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What did “Heaven” Mean to Yeshua?

What did “Heaven” mean to Yeshua -- “store up treasures in Heaven” or “kingdom of Heaven”? Before we learn what it meant to him, let’s consider what it means to millions of Bible readers today. The place we will begin our study is the BHC Bible Study Tools Section on our website. Be sure to bookmark it and use it in all your Bible studies too.

The first tool we will use is a dictionary to look up the word “heaven.” The first entry is:

The abode of God, the angels, and the spirits of the righteous after death; the place or state of existence of the blessed after the mortal life.


Read the complete article at -- http://therealyesua.blogspot.com/2013/10/what-did-heaven-mean-to-yeshua.html

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