WHAT JESUS TAUGHT ABOUT HEAVEN? ( Part 8 )

Pastor Christopher Choo

Lesson 3290

WHAT JESUS TAUGHT ABOUT HEAVEN? ( Part 8 )

Is God confined to a place called Heaven?

Heaven is in existence now and has been the dwelling place of God since eternity past.

But He is not limited spatially to Heaven because He is OMNIPRESENT.

Solomon prayed in his dedication of the Temple at Jerusalem: " Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You, how much less this house which I have built!" ( 1 Kings 8:27 ).

In Psalm 139:8, the psalmist also exclaimed: "If I ascend to heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there".

Abba Father, we can never fully understand the totality of who You are. Your OMNIPRESENCE does not limit You to Heaven, but Heaven is Your habitation. Thus although Heaven is a place, it is not limited by physical boundaries or the limits of time and space. In fact, it transcends the confines of time-space dimensions. It has physical characteristics and attributes, but it is also extraphysical. When Isaiah wrote that You inhabit eternity ( Isa. 57:15 ), did he mean that Heaven surpasses our finite concept of what a  "place" is? As it is, Your dwelling place in Heaven is not subject to normal limitations of finite dimensions. It is truly a supernatural phenomenon!