Originally posted by Lucius
I will describe the 7 planes that revolve the cosmos:
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Now what I would really like to know is what do you people belief when it comes to realities, planes, dimensions? I would especially like to know the opinion of a real christian, such as you evangel, where do you stand on all this, I would like to know, as christian you believe in heaven and hell I assume, where do you think they are located? Are they in other planes/dimensions? Would be very interesting to know your opinion.
These are very difficult things to discuss since we don't really have the understanding or the ability to communicate accurately what other dimensions are or what they mean in relation to the our (corporeal) dimension. I believe that there are definitely many different dimensions and sub-dimensions, althou canonized scripture does not go deeply or specifically into the teaching of these things -and for good reason! I refer to God as a "person" (or rather 3 persons), and I believe this is the language that Christians are given in order for us to be able to grasp the nature of God (through Christ as priest and mediator). If we think of God as an ambiguous "it," we have no means linguistically or otherwise to relate to Him on any INTIMATE level... yadda yadda yadda. I do believe that I and others have been shown glimpses of these dimensions and that the writers of the Old and New Testaments atest to dreams and visions given to them by God. I also think that this topic can be utterly distracting and tangential from basic and fundamental truths that we have not even come close to understanding -especially those regarding our fallen nature (sin and death) and the love of God. It's natural to have a desire to look into these things, but we have been given so many other things to grasp and to learn on more basic levels -right here on our own little earthly plane -that we either ignore or take for granted. I am fascinated by the things that scientists are theorizing about concerning alternate dimensions/planes -especially since they are increasingly pointing towards realities that prophets and others have spoken about for ages...


Oh, as for "where" heaven and hell are located... thisis another tough one. Jesus indicated that heaven does not have a "location" in the sense that we understand that term. We think in terms of three dimensions, so we think heaven is a place that is "somewhere" light-years away from earth, whereas there Jesus mentions to his disciples that "the kingdom of heavenis in your midst..."
"Once, having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, "The kingdom of God does not come with your careful observation, nor will people say, 'Here it is,' or 'There it is,' because the kingdom of God is within you." Then he said to his disciples, "The time is coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it. Men will tell you, 'There he is!' or 'Here he is!' Do not go running off after them. For the Son of Man in his day will be like the lightning, which flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other. But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. "Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man. People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all."
-Luke 17:20-27