Heaven: The Physical Heavens

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.

And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah

…to Him who rides upon the highest heavens of old; behold, His mighty voice resounds.

I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.

The heavens proclaim His righteousness; all the peoples see His glory.

For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His loving devotion for those who fear Him.

The LORD is exalted over all the nations, His glory above the heavens.

The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth He has given to mankind.

This is what the LORD says: “Only if the heavens above could be measured and the foundations of the earth below searched out would I reject all of Israel’s descendants because of all they have done,” declares the LORD.

In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles by the River Kebar, the heavens opened and I saw visions of God.

Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’

At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke.

The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord.