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The Opening Heavens / or a Connected View of the Testimony of the Prophets and Apostles, Concerning the Opening Heavens, Compared With Astronomical Observations, and of the Present and Future Location of the New Jerusalem, the Paradise of God

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A religious treatise that surveys prophetic and apostolic testimony and astronomical observations to argue that the heavens will literally open and the heavenly city will descend from above. The author challenges prevalent spiritualized interpretations of the second coming, contending that the New Jerusalem and Paradise are concrete, divinely prepared places—enclosing the tree of life and the Edenic garden—and will be located on the renewed earth. Scriptural passages from the prophets, apostles, and Genesis are read together to support a physical, rather than merely spiritual, expectation of Christ's kingdom, with the stated aim of strengthening believers and correcting contemporary misunderstanding.

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Title: The Opening Heavens

Author: Joseph Bates

Release date: June 14, 2018 [eBook #57330]

Language: English

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The Opening Heavens

The Opening Heavens,
Or A Connected View Of The
Testimony of the Prophets and Apostles,
Concerning The
Opening Heavens,
Compared With
Astronomical Observations,
And Of The
Present And Future Location Of The
New Jerusalem, The Paradise Of God.
By Joseph Bates
New Bedford:
Press Of Benjamin Lindsey.
1846.