November 22, 2025 • 34 mins
PSALMS ON GOD’S DWELLING IN HEAVEN
Are you just seeking a place in heaven, or a relationship with God in heaven? Heaven isn’t just a place; it’s a home where God desires a relationship with us
Chapters
• 0:00 Understanding the Difference Between a House and a Home
• 5:15 The Relational Nature of God
• 10:00 Heaven: A Place of Connection, Not Just a Destination
• 15:30 Exploring the Three Heavens
• 20:00 God's Rulership and Judgment from Heaven
• 25:00 The Holiness Required for Heaven
• 30:00 The Role of Jesus as the Lamb of God
• 35:00 Invoking Heaven in Our Prayers
• 40:00 Conclusion: Living with an Eternal Perspective
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I know some of us we struggle trying to differentiate
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between a house and a home.
A house and a home.
Um I see a house as a physicalstructure.
Uh a home is not just a house.
Uh a home can be in a house.
A home is not the physicalaspect.
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What makes a house livable isthe home.
The home in a sense ofconsistent human beings who are
in a in a relationship with eachother to seek the interest of
one another to ensure that theylive in peace and unity and
harmony.
I believe that heaven is notjust a house, not just a special
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house that Jesus said I'll goand and and prepare mansions.
Yes, it's a big house that'swhere God lives.
But I also believe that Godwants a home because God is a
God of family, and he wants allof his family, both humans and
angels, to be in that specialhome because God is relational.
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So I believe that you and I asbelievers we should have the
mindset of not just going to thehouse of the Lord, but we should
go be part of the home of Godbecause God is relational and
God is looking to relate withus.
I know some of us we decide togo to heaven because we're
afraid of going to heaven,afraid to go to hell, so that's
why we're like, okay, no whatGod, I'm gonna give my life to
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Jesus because I want to make itto heaven.
But what is the intention of yougoing to heaven?
Are you going to heaven becauseum you just want to be in that
place where you don't have nopersonal relationship with God?
God doesn't just want you and Ito go to heaven just to stay
there and chill and have fun,and it's all about us.
No, God wants you and I to be ina home with him, he wants you
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and I to actually see him,relate with him, and have a
relationship with him.
You remember in the in thescripture in Genesis when God
said that in the beginning Godcreated the heavens and the
earth.
I believe Musumba said there arethree types of heaven.
You have the um the firstheaven, the second heaven, and
then the third heaven.
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The first heaven is theatmospheric heaven, the heaven
that you and I will physicallysee, the sky, the clouds, and
then the second heaven is whereall these spiritual activities
take place, where Satan rules aswell.
The third heaven is pretty muchwhere God lives, that's God's
abode, you know, that place isholy.
So, since God is the one whocreated the heavens, because
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when you read Genesis, it saysGod created the heavens, meaning
that there's not just oneheaven, there's multiple
heavens.
He created the heavens and theearth.
So we could say that the first,the second, and the third
heavens were created.
Why?
Because God is internal and Godis external.
What do I mean by God is eternaland God is external?
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God is internal in a sense thatGod is forever, God is forever,
you know.
God is the uncreated creator,you know, the heavens were
created.
What do I mean by saying God isexternal?
God is external in the sensethat God is outside of his
creation.
We cannot confine God in hiscreation, we cannot confine God
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in heaven, just as we cannotconfine God on earth, so we can
also not confine God in theheavens because God is the
omnipresence, is everywhere atthe same time, is everywhere.
So God is internal forever, andGod is external outside of his
creation.
Keep that in mind because inPsalms 148, verse 13, look what
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it says.
Let them praise the name of theLord, for his name alone is
exalted.
His glory is above the earth andheaven.
So the glory of God is above theearth and heaven.
He is the omnipresence God.
The Bible says in Isaiah 55,verse 9 that as the heavens are
higher than the earth, so are myways higher than your ways and
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my thoughts than your thoughts.
God is saying that just how theheavens, all three levels of the
heavens, the first, the thesecond, the third, they are
higher than the earth.
So are the ways of God higherthan our thoughts, than our
ways.
So we cannot really put God in abox.
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So we're not just going toheaven because it's a place,
because God cannot be confinedin a place.
In Isaiah 66, verse 1.
This is what the law says heavenis my throne.
So God is using heaven as histhrone.
