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  2. The Godly Man's Picture - Wikipedia

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    The Godly Man's Picture is a work of systematic theology by Thomas Watson, a 17th century English Puritan preacher. The full title is The Godly Man's Picture Drawn with a Scripture Pencil, or, Some Characteristic Marks of a Man who is Going to Heaven. The book is a work of English Puritan spirituality.

  3. Parable of the drowning man - Wikipedia

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    Two boats and a helicopter, the instruments of rescue most frequently cited in the parable, during a coastguard rescue demonstration. The parable of the drowning man, also known as Two Boats and a Helicopter, is a short story, often told as a joke, most often about a devoutly Christian man, frequently a minister, who refuses several rescue attempts in the face of approaching floodwaters, each ...

  4. Beatific vision - Wikipedia

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    According to Rashi, the face of God is twofold: God's care for Israel ("And I will hide My face on that day, because of all the evil they have committed, when they turned to other deities.") [11] and God's essence ("Then I will remove My hand, and you will see My back but My face shall not be seen.").

  5. Category:Entering heaven alive - Wikipedia

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    Articles related to the religious and folkloric motif of someone entering Heaven, without actually dying.The event is depicted in narratives as exceptional, and usually is viewed as a sign of a deity's special recognition of the individual's piety.

  6. Paradise Lost in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    In C. S. Lewis' novel The Great Divorce the narrator meets writer George MacDonald in heaven, who uses the quote "Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heav'n" as answer to the narrator's questions about heaven and hell. Frederick Buechner's debut novel, A Long Day's Dying, takes its title from Book 10 of Paradise Lost.

  7. Eternal life (Christianity) - Wikipedia

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    Indeed, only God has immortality unconditionally (1 Timothy 1:17; 6:16). Adventists teach that the resurrection of the righteous will take place at the second coming of Jesus, at which time they will be restored to life and taken to reside in Heaven, while the wicked be resurrected to face Judgment and be eternally destroyed or annihilated.

  8. Saint Michael Vanquishing Satan - Wikipedia

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    It shows the archangel Michael standing on top of Satan's back with his right foot. The painting was commissioned by Pope Leo X and has been located in the Louvre in Paris since 1667. This painting has symbolic meaning within the Christian religion as it symbolizes God triumphing over evil. Raphael had a gift for creating images that evoked ...

  9. Matthew 3:2 - Wikipedia

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    Saint Remigius: The Kingdom of Heaven has a fourfold meaning. It is said, of Christ, as The Kingdom of God is within you. (Luke 17:21.) Of Holy Scripture, as, The Kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and shall be given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. (Mat. 21:43.) Of the Holy Church, as, The Kingdom of Heaven is like unto ten ...