Dear friends,
I would like to share with you this Bible Teaching about understanding the Spiritual World, Hell and Heaven and the levels in Heaven and understanding your Spiritual life and why problems come at times, yet it is written God is just in all things.
This teaching gives total explanation about the way the world (natural world) has been created, and also an insight into the Heavens (Spiritual world). It gives a broad structure of both the creations that exist in both the worlds and also the purpose behind the vast variety of creations. This teaching will also bring you to the hidden truths of many things that were yet not known to man in dept. It also touches on the things set for us at the end of our journey of this natural life.
It is not just information to be added for your knowledge, but given to you so as to help you discern the things of these worlds. The things that had come, that are there and the things that will come, so that you may walk the path that leads to God and may not stumble.
May Christ guides your mind as your read this teaching.
with love and blessing in Christ,
Linda
Now getting to understand the earth and the Heavens, there are many misconceptions about the two. We know that earth is just a planet, which is part of the Solar System that has a star (Sun) and many other planets, which together are a part of the Milky-way Galaxy that has many such Solar systems (stars, planets, meteorites etc.. The nearest star to our sun is 5 light years far which means 5yrs traveling at the speed of light. Traveling in today's fastest spacecraft would take 100,000 years), which also is a part of the universe that has many such Milk-ways (galaxies, each having billions of stars). So the earth is as just smaller than a spec of dust in the whole universe.
God created the whole universe, then why has God given so much importance to earth and that too a living creature called man? If God has created the earth so beautiful and is concern only with it, then why did He create the entire universe with the numerous stars, planets etc…
When I was young and a lot in to science, I used to try and come to an understanding between science and the Bible. Why say one is wrong, both could be right, this is what most people do today.
Some people have even made Heaven a planet somewhere, God and the angles another kind of creation that made our creation and this foolishness goes on and on.
It is this knowledge of good and bad, the fruit that Adam and Eve ate in defiance to God's Word that even today keeps us away from God and from knowing Him. Today most of the world is running behind this very fruit.
Everything in life I too use to apply science to and try and understand in a scientific ways. But when I was born again I realized many areas that science was misleading us and taking us away from understanding the truth.
I am not against science nor is God against. Science is, knowing and understanding the beautiful creation that God has made and using it for our well being. True science will not lead you away from God but bring you towards God. If you speak to the wisest people in this field, they will be the most humble people, who will say they know very little and they will acknowledge God. If you go deep into science, it is like a ring which will bring you back to where you started. The knowledge of this world will never let you know the truth but will only raise more and more questions which may never be answered.
When you understand the Word of God and also understand science you will come to understanding the truth. This is because God has made this natural world as an image of things of the Spiritual world, which are the Heavens. The Heavens is the Spiritual world, which co-exists with the earth, which is the physical world. The things of the physical world are due to, or the reason of the things that take place in the Spiritual world.
Hebrews 11 [NIV]3By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.
Even when you go deep into science you will come into realization that matter is made from energy (molecular physics - string theory) and every thing in this world is made of almost nothing. But yet you find such beauty and diversity in the creation that God has made.
God created the earth and the whole universe, not to create another creation else where. It is created for only one reason and that is to humble man and show him his status in front of God. If you put your self in a space ship in the universe far, far away from the planet earth and look back at earth you will see how great man is in front of God.
Daniel 4 [NIV]35 All the peoples of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth. No one can hold back his hand or say to him: "What have you done?"37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, because everything he does is right and all his ways are just. And those who walk in pride he is able to humble.
Yet God lifted man up and loved him so much that He send, His only Son as man, who was sacrificed for our sins, to save us from eternal death.
Like I said in Chapter 1, that the earth is made of many levels which can be classified into the different categories according the seven layers, similarly the Spirit World (Heaven) too consist of seven levels which are: -
| Earth | Spirit World |
|---|---|
| The deep underground (which consist of the core of the earth which is burning fire - lava) | Hades, Hell, Abyss |
| Underground (Sea also comes in this level) | Grave |
| Land (Sea level) | Earth (Earthly level) |
| And the for levels of the mountains | And the four levels of Heavens (Kingdom of God - Spiritual levels) |
| Valleys | The transit level or the lower Heaven |
| Plateaus | Heaven or the mid Heaven |
| Mountains | The upper Heaven |
| Mountain tops (Include the sky) | The topmost part of Heaven, called the Heaven of Heavens the place where God dwells and where His temple is. |
When you understand this you will understand most of the scriptures and many misconceptions about life and life after death will be cleared. And you will also understand why different things happen to us and why God is just in all that He does.
The earth is round and the center of the earth is hot burning fire, we all are equally away from destruction (burning lava), but it is only the cool hard land that keeps us safe. The fire in here is from within and goes on and on, the same is in the Spirit world. We all were set to die by of fire due to sin by it is only the grace and mercy of God that keeps us alive. He sent His only Son as man, who showed us the way to salvation, He died for us so that the gate of eternal life which was closed for us is now opened.
¨ Hell
To explain to you the real Hell I can go into hundreds of scriptures, but I will make it short and summarize it so that we can carry forth to the other topics. If you refer to any scripture in reference to hell, you will get a confirmation of what I am saying.
Hell is known in the Bible, in Hebrew as Sheol or Gehenna, in Greek as Hades and also known in English as Abyss.
The first name Gehenna (Hebrew) originated from a valley called the valley of Hinnom, which was outside Jerusalem. In this valley all the waste of the city was thrown into a fire, this fire was kept burning always. Also in this valley all the unclean (leprous) people use to dwell, when they were thrown out of the city. Occult practices were also followed here like walking over fire etc. which was against God.
This word Gehenna latter was commonly referred to as 'Sheol' (Hebrew) which actually means 'to ask' or 'to inquire'. The name was associated with the occult practice of asking questions to the dead, or calling of the dead.
In Greek it was called 'Hades' which means 'the unseen', the name of a Greek god of the underground. This word was also used to translate many things from Hebrew to Greek like 'the pit', 'death', 'those who bring death' etc…
Hell is always thought of as a place where there is a great fire and in which all the evil souls are burning, since it was associated with the valley of Hinnom. When the Lord opened my eyes and showed me what Hell really was, I was surprised and it explained perfectly every thing associated with it from the Bible. When you realize it, you will be more afraid than ever about being confined to Hell.
Firstly there is no fire in Hell; this may come as a surprise to you. The fire that we talk about in Hell is the fire that is within the soul of the person; due to the sins which are there in that person. Hell is a place where spirits are bounded or imprisoned in a dark place and where the sins those are there in the soul burns like an eternal fire. The fire is within not on the outside. It is so bad that the Lord described it as the place where there is gnashing of teeth. The souls confined here are the souls that are not redeemed by the Lord.
Isaiah 66 [NIV]24 "And they will go out and look upon the dead bodies of those who rebelled against me; their worm will not die, nor will their fire be quenched, and they will be loathsome to all mankind."Matthew 8 [NIV]11I say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. 12But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
The souls / spirits confined to this place can not come out, there is also an angle who's name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon meaning 'destroyer' and is the keeper of this place.
Revelation 9 [NIV]11They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon.Job 26 [NIV]6 Death [Sheol] is naked before God; Destruction [Abaddon] lies uncovered.
When Jesus cast out demons from people He sent them to this place. They knew once they were sent here they had no way of getting out of here and they also knew that the evil in them would make them burn here forever till the Day of Judgment.
Luke 8 [NIV]30Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" "Legion," he replied, because many demons had gone into him. 31And they begged him repeatedly not to order them to go into the Abyss.
Jesus was the only one who went to Abyss and came out for there since no sin was in Him. He went there because the sins of the whole world was on Him, but since there was no sin in Him, He could not be confined there. When Jesus was there for the three human days (approximate not exact, in the spirit world time is not the same like in the natural world), He preached to the souls there to save them from eternal damnation.
Isaiah 53 [NIV]8He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.9And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.1 Peter 3 [NIV]18For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit, 19through whom also he went and preached to the spirits in prison 20who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water,
This also confirms the fact that evil people who die do not come back in spirit. Who is it then, that does all these disasters to mankind? Why are men possessed with spirits of dead people?
