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Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Aug 5, 1875

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 1, No. 39.

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By John Norton Loughborough

We are requested to explain the term "third heaven," 2 Cor. 12:2. The atmosphere surrounding our earth is called heaven, Gen. 1:6-8. The moon and stars are called heaven, Ps. 8:3. The third heaven is the paradise of 2 Cor. 12:4. Paradise is the New Jerusalem of Rev. 21, which is proved from the fact that "the tree of life" is said to be in the paradise of God, Rev. 2:7, and "the tree of life" is in the New Jerusalem, Rev. 22:2. J. N. L.