Heaven

“Deliver us from the curse of the ice and save us from our forest enemies, to be mercifully received into the Great Beyond - also referred to as Great Beyond.” 63:6.6-7

In the Urantia Book

Ancient conceptions of heaven

• Most prophets envision the first mansion world as heaven, with a progression to the higher realms culminating in the “heaven of heavens.” 48:6.23
• Heaven on Jerusem consists of the seven mansion worlds of morontia detention. 15:7.5
• Fear of death stemmed from the belief that it would release another ghost into deadland, ultimately making its way to the ghost homeland. 87:1.1
• Jerusem, the heavenly headquarters of Satania, is approaching the heavenly status of traditions, despite past stormy experiences and irregularities caused by rebellion and bestowal.” 46:0.1
• The savages' conceptions of the afterlife involved a future existence similar to this one, without misfortune, with no belief in hell or punishment for bad ghosts. 86:4.7

For Jesus and for The Urantia Book

• Jesus went over to Philip, who, standing up, heard this message from his Master: “Philip, you have always wanted to be shown, and very soon shall you see great things, for I will take great pleasure in showing you that which eye has not seen, ear heard, nor the mortal mind conceived.” 181:2.20
• Consider the heaven of heavens, where wise men saw the vision of the greater celestial realm beyond the seven mansion worlds. 48:6.23
• Heaven and hell in Jewish tradition were mainly influenced by Zoroastrian teachings during Persian rule. 95:6.6
• Life in the Father's eternal creation is not endless rest but ceaseless progression towards spiritual perfection in the heaven of heavens. 181:1.2
• Only the rich were supposed to go direct to heaven, as poverty became abhorred with civilization's development and property's high value. 69:5.12
• Some wise men saw vision of the heaven of heavens. 48:6.23

Bible parallels

Passages that the paragraphs cited above parallel, quote or reinterpret, from Duane Faw’s Paramony cross-references. Hover a reference to read it.

• Heaven, heaven of heavens 48:6.23 — 1 Ki 8:27; 2 Ch 2:6; 2 Ch 6:18; Neh 9:6; Ps 148:4; Dt 10:14.
• Caught up in third heaven 48:6.23 — 2 Co 12:2.
• Jerusem (system headquarters) 15:7.5 — Rev 21:2 ff.
• Philip's failure used 181:2.20 — Jn 6:5,7.
• Eye has not seen, ear heard, etc. 181:2.20 — Job 28:7; Is 64:4; 1 Co 2:9.
• Become as child in spirit 181:2.20 — Mt 18:3; 19:13-14; Mk 9:36-37; 10:15; Lk 9:48; 18:17.
• Who has seen me, has seen Father 181:2.20 — Jn 12:45; Jn 14:9.
• Heaven: many abodes 181:1.2 — Jn 14:2-3.
• Heaven of heavens 181:1.2 — 1 Ki 8:27; 2 Ch 2:6; 2 Ch 6:18; Neh 9:6; Ps 148:4; Dt 10:14.
• Children of light 181:1.2 — Lk 16:8; Jn 12:36; Eph 5:8; 1 Th 5:5.
• Glory to glory 181:1.2 — 2 Co 3:18.
• Become spiritually perfected 181:1.2 — Gn 17:1; 1 Ki 8:61; Lv 19:2; Dt 18:13; Mt 5:48; 2 Co 13:11; Jm 1:4; 1 P 1:16.

See also

• eternal life
• hell
• resurrection
• survival (of mortal death)

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