{"id":3819,"date":"2008-07-02T00:10:50","date_gmt":"2008-07-02T00:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2008\/07\/heaven-3.html"},"modified":"2008-07-02T00:10:50","modified_gmt":"2008-07-02T00:10:50","slug":"heaven-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2008\/07\/heaven-3.html","title":{"rendered":"Heaven 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Four texts from Mark 11 and 12 bring us back to the big idea of what heaven refers to. Here they are:<!--more|inline--><br \/>\nMark 11:25 And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in <strong>heaven <\/strong>may forgive you your sins.?<br \/>\nMark 11:30 John&#8217;s baptism?was it from <strong>heaven<\/strong>, or from men? Tell me!? 31 They discussed it among themselves and said, ?If we say, ?From heaven,? he will ask, ?Then why didn&#8217;t you believe him?? 32 But if we say, ?From men?&#8230;.? (They feared the people, for everyone held that John really was a prophet.) 33 So they answered Jesus, ?We don&#8217;t know.? Jesus said, ?Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.?<br \/>\nMark 12:25When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in <strong>heaven.<\/strong><br \/>\nFirst, heaven is where God is.<br \/>\nSecond, heaven is the source of John the Baptist&#8217;s prophetic ministry. That is, it is from God.<br \/>\nThird, it is where the angels are, since they are in God&#8217;s presence.<br \/>\nThus, heaven is where God is, where God&#8217;s authority is, the place from which God&#8217;s power comes to earth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four texts from Mark 11 and 12 bring us back to the big idea of what heaven refers to. 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