Secrets from Beyond The Grave

Anahel Eden and the tree of life Fourth level Machonon Michael The heavenly Jerusalem Fifth level Machon Samael A dark servant angel Sixth level Zebul Zachiel Just under the throne of God Seventh level Araboth Cassiel The throne of God The belief in the seven levels of heaven, as recorded in the Hebrew Midrash , can be summed up in this statement: When Adam sinned, the Shechinah departed to the First Heaven. The sin of Kayin [Cain] forced it to the Second Heaven; the Generation of Enosh to the Third; the generation of the Flood to the Fourth; the generation of the Dispersion to the Fifth; Sodomites, to the Sixth; Egypt of Avraham's [Abraham] day, to the Seventh.3 Even Islam picked up upon this tradition of seven heavens: Don't you see how Allah has created the seven heavens one above another, and made the moon a light in their midst, and made the sun as a (Glorious) Lamp? --Surah 71:15-16 While these traditions may seem interesting, the inspired Scriptures only indicate three specific levels of heaven. Genesis 2:1 mentions heaven in the plural form, "the heavens and the earth." Heaven is alluded to in the plural form one hundred fourteen times in the Old Testament and nineteen times in the New Testament. The phrase heaven of heavens is mentioned five times in the Old Testament, such as in Deuteronomy 10:14 (KJV). This plural form indicates more than one division of heaven. The idea of three regions of heaven can be seen in such examples as Isaiah 14:13-14. Lucifer made the following statements: "I will ascend into heaven . . . " "I will ascend above the heights of the clouds . . . " "I will exalt my throne above the stars . . . " The clouds are identified as the first level of heaven, the stars and planets are the second level, and above the stars would be the region of the third heaven. Man was given dominion over the first heaven, where the birds fly and the clouds produce rain (Gen. 1:28). The second heaven is dominated by the various spirit rebels mentioned in Ephesians 6:12--principalities, powers, rulers of the darkness, and spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. The first and second heavens are where God's angelic army battles Satan and his angels (Rev. 12:7). The third