 17:1). At Deuteronomy 32:40 Jehovah speaks of himself as ‘raising his hand to heaven in an oath.’ In harmony with Hebrews 6:13, this evidently means that Jehovah swears by himself.—Compare Isa 45:23.

Answer 6

It doesn't and no man can tell you where heaven is because man has no knowledge of what or where heaven is, it certainly is not a physical place, oh there are those that will tell you of a Paradise that simply dose not exist because no man that I know of has ever been there.

Answer 7

Hello and Jesus Christ Himself had this talk with those standing by read what He said in Luke 17:20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
17:21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. God will as it says in 1 Thess.4:13-18 come for those who are ready but The Kingdom of God MUST be born within BEFORE one is ready to meet Jesus in peace find out more free bible lessons www.amazingfacts.org email me not messenger also [e-mail] God bless

Answer 8

I cant wait to get there,it doesn't matter where the heck it is,I just know I'm there when I die.Not because of my greatness but because I have given my life to Jesus and believe that he died and rose again for me.He has forgiven me for all wrongs I have done I have received him as savior.

Answer 9

Jesus said "The Kingdom of God is inside you", so where could Heaven be?

Answer 10

No one knows where it is because it is a sacred place so they just compare it to a place where man had never been before.