That throne signifies hisrulership and judgment, his
rulership and judgment.
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The throne of God is where Godrules the universe.
The throne of God is where Godpassed judgment on us and angels
as well.
And God also likens the earth ashis footstool.
So this earth is just a smallportion of God's magnificent
magnitude creation.
If God can state that the earthis his footstool and the heaven
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is his throne, meaning thatthat's where he exercises
leadership and judgment, wecannot confine God in the
heavens, we cannot confine Godon earth.
That's how big, that's howtremendous God is.
I just wanted to remind us thatwe're not going to heaven
because it's it's a house.
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We're going to heaven becauseGod wants to have a relationship
with us, God wants to bring hisfamily together, his earthly
family and his human family.
So let's focus on what Sam saysabout the heavens.
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Because there's it's a big topicall over the scripture in terms
of okay, this is what Jesus saidabout the heavens, this is what
the apostles says about heaven,this is what Daniel, Ezekiel,
everybody has something to sayabout heavens.
It's it's so big, there's somany references about heaven.
But my focus today is just on inthe book of Psalms.
God is in heaven.
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That's that's a special placewhere God abides, that's a
special place where God resides.
If we want to know where God is,God is in heaven.
You cannot tell me that God isin a particular location, you
know, God is in heaven in asense that that is where he
lives.
But it does not mean that Godcannot be anywhere at the same
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time because he's theomnipresent present.
Jesus said, Where two or threeare gathered, he is present.
So, but heaven is God's specialplace.
There's so many scriptures aboutthat.
Psalm 115, verse 3 says, But ourGod is in heaven, he does
whatever he pleases.
Psalm 5073, verse 25 says, Whomhave I in heaven but you, and
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there's none upon earth that Idesire beside you.
So the Bible clearly states ifwe want to find the location of
where God is, God is in heaven.
Somebody cannot tell that God isin hell.
That's wrong.
So we need to know where God is.
Somebody cannot tell you thatGod is in the tree.
That's why the Bible clearlyspecifies where God is.
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God is in heaven because God ishigher than the earth.
You cannot tell me that God isin India and God is a rock.
You cannot tell me that God isin China, God is a tree.
You cannot tell me that God isin Africa, God is something
else, or any element, or God issea, God is water, God is leaf.
No, God is not the humancreation.
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That's what we call idols.
So God is in heaven, that'swhere God is, that's where he
rules, that's where he reigns.
That's the third heaven.
That place is holy.
That place is holy.
There's no sin in heaven.
It says in chapter, uh Psalmchapter 20, verse 6.
Now I know that the Lord saveshis anointed, he will answer him
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from his holy heaven.
That particular place is holy,is set apart.
That is why the qualification toget to heaven, you have to be
righteous because the Biblesaid, Be holy, for I am holy.
I started off by saying that Godis looking for relationship, God
is the king of heaven.
And if you have to live in theking's domain, you have to
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reflect the characteristics ofthe king.
Because the king is holy, God isexpecting you and I come into
heaven, we should be holy.
That is why there's a wordcalled sanctification.
That's why we have the HolySpirit constantly sanctifying
our lives.
When Jesus Christ appears, youknow, we should appear like him.
Because Jesus knows that for usto live in heaven, we have to be
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like God because God is holy,heaven is a holy place with holy
people, with holy angels.
When when Satan misbehaved, Godkicked him out.
When pride was found in Satan,God did not accept that in his
in his presence at all, and thepresence of God is full of
holiness and righteousness.
So that is why the qualificationto get to heaven is through
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Jesus, because that is why whenyou when you read the book of
Revelation, the Bible says thatGod is the one on the throne,
and beside the right hand ofGod, guess who is sitting beside
the right hand of God?
Jesus.
But the way Jesus has beendepicted, sitting beside God, is
being depicted as the Lamb ofGod, as the Lamb of God.
And I ask myself, God, why am Iseeing my Lord as the Lamb?
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Why can I see Him as a lionsitting beside you?
Then I realized that to remindyou and I are in heaven that
wow, Brahim, you're in heavenbecause of this lamb.
Musumba, you're in heavenbecause of this lamb.
Halis, you're in heaven becauseof this lamb.
Angel, you're in heaven becauseof this lamb.
Carol, you're in heaven becauseof this lamb.
