as within our space-time-matter-energy continuum, it is thought of as a separate part of the cosmos, at some distance from the environs of planet earth. There are biblical indications, however, that suggest otherwise. For instance, in Isaiah 6 the heaven-temple (vv. 1, 4) is identified with the whole earth (v. 3). And there are those episodes reported in Scripture when the eyes of earthlings have been supernaturally opened to perceive heavenly phenomena and they discover that the very spot where
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