Question:
Dr. Hank,I was surfing the web and came across a newsweek article entitled “Why we Need Heaven”. In it is an interview with Lisa Miller from newsweek magazine. She is talking about the origins of Heaven,in it she states that the early Jews had no idea of Heaven, only “SHEOL” a form of non existence,a Numb Darkness,during the lifetime of Jesus when the Greeks were flaunting their many Gods the leaders of the Jewish Faith thought up the idea of Ressurection,offering them Life after Death if you stay true to the faith so as to make their Religion more appealing so that the people would not forsake their God over the Greek Gods. What is your view on this? I was under the impression that God made it very clear to all of us in Genesis 1:1 “In the beginning, God created the Heaven and the Earth” KJV. Interestingly the NIV. says “Heavens” is it implying that there is more than one? I thank the Lord daily for your Ministry, God Bless you. From a growing Christian, Vinny.
Answer:
Absolutely! You are correct. Satan wanted to overthrow heaven and the implication is that heaven is in the ‘sides of the north’ in our universe. Job 26:7 also says, “He stretcheth out the north over the empty place.” Here is another amazing scientific fact. There is an empty place or void in the north of our universe. It was first discovered with the 200-inch telescope on Mount Palomar, California, and is now being studied by three separate observatories across the country. This empty place has been found to be so large that it could contain 2,000 milky ways. The Milky Way is 100,000 light years across. That would mean that light traveling at 186,000 miles per second would take 100,000 years to travel from one end of the Milky Way to the other. We believe that heaven is located in that void in the north of our universe. Lucifer (Satan) in his rebellion (when he tried to overthrow God) spoke of this void in the north. Isaiah 14:13 tells us, “For thou hast said in thine heart, I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the side of the north.” This must refer to this empty corridor in the north where there are no stars. Heaven is said to be there.