The Summation of All Things in Christ

Studies in Ephesians with a Local Church Emphasis

Lesson 7 : Excursus – Heaven and ‘In the Heavenlies’

Heaven in the OT – Heaven in the NT – There is more than one heaven – The ‘heaven of heavens’ will remain – The cosmic heavens will be regenerated and renewed – The new creation will not be ‘ex nihilo’ but the existing universe will be purified – Mysteries of heaven beyond our understanding – In the heavenlies: not the same as heaven – How does Paul use the phrase ‘in the heavenlies’? – The Kingdom of God