The spirits that posses' men are not the spirits of the dead people but evil spirits that had rebelled against God. They try to trick man to believe in things that are not true, so as to mislead them at times to believe that they are spirits of dead people and thus take them away from God. They too have powers and are the puppeteers, making men who are under their yoke as puppets. They too have knowledge of the Spirit world since they are from that world and can deceive people with their knowledge; therefore Jesus before sending them to Hell made them shut up.
Mark 1 [NIV]23Just then a man in their synagogue who was possessed by an evil spirit cried out, 24"What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you arethe Holy One of God!"25"Be quiet!" said Jesus sternly. "Come out of him!" 26The evil spirit shook the man violently and came out of him with a shriek.
Therefore God instructed man not to communicate with these spirits, for they would deceive them and thus destroy them. Even King Saul died for taking the help of spiritists (people who help communicate will spirits).
Leviticus 19 [NIV]31 " 'Do not turn to mediums or seek out spiritists, for you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.1 Chronicles 10 [KJV]13So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it;
¨ Grave
What about those people who are redeemed or saved, where do they go? Most people think they go directly to Heaven (the uppermost level), No. This will be another surprise to you.
According to the Word of God nobody (underlined nobody) except Jesus Christ enters Heaven except on the Day of Judgment. It also includes all the people who died before Jesus (there are three places where some persons are stated to have been lifted to Heaven which I would come to latter, i.e. Enoch, Elijah and the two witnesses in the book of Revelations.)
Revelation 6 [NIV]9When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained. 10They called out in a loud voice, "How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?" 11Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and brothers who were to be killed as they had been was completed.Revelation 7 [NIV]9After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. 10And they cried out in a loud voice: "Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb." 11All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They fell down on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, 12saying: "Amen! Praise and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!"13Then one of the elders asked me, "These in white robeswho are they, and where did they come from?"14I answered, "Sir, you know." And he said, "These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15Therefore, "they are before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will spread his tent over them.
Revelation 20 [NIV]11Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. Earth and sky fled from his presence, and there was no place for them. 12And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. 13The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what he had done.
So where do all the good people, who have been redeemed by Jesus go, when they die? All these people who have been saved, their spirits sleep in a place called the Grave. It is similar to Hell, but here people who are covered by the righteousness of Jesus their souls sleep peacefully, with no burning fire.
John 5 [NIV]26For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; 27And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. 28Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, 29And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.1 Samuel 28 [NIV]3 Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in his own town of Ramah. Saul had expelled the mediums and spiritists from the land.7 Saul then said to his attendants, "Find me a woman who is a medium, so I may go and inquire of her."
"There is one in Endor," they said.11 Then the woman asked, "Whom shall I bring up for you?" "Bring up Samuel," he said. 12 When the woman saw Samuel, she cried out at the top of her voice and said to Saul, "Why have you deceived me? You are Saul!" 13 The king said to her, "Don't be afraid. What do you see?" The woman said, "I see a spirit coming up out of the ground." 14 "What does he look like?" he asked. "An old man wearing a robe is coming up," she said. Then Saul knew it was Samuel, and he bowed down and prostrated himself with his face to the ground. 15 Samuel said to Saul, "Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?"19 The LORD will hand over both Israel and you to the Philistines, and tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. The LORD will also hand over the army of Israel to the Philistines."
It is from this place that the spirits of the dead can come back to earth.
Matthew 27 [NIV]51And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; 52And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,53And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
¨ Earth
The next level is the earthly level which is parallel to the world we live in. Evil spirits too dwell in this level. To exist in this level for long, they need a host. They are like parasites, they feed on men (like God's Word which is good, and is spiritual food for our spirits, similarly evil things are like food for the evil spirits, they make man do evil and they grow with it). If one evil spirit gets held on to a host (could be a man or an animal) it can invite or bring the others too, to dwell there. Not all people who do bad things are processed by evil spirits; they are mostly influenced or tormented by them from outside.
The evil spirits can rule in this place and have a free hand over all things that are not protected by God, by God's angels. This level is where the battle of man to survive happens (both human and spiritual life). The evil spirits behave like how wild animals behave, live purely by instincts, they mark their territories (humans) like animals do and are possessive of them, they will destroy anyone who tries to threaten them or their territory.
