In the Palaces of Heaven

In the Palaces of Heaven
Author: Christopher Paul Carter
Publisher:
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2013-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780988337077

Heaven. It is a Biblical promise that inspires awe and wonder, but one that seems unknowable until you leave this earth and your temporal body behind. But what if you could experience heaven now? What if you were meant to do it now? What if you could follow in the footsteps of Biblical examples like Enoch, Elijah, John, and Paul - all of whom experienced the heavenly realms firsthand? The truth is, God has made a way for us to experience and live in the realm that Jesus Himself ascended to after His resurrection. It is not off-limits. In fact, there is an open invitation. In this book, author Christopher Paul Carter shares his own heavenly journey. It wasn't a one-time event or a near-death experience. Rather, it was an introduction into an ongoing life in the heavenly places. There's no need to wait, the doors to heaven are open now, and God is inviting you in. Christopher Paul Carter was born in Houston, Texas and spent most of his formative years in the Carolinas and Pennsylvania. Having a passion for science, he went to college in Charleston, South Carolina to study Physics. It was during that time that he had an arresting encounter with God that changed the course of his life. Today, Christopher and his wife, Melissa, direct Dwelling Place Ministries.

God’s Court and Courtiers in the Book of the Watchers

God’s Court and Courtiers in the Book of the Watchers
Author: Philip Francis Esler
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2017-11-06
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1532644493

First Enoch is an ancient Judean work that inaugurated the genre of apocalypse. Chapters 1-36 tell the story of the descent of angels called "Watchers" from heaven to earth to marry human women before the time of the flood, the chaos that ensued, and God's response. They also relate the journeying of the righteous scribe Enoch through the cosmos, guided by angels. Heaven, including the place and those who dwell there (God, the angels, and Enoch), plays a central role in the narrative. But how should heaven be understood? Existing scholarship, which presupposes "Judaism" as the appropriate framework, views the Enochic heaven as reflecting the temple in Jerusalem, with God's house replicating its architecture and the angels and Enoch functioning like priests. Yet recent research shows the Judeans constituted an ethnic group, and this view encourages a fresh examination of 1 Enoch 1-36. The actual model for heaven proves to be a king in his court surrounded by his courtiers. The major textual features are explicable in this perspective, whereas the temple-and-priests model is unconvincing. The author was a member of a nontemple, scribal group in Judea that possessed distinctive astronomical knowledge, promoted Enoch as its exemplar, and was involved in the wider sociopolitical world of their time.

Cosmic Shift

Cosmic Shift
Author: Christopher Paul Carter
Publisher:
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2015-07-24
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780988337060

Visions of Heaven

Visions of Heaven
Author: David Stephenson
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2005-10-06
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781568985497

There's an ethereal magic to standing beneath a dome, neck craned, looking up at a vision of the heavens created by some long-ago figure of genius. From the Pantheon to the Hagia Sophia, the power of the dome seems transcendent. Photographer David Stephenson's magnificently kaleidoscopic images of dome interiors capture this evanescent drama, and make Visions of Heaven one of the most spectacularly beautiful books we've ever produced. Traveling from Italy to Spain, Turkey, England, Germany, and Russia, among other countries, and photographing churches, palaces, mosques, and synagogues from the second to the early twentieth century, Stephenson's work amounts to a veritable typology of the cupola. His images present complex geometrical structures, rich stucco decorations, and elaborate paintings as they have never been seen before. Brilliantly calibrated exposures reveal details and colors that would otherwise remain hidden in these dimly lit spaces. Visions of Heaven shows more than 120 images, including the Roman Pantheon, the Byzantine churches of Turkey, the great domes of the Renaissance, the decorative cupolas of the Baroque and the Rococo ages, and a nineteenth-century synagogue in Hungary.

My Dream of Heaven

My Dream of Heaven
Author: Rebecca Ruter Springer
Publisher: Harrison House Publishers
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2009-12-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1606830139

"My Dream of Heaven...captures Biblical truths with emotional impressions." - Rev. Billy Graham Facing Death and the Life After This nineteenth century classic inspires the reader with new confidence and excitement about an eternal home and reunion with loved ones gone on before. It contains two missing chapters that have not appeared in print in over 100 years! The words of the author, Rebecca Ruter Springer, set the stage for this classic treasure from the original 1898 version. Within the pages of this little volume lies... "the hope that it may comfort and uplift some who read, even as it then did, and as its memory ever will do, for me, I submit this imperfect sketch of a most perfect vision." This version includes a foreword and afterword from well-known speaker and minister Vicki Jamison-Peterson.

Caught Up in the Spirit

Caught Up in the Spirit
Author: Christopher Paul Carter
Publisher:
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2011-10-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781450799706

Starting with a Holy Spirit encounter about the Old Testament saint, Enoch, the author shares the encouragingNeven astoundingNnews about the limitless access believers have into God's presence and glory.

Palaces and Gardens of Persia

Palaces and Gardens of Persia
Author: Yves Porter
Publisher: Editions Flammarion
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2003
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

In both decoration and design, the grand buildings and gardens of traditional Persia consistently refer to "paradise." The very word itself refers to a sense of heavenly perfection, derived from an early Iranian term for "the Shah's royal hunting grounds." The fine touches of heaven that lie behind the colorful tiled faç ades of palace pavilions and mosques still shine in this richly illustrated and scholarly work. Enter gardens with intricate fountains and majestic ponds fed by water that is sourced from underground aqueducts dating to the 6th century. From ancient mirrored shrines of Shiraz and geometric gardens of Kashan to the ornate domes of Ispahan, here is a glorious photographic timeline drawn in water, brick, and ceramic ornamentation along the 3,000 years of the region's architecture.

Cry to Heaven

Cry to Heaven
Author: Anne Rice
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Total Pages: 578
Release: 1995-04-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0345396936

In a sweeping saga of music and vengeance, the acclaimed author of The Vampire Chronicles draws readers into eighteenth-century Italy, bringing to life the decadence beneath the shimmering surface of Venice, the wild frivolity of Naples, and the magnetic terror of its shadow, Vesuvius. This is the story of the castrati, the exquisite and otherworldly sopranos whose graceful bodies and glorious voices win the adulation of royal courts and grand opera houses throughout Europe. These men are revered as idols—and, at the same time, scorned for all they are not. Praise for Anne Rice and Cry to Heaven “Daring and imaginative . . . [Anne] Rice seems like nothing less than a magician: It is a pure and uncanny talent that can give a voice to monsters and angels both.”—The New York Times Book Review “To read Anne Rice is to become giddy as if spinnning through the mind of time.”—San Francisco Chronicle “If you surrender and go with her . . . you have surrendered to enchantment, as in a voluptuous dream.”—The Boston Globe “Rice is eerily good at making the impossible seem self-evident.”—Time

3 Enoch Or the Hebrew Book of Enoch

3 Enoch Or the Hebrew Book of Enoch
Author: Hugo Odeberg
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 502
Release: 2012-09-24
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781479372270

Published in 1928, this is the ancient scripture, 3 Enoch or The Hebrew Book Of Enoch. Edited and translated with commentary and notes by Hugo Odeberg.