A Few Questions

[John89]

these are just some questions i was wondering about

1. Before the Gates of Heaven opened, where did everyone go when they died ?? (including Elijah)
2. Ive heard people say there is 3 heavens, the earth, the sky, and paradise, what do they mean by this ???
3. Is there a difference between Heaven and Paradise ??
4. Where did Jesus go in between his death and resurrection ??

If someone could help me with these, id greatly appreciate it god bless

 

[FCEGM]

these are just some questions i was wondering about

1. Ive heard people say there is 3 heavens, the earth, the sky, and paradise, what do they mean by this ???

John, I’ll pick this one.

It was St. Paul who writes in 2 Cor. 12:4 about being taken into the “Third Heaven” before he was brought back to his body. He writes of his experience in the language familiar to the Jews who spoke of the three heavens after the imagery of Genesis. The first heaven is the sky we see in the daytime; the second - and farther - is what we can see at night. Above these two “levels” is where God dwells. So, St. Paul isn’t saying that there are three levels within Heaven itself, but is merely saying that it was into God’s presence that he was drawn. (As you may know, this passage of St. Paul’s is used by Mormons in an attempt to uphold their teaching on three levels of Heaven: Telestial,Terrestrial and Celestial. )