Charity, you're in heavenbecause of this lamb.
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Holy, you're in heaven becauseof this lamb.
Ruth, you're in heaven becauseof this lamb.
Saran, you're in heaven becauseof this lamb.
Shabba, you're in heaven becauseof this lamb.
Stella, you're in heaven becauseof this lamb.
Who is worthy to open the seal?
John cried.
And the angel said, The rock ofDavid, the line of the trap of
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Judah, who redeem us.
You know, we are we're in heavenbecause of the precious blood of
the lamb.
So that is why Jesus is depictedas the Lamb of God sitting
beside the one on the throne toremind us that we are in heaven
because of the Lamb, not becauseof anything that we have done.
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No qualification on our end.
Because of the grace and theachievement on the cross of
Jesus.
So that's why heaven is a holyplace.
And because Jesus is holy,that's where you and I we have
access to heaven.
The heaven is the height ofGod's sanctuary.
And God was trying to make hissanctuary on earth temporarily.
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Church, this the church that wehave here, that's why the Bible
said we are the church.
Really, we we are the church.
So the church is not really uh abuilding, we are the church.
We can still pray among eachother.
Do you have to go to church andthe physical structure to feel
like you can call on God?
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That is why Jesus said, Wheretwo or three are gathered, where
two or three human beings aregathered, where two or three
believers are gathered in myname, I will be there.
Well, God instructed Moses toset up a tabernacle, a physical
location, so that he can comeand meet with his people.
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But eventually at the end, weare all gonna meet in that one
special, significant place whereGod is in heaven.
So the heaven is God's highestsanctuary, and the heaven is
where God's throne is, meaningthat that's where God's
rulership and judgment derivefrom.
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What it says in Psalm 8189,verse 29, his seed also I will
make to endure forever, and histhrone as the days of heaven.
That is speaking of Jesus whenhe's going to exercise judgment
on the wicked.
It says in Psalm 11, verse 4,the Lord is in his holy temple.
That is also referring toheaven.
Heaven is also a temple, heavenis a place of worship.
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Because what we're gonna bedoing in heaven is just
worshiping, so it's a specialplace, it's a holy place, it's a
place where you are we're gonnaworship God.
The Lord's throne is in heaven,his eyes behold, his eyes lead,
test the sons of men.
And then God has established,prepare, set up his throne in
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heaven.
God is above the heaven, God iseternal, God is external, but
God establishes throne, hisrulership, his leadership, his
judgment in heaven.
That is why when we die, thereare two types of judgment:
judgment for unbelievers basedbecause they didn't believe in
Jesus, and judgment for us asbelievers who will still make it
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to heaven, but Jesus is gonnajudge our works, our works are
gonna be judged.
So all the judgments that aregonna happen, they're gonna take
place in heaven because that iswhere God has established his
throne to judge mankind inheaven, in heaven, not on earth.
So that is why you cannot judgepeople, you have no right to
judge any human being becauseyou're not God.
Leave it to God for God to passjudgment because vengeance is
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mine, because God hasestablished his throne in heaven
to judge and to lead.
The Bible says, God doeswhatever it pleases, and he does
whatever it pleases in heaven,he makes all his decrees in
heaven.
You know, when Jesus said whenwe are praying the Lost Prayer,
he gave us a template about theLost Prayer that you know we
should pray that Father, God inheaven, our Father who hath in
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heaven, meaning that he'stelling us where our father is
to remind us that our father isnot in the rock, our father is
not in the mountain, our fatheris not a it's not a it's not a
plant, it's not a tree.
Our father is in heaven.
You cannot put a humandescription on God, you cannot
put a physical description ofGod.
The only thing that we can say,God is in heaven, signifying
that heaven is higher than theearth.
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That is where God is, and theword actually in Hebrew for
heaven, it means to be elevated,to be lofty.
So God is elevated, just as theheaven is elevated above the
earth.
Our God is elevated, He'selevated even beyond the
heavens, his glory is above theheavens.
Wow, wow! So he does whatever itpleases.
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That's why Jesus said, Let uspray that let the will of God
that is in heaven come on earth,because God establishes, um,
directs, God controls, Godgoverns, God rules, God decrees,
God wills everything fromheaven.
So if you want God's will to bedone on earth, if you want to
know the will of God for yourlife, God, what is your will for
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me in heaven?