When I was shown this level in spirit, I was shown ferocious wild animals in the natural flesh on top of buildings waiting to attack any one who passed by. Each animal was on top of a building which was its territory. Its main territory was not the building but the people that stayed in the building. In the vision the buildings had nothing to do with human buildings but with people under their authority. If you observed wild animals, they some times keep their food buried underground or on top of trees, protecting it, to consume it latter. In the same way is man for these spirits, they may protect man for some time but their main aim is to destroy man since man is a threat to their very existence.
¨ Transit Level
Next comes the transit level, this level is above Earth and below the real Heavens. To this level even evil spirits have access, but above this level they can not enter. It is due to their access to this level that they know the blessings that come from above even before man does for blessings fall like rain falls from above, the Heavens.
When the Lord showed me this level, it was symbolically shown to me as a very huge ship suspended above the earth. Most of the places in the Bible where the angles of God and the fallen angels have been stated to have gathered together are at this level.
Job 16 One day the angels came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them. 7 The LORD said to Satan, "Where have you come from?" Satan answered the LORD, "From roaming through the earth and going back and forth in it."
¨ Heaven
The next level is actually from where the real Heavens start. This level and above are only accessible by the angels and the good spirits from the Kingdom of God. But there are some spirits is this level that are as such not evil, but can be called destroying spirits (angels).
When I was shown this level I was at the foot of the mountains, here the ground was flat like a plateau and below was a deep valley. All the mountains and even the plains were white as snow. On these plains were some herds that ran at great speed. The herds were black in color and were made of vicious animals with deep red eyes; they looked like shadows running at great speeds.
These herds were very long and scary but they moved uniformly, not even one animal came out of its line. They did not harm any one, but could destroy all that came in their way. They were well guided by God and obeyed every instruction.
1 Samuel 16 [NIV]14 Now the Spirit of the LORD had departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD tormented him.15 Saul's attendants said to him, "See, an evil spirit from God is tormenting you. 16 Let our lord command his servants here to search for someone who can play the harp. He will play when the evil spirit from God comes upon you, and you will feel better."1 Kings 22 [NIV]19 Micaiah continued, "Therefore hear the word of the LORD : I saw the LORD sitting on his throne with all the host of heaven standing around him on his right and on his left. 20 And the LORD said, 'Who will entice Ahab into attacking Ramoth Gilead and going to his death there?' "One suggested this, and another that. 21 Finally, a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD and said, 'I will entice him.' 22 " 'By what means?' the LORD asked. " 'I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets,' he said. " 'You will succeed in enticing him,' said the LORD. 'Go and do it.'Isaiah 19 [NIV]14 The LORD has poured into them a spirit of dizziness; they make Egypt stagger in all that she does, as a drunkard staggers around in his vomit.Jeremiah 51 [NIV]1 This is what the LORD says: "See, I will stir up the spirit of a destroyer against Babylon and the people of Leb Kamai.
¨ Upper Heaven
In this level were the calm white mountains. There were no destroying herds at this level and above.
¨ Heaven of Heavens
The topmost level, the mountain tops that touched the clouds, which is also known as the Heaven of Heaven is where God's Glory dwells, where the Temple of God is and where His Mercy Throne is situated.
Deuteronomy 1014 To the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, the earth and everything in it.Deuteronomy 3326 "There is no one like the God of Jeshurun, who rides on the heavens to help you and on the clouds in his majesty.2 Chronicles 25 "The temple I am going to build will be great, because our God is greater than all other gods. 6 But who is able to build a temple for him, since the heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain him? Who then am I to build a temple for him, except as a place to burn sacrifices before him?Revelation 21 [NIV]1Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. 2I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.9One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, "Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb." 10And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.
With regards to events where a person is taken to heaven in body let me explain. A person to exist in the Spirit World has to die a human death. But those people who where lifted to heaven in body, they came back or will come back to this world to die the human death so as to be able to exist forever in the Spirit World.
Elijah came as John the Baptist and died a human death.
