What happens in heaven? The question has caught the attention of everyone from ancient theologians to modern New Yorker cartoonists. If it continues to fascinate, that is because it touches on other timeless questions. What is perfection? What are the secrets of the universe? What explains who we are and why we are here?
In the Bible, the familiar image of heaven is the divine throne, hinted at in the scenes of Moses' colloquies with God (especially Exodus 24), referred to explicitly in Psalms (45:7, 47:9), and adumbrated in Ezekiel's ecstatic description of the angels and heavenly creatures singing God's praises amid chariots, lightning, and fire. The Christian book of Revelation contains some twenty chapters drawing on these themes.
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