What have you decree in heavenconcerning my life?
What have you decree in heavenconcerning uh our church?
What have you decreed?
Because in heaven, that's whereGod makes all this decree.
That's where God decides wherewhat you're gonna be, what
you're gonna do in life.
He decides everything in heaven.
God does a lot of work in heavenconcerning the human race, the
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heaven is God's office, theheaven is God's business office,
the heaven is God's work, itdeclares, it decrees, it does
whatever he pleases in heaven.
Now, one thing that I'verealized when we look at the
book of Psalms, from heaven, Godlooks down on the Son of Man.
Do you know that God, becauseGod is in heaven, he looks down
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on us?
God is a watcher, God is aninvestigator, God is an
inspector, he's in heaven, Godsees all the sons of man.
So you are saying that you knowwhat?
God cannot see me because God isnot here physically, so I can
just do whatever I want to do.
I can live my life secretly.
My Musumba cannot see me, otherministers cannot see me, I can
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just fornicate, I can lie, it'sa lie, my sister.
It's a lie, my brother.
God sees the sons of men, thesons of women, He sees
everybody.
That's He's the omnipresence.
You cannot say, God, God cannotsee because God is not your
physical.
It's a lie.
The Bible says in Psalm 33,verse 13 the Lord looks from
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heaven, he sees all the sons ofmen, he sees what we do in
darkness, he sees what we do inthe light, he is watching.
So that's why we should havethat fear of God.
That God is seeing what's in myheart, he actually sees what's
in your heart too.
He's not limited to He is ableto search your heart to see the
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intentions of your heart, to seewhy you're doing ministry, to
see what you're doing, not justyour actions, because our
actions can portrayrighteousness.
But God looks at the intent, itlooks at the intent intentions,
it looks at the motivations.
So, child of God, I'm here tomodify you.
I am here to encourage you thatGod sees that should put fear in
us.
That wow, Brian, Musumba, angel,I should be very careful what I
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do because God sees in heaven.
God's eyes and eyelids are totest the sons of men.
So God in heaven is like, okay,let me test this woman, let me
test this man.
All of that is being done inheaven.
Remember when Satan appearsbefore God, the Bible says the
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sons of God appear before God togive an account to God, and God
was so proud of Job.
God is also proud of you.
Ah, God likes to be boastful.
God likes to be boastful, he isso boastful about you and I is
boastful about righteousness,but he's not boastful about
wickedness.
So if you want God to boastabout you, do right.
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He said, Have you seen myservant Job?
And then the devil came.
He said, Ah, God, lie, lie.
You think though Job is servingyou for nothing?
This man is serving you becauseof your edge of protection.
This man is serving you becauseof your provisions.
But God idea you to take thatedge over him, and this man will
curse you in his face.
Do you know that Satan wasnegotiating with God in heaven?
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The heaven is where spiritualactivities take place.
The second heaven, even thethird heaven, that's where the
decrees of God.
That is why when you're praying,say, take your matters to God.
In the heaven, that's where thecourt of God is.
The heaven is not just thecentral, it is a place of
worship, it's also a court, it'salso a court where God passes
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decrees and judgments, wheredestinies have been shaped.
That's why Jesus said, Let ourprayers be, Father, whatever it
is that you have in heaven, letit come to pass.
We don't want anything in hellbecause whatever Satan has
declared decreed in hell, that'swhat he wants attempts to happen
in our lives.
But God is saying, Let myperfect will, whatever it is
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that I want to be established inheaven, let it be done on this
earth.
Nothing can be done on thisearth without God's approval,
without God's mandate.
Even Satan presented something.
God, you know what?
Let me take a look at this.
I'm gonna go with your idea, I'mgonna test Job.
So the testing, the trials thatyou know how we go through, it
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has been decreed in heaven.
Wow, it has been decreed inheaven.
It's hard, but that's just afact.
The Bible says God looks downfrom heaven upon the children of
men to see if there are any whounderstands, who seek who seek
God.
God is saying, You I am lookingat my children, those in India,
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those in Kampala, those inFreeton, to see if any
understand or seek God.
God is not cheap, just as theheavens are higher than the
earth, so are the ways of God.