Matthew 1111I tell you the truth: Among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. 12From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing, and forceful men lay hold of it. 13For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John. 14And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come.
Enoch would come back as one of the witnesses stated in the book of Revelations along with another person who did not die a human death and who is also stated in the Bible (New Testament).
When you understand the Spirit World you will also understand the different stages of a person's spiritual life. As are the levels of the Spirit World, so are the stages of the spiritual lives of people. The stages or levels of spiritual growth according to the Kingdom of God are as follow:
¨ Hell
When, people are totally controlled by evil spirits, which burn in them. The spirit will destroy them and before destroying them, through them it will pull others into their yoke and pull them too into this quicksand.
¨ Grave
When people's spirit in the spiritual world, is considered dead. Such people do not know God nor bother if they are coming or going, for their spirits are asleep. Many people's spiritual lives are like the Graves.
¨ Earth
When people are totally in the flesh and they live for the desires of this world. These people enjoy life but do not know when they will be destroyed or what will happen to them in the future. The spirits that rule this world do as they wish with them, allow them to live or destroy them if they feel threatened, or if they just feel like it, as they desire. Majority of the people's spiritual lives are at this level.
I was shown the wild animals on top of the buildings because the threat to them is from above, the people who dwell in the Kingdom of God (Heavens). Therefore anointed people who fall after entering God's Kingdom have a great disaster.
¨ Transit level
This is the level when people try to enter the Kingdom of God. They want God but have difficulty to leave the desires of this world. Their lives are a roller coaster, you will never know then and what will happen to them. This level is only for travel, and one can not remain in the level for long. Beware of people whose spiritual life is like this, keep caution of them for when they fall badly, they might pull you down too if you are not alert. People at this level suddenly find themselves being blessed then suddenly everything goes wrong, this is not for a short time but goes on and on.
¨ Heaven - mid Heaven
Here there is peace, love, joy, security and righteousness.
Romans 1417For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, 18because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men.
People who exist in this level are in Heaven or the Kingdom of God they may be weak in spirit, but they totally desire God and they live in the righteousness of God. There may be problems around them, these problems will come and go, but will not bring them down. These problems are short and God delivers them just in time. Some people whose problems go on and on but see some blessings come in their lives consider themselves in this level, it isn't so. But people who have entered this level and fall to the Earthly level get totally destroyed and are made an example.
¨ Upper Heaven
People, who are totally under God protection, live in this level of spiritual life. They are the ones whom you look at and say that the Lord is with them and keeps them. Every thing in their lives and in all the areas of their lives they are blessed. No disaster comes near them or touches them for God puts a hedge of protection around them and all things connected to them. If such a person really calls you a brother or sister, you are blessed, for the hedge of protection is also extended to you. Job too was in this level, when on the request of Satan; God brought him down to the lower levels. The anointed men of God live in this level of spiritual life.
Job 11 In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil. 2 He had seven sons and three daughters, 3 and he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred donkeys, and had a large number of servants. He was the greatest man among all the people of the East.8 Then the LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil."9 "Does Job fear God for nothing?" Satan replied. 10 "Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land.
¨ Heaven of Heavens
This level is not attainable for man in human body, except for one person, none lived at this level for long.; it was only Lord Jesus when He was man, lived at this level of spiritual life. Here the principles of the natural world do not apply to you. This Jesus showed by His walking over water and suddenly been taken from one place to another place. Jesus did these not to impress any body, for only the Apostles were witnesses to these events. We too can experience this level for short times when the Power of God is on us, like Philip did in the book of Acts. At this level there is no temptation. Jesus was tempted only once and this was only to show us how to overcome temptation. The three temptations that Jesus (the first born of God) under went were similar to that Adam and Eve (the first born among men) under went. It is very difficult to reach and remain at this level of spiritual life; it calls for 100 percent obedience to God, and being totally in righteousness of God.
So when you go out, do like what I do, look at the weather which is your spiritual lives and take the necessary precautions, always try to reach the higher level (to reach higher levels read one of the ways in [Teachings] - [Solid Food] - [Prayer] ) so that you are safe. Do not just desire to enter Heaven but think where in Heaven would you be?
God Bless
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