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Particulars
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Bible Cosmology
Cosmology:
Introduction and Definitions
Cosmology: Introduction and Definitions
Part 1: The Old Testament - Buildings
in Heaven
Bodies in Heaven: Angels and Spirit
Bodies
Humans and Angels: How Similar are
We?
Hell in the Old Testament
Part 2: From Christ's Death to His
Return
Part 3: Christ's Return Through His
Millennial Reign
Part 4: The Final Judgment and Eternity
Replaced or Restored: "Restarts" vs.
the First Start
Replaced or Restored: Genesis 1 and Angels
Replaced or Restored: Precedent Reveals
Restoration (Part 1)
Replaced or Restored: Precedent Reveals
Restoration (Part 2)
Replaced or Restored: More on the
Creation of Angels (Part 1)
Replaced or Restored: More on the
Creation of Angels (Part 2)
Cosmology: Composite Chart
Cosmogony Illustrations
First, some definitions.
1.) Universe - noun. The totality of existing
or created things, including the earth with all on or in it,
the heavenly bodies, and all else throughout space.
2.) Cosmos - noun. An orderly harmonious systematic
universe.
3.) Cosmogony - noun. The origin or creation
of the world or universe; creation; a doctrine of the formation
of the universe.
4.) Cosmology - noun. The general science or
theory of the cosmos or material universe, its parts, elements,
and laws.
In this series of articles, we will be attempting to address,
clarify, and firmly establish in scripture what the structure
of the universe is, including in particular the relationship
of earth and heaven, as well as hell. In the modern church,
many Christians throw these and other related terms around
without really knowing what they properly refer to. It becomes
both the cause and the effect that our understanding of such
things is blurred and confused.
One such example is the way in which modern Christians treat
the phrases "heaven" and "kingdom of God" as synonymous. This
however is a patently erroneous usage of those terms. The
kingdom of God (which IS synonymous with the kingdom of heaven)
is actually a reference to the coming of Christ on earth from
Jerusalem during the 1000 years following the Great Tribulation.
On the other hand, as we will discuss in depth in this article,
the term "heaven" refers to the place in which angels reside
and in which the throne of God currently resides.
Largely a discussion of these issues comes down to a discussion
of where certain beings are: where living humans are, where
righteous dead humans are, where wicked dead humans are, where
righteous angels are, where some wicked angels are imprisoned,
and where God (and God's throne are).
The location of these individual groups does change over time
from the Old Testament to the Great White Throne Judgment.
For simplicity, we will be dividing these issues into four
historical sections: 1) the Old Testament prior to
the first advent of Christ Jesus, 2) after the first
advent of Christ Jesus, 3) after the second advent
(return) of Christ Jesus for the duration of his 1000 year
reign on earth, and finally, 4) after the Great White
Throne Judgment described in Revelation 20 and on into the
rest of eternity.
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Related
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Cosmology
(Days of Creation)
(Figures 1-6)


Cosmology Chart
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