God is saying, I'm looking downon the sons of men, I'm looking
down on the daughters of men tosee if there's any who
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understand me, if there's anywho is sick in me.
You can find that in Psalm 14,verse 2.
You can find that in Psalm 53,verse 2.
And it also says thatrighteousness looks down from
heaven.
Righteousness looks down fromheaven.
Look what it says in Psalm 85,verse 11.
Truth shall spring out from theearth, and righteousness should
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look down from heaven.
Even for you and I to haverighteousness, righteousness has
to come from heaven.
Our righteousness, the Biblestates, they're like filthy
rack.
David said we are born ininiquity.
For you and I to live right, weneed righteousness from heaven.
We need the righteousness ofChrist.
We need the oh God, therighteousness of the Lamb
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imputed in us so that we can beworthy.
We can be worthy to be in thatholy presence of God, our Maker.
God views the earth from theheaven, not just the sons of man
and the daughters of men.
God actually views the entireearth, the elements of the
earth, the seas, the plants, thevegetations, the animals.
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God views them from heaven toensure that everything is
working right.
Like I said, heaven is God'soffice, heaven is God's
workspace.
It's a place where God lives,it's a place as a home for you
and I, it's a place wherethere's gonna be so many
mansions, it's a divine court,it's also a workspace for God.
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What does what God does fromheaven and what is in heaven?
That's where I'm gonna start at.
God thunders from heaven.
Do you know that if you read thebook of Revelation, most of the
judgments are gonna come fromheaven?
Most of the judgment are gonnacome from heaven.
So there's so much that comesfrom heaven, the heaven
influences the earth.
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That is why we don't take itlightly as believers.
That is why we should constantlypray that God let your perfect
will that you have in heaven,let it be done here on this
earth, because the heavensinfluence the earth, the first
heaven with all thesehurricanes, all these
earthquakes, the second heavenwith all these demonic spiritual
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powers, and also the thirdheaven, all these heavens
influence the earth, influenceus as humans being here on this
earth.
So, this is not just a thing tolearn about a place, no, heaven,
the kingdom of God, the kingdomof heaven.
Heaven is a significant topic asbelievers that we need to know.
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It's a place where we're gonnabe forever with God.
God thunders from heaven, Psalm68, verse 33.
To him who writes on the heavenof heavens.
Wow, to him who writes on theheaven of heavens, to him who
rides on the heaven of heavens.
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Even God is saying that I canride on the heaven of heavens, I
can ride on the third heavens, Ican ride on the on the second
heavens, I can ride on the firstheavens, which were of old.
Indeed, he sent out his voice, amighty voice.
When God speaks, he speaks fromheaven.
Do you know that the the whenGod spoke about his son
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publicly, he did that in thebaptism of Jesus Christ, and the
Bible said the heavens openedand God spoke.
Wow, is God still speaking fromheavens?
I know God can, but have youexperienced the voice of God
from the heavens?
It sounds like a thunder.
If you don't have spiritual uhsensibility, you can understand
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that God is the one speakingbecause it sounds like thunder
and lightning.
That's how powerful the voice ofGod is.
The Bible said he spoke it andit came into existence.
God answers his anointed fromhis holy heaven.
Do you know that our prayers areanswered from heaven?
That is why when this is onething I've learned that whenever
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we are praying, we should invokeheaven.
Let your will be done as it isin heaven.
We should invoke heaven.
Sometimes you are prayingbecause your will is on this
earth.
Sometimes David Paul said thatkeep set your mind on things
above.
What is saying that set yourmind on things in heaven?
Our prayer should be, God, whatis your will in heaven?
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Ah, God, because that is whereGod makes his plans.
So God is saying that I havemade my plans in heaven, and I
want Carol, I want charity tobring these plans that I've made
for her in heaven to bring themdown on this earth.
But here we are, here is Brahimpraying for his own will on
earth to be done.
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God is saying, No, no, no, no,my son.
I want my will that I'veestablished in heaven to be done
on this earth because I controlyou, I control the earth.
The Bible says God sends fromheaven to save because that's
where the angels come from.
That's where the angels comefrom.
It says in Psalm 57, verse 3 Heshall send from heaven and save
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me.
He reproaches the one who willswallow me up.
We need angelic beings, God'sfaithful servants to protect us,
to defend us, to deliver us.
If you look at the children ofIsrael, