Think Outside the Boxes

In the Bible, the use of the word heaven can refer to everything from the ground up. What we today call the atmosphere is encompassed in the word heaven because all winged animals, such as birds or butterflies are called "fowls of the heavens." (Job 35:11) Also, Revelation 19:17 uses the words "fowls that fly in the midst of heaven."  Everything outside the earth's atmosphere, outer space, is referred to as heaven, which would include the realm of the moon, the sun, the galaxies, and the physical universe, Deuteronomy 4:19 says, "And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven..." The place where the angels reside is referred to as heaven. Mark 13:32 states, "But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father." The place where God personally resides is also referred to as heaven.  Understanding...