has a broader reference. It is the spiritual world, the timeless, supra-material realm where those spiritual events referred to take place. Westcott’s definition is: “the supra–mundane, supra–sensual, eternal order.” Barth speaks of it as “not defined by geographical limits but determined by the exertion of power … [which is] not limited to an intangible and invisible sphere but … exerts its influence upon life, history, and conduct on earth.” TEV has the heavenly world; Mft “the heavenly sphere”;