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The Lexham Survey of Theology (LST) provides a unique introduction to the doctrines of the Christian faith. It serves three distinct but related purposes. 1.The LST lists all the major topics in systematic theology and organizes them in a hierarchy that captures their interrelationships. 2.The LST provides a brief introduction to each theological topic that is objective, sympathetic, reverent,...

Heaven is the abode of God, his “holy habitation” (Deut 26:15); it is also the future abode of the redeemed. Heaven as the literal sky. The very first verse in Scripture speaks of God creating “the heavens,” the literal sky and and those celestial bodies visible through it—sun, moon, stars (cf. Ps 8:3; Deut 17:3). “Every bird of the heavens” is brought to Adam to be named (Gen 2:19). The people of Israel are “numerous as the stars of heaven” (Deut 10:22). Heaven as the abode of God. But