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Araboth (Hebrew: עֲרָבוֹת, Tiberian: ʿĂrāḇōṯ, Deserts/Plains): [18] The seventh heaven, under the leadership of the Archangel Cassiel, is the holiest of the seven heavens because it houses the Throne of God attended by the Seven Archangels and serves as the realm in which God dwells; underneath the throne itself lies the abode ...
At the seventh heaven, he meets an old man who opens the gate to the realm beyond the material universe, and Paul then ascends to the eighth, ninth, and tenth heavens. [ 34 ] In Mandaeism , a series of maṭartas , or "toll houses," are located between the World of Light ( alma ḏ-nhūra ) from Tibil (Earth).
Heaven ordained the four seasons, Spring, Autumn, Winter, and Summer, to regulate them. Heaven sent down snow, frost, rain, and dew to grow the five grains and flax and silk that so the people could use and enjoy them. Heaven established the hills and rivers, ravines and valleys, and arranged many things to minister to man's good or bring him evil.
The Four Worlds are spiritual, heavenly realms in a descending chain, although the lowest world of Assiah has both a spiritual and a physical aspect. The physical level of Assiah is our physical finite realm, including the cosmological Universe studied by science.
The point where heavenly and earthly realms join is depicted as an earthly "garden of God", associated with the temple and royal palace. [68] Ezekiel 28:12–19 places the garden in Eden on the mountain of the gods; [ 69 ] in Genesis 2–3 Eden's location is more vague, simply far away "in the east", [ 70 ] but there is a strong suggestion in ...
Urdhva Loka - the realms of the gods or heavens; Madhya Loka – the realms of the humans, animals and plants; Adho Loka – the realms of the hellish beings or the infernal regions; Jain cosmology uses the terms loka and aloka to describe the inhabitable and uninhabitable spaces in the universe.
These were known as the windows of heaven or the gates of heaven. [13] [14] In Egyptian texts particularly, these gates also served as conduits between the earthly and heavenly realms for which righteous people could ascend. The gateways could be blocked by gates to prevent entry by the deceased as well.
The hyperuranion [1] or topos hyperuranios [2] (Ancient Greek: ὑπερουράνιον τόπον, [3] [4] accusative of ὑπερουράνιος τόπος, "place beyond heaven"), which is also called Platonic realm, is a place in heaven where all ideas of real things are collected together. [5]