Céu
O céu é a morada eterna de Deus e a esperança final do cristão. A Bíblia descreve o céu como lugar de glória, alegria e comunhão perfeita com o Criador.
A morada de Deus
Na casa de meu Pai há muitas moradas. Os céus declaram a glória de Deus — e um dia habitaremos lá eternamente.
2 In the house of my Father, are, many dwellings; or else I would have told you, I go to prepare a place for you.
1 The heavens, are telling the glory of GOD, And, the work of his hands, the expanse is declaring;2 Day, unto day, doth pour forth speech, and, night, unto night, doth breathe out knowledge.
5 Be thou exalted above the heavens, O God, And, above all the earth, be thy glory.
8 Our help, is in the Name of Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.
25 Whom have I in the heavens? And, compared with thee, there is nothing I desire on earth.
1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.2 Now, the earth, had become waste and wild, and darkness, was on the face of the roaring deep,but, the Spirit of God, was brooding on the face of the waters,
6 Who buildeth, in the heavens, his upper rooms, and, as for his vault, upon the earth, hath he founded it,who calleth to the waters of the sea, and poureth them out over the face of the land, Yahweh, is his name.
24 Can any hide himself in secret places that I, shall not see him? Demandeth Yahweh,The heavens and the earth, do I not fill? Demandeth Yahweh.
17 Alas! My Lord, Yahweh! Lo! thou thyself, didst make the heavens, and the earth, by thy great might, and by thine outstretched arm,There is nothing, too wonderful for thee:
Cidadania celestial
A nossa cidadania está nos céus. Ajuntai tesouros no céu, não na terra. O céu é a pátria do cristão.
20 For, our citizenship, in the heavens, hath its rise; wherefore, a Saviour also, do we ardently await,The Lord Jesus Christ,
19 Be not laying up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where, moth and rust, do tarnish, and where, thieves, dig through and steal;20 but be laying up or yourselves treasures in heaven, where, neither moth nor rust, doth tarnish, and where, thieves, dig not through nor steal:
14 But, Jesus, saidSuffer the childrenand do not hinder themto come unto me,for, of such, is the kingdom of the heavens.
21 Jesus said unto himIf thou desirest to be perfect, Withdraw! sell thy substance, and give to the destitute,and thou shalt have treasure in the heavens; and come! be following me.
35 The heaven and the earth, shall pass away, but, my words, shall, in nowise, pass away.
2 The things on high, hold in esteem, not the things upon the earth:
Esperança eterna
Seremos arrebatados para encontrar o Senhor nos ares. Ainda não se manifestou o que havemos de ser — mas seremos semelhantes a Ele.
16 Because, the Lord himself, with a word of command, with a chief-messengers voice, and with a trumpet of God, shall descend from heaven,and, the dead in Christ, shall rise, first,17 After that, we, the living who are left, together with them, shall be caught away, in clouds, to meet the Lord in the air:and, thus, evermore, with the Lord, shall we be!
2 Beloved! now, are we, children of God; and, not yet, hath it been made manifest, what we shall be,We know that, if it should be made manifest, like unto him, shall we be, because we shall see him, just as he is.3 And, whosoever hath this hope on him, is purifying himself, just as, He, is pure.
18 The Lord will rescue me from every wicked work, and will bring me safe into his heavenly kingdom: unto whom be the glory, unto the ages of ages. Amen.
50 And he led them forth as far as unto Bethany; and, uplifting his hands, he blessed them.51 And it came to pass, while he was blessing them, he parted from them
9 And having said these things, as they were beholding, he was lifted up, and a cloud caught him away from their eyes.
12 Because our struggle is not against blood and flesh, but, against the principalities, against the authorities, against the world-holders, of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenlies.
7 For, nothing, brought we into the world, neither, to take anything out, are we able;8 And, having sustenance and covering, we shall be content;
9 For, higher, are the heavens than the earth,So, higher, are My ways than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.
1 For, every thing, there is a season,and a time for every pursuit, under the heavens:
15 As he came from his mothers womb, naked, he again departeth, as he came,and, nothing, can he take of his toil, which he can carry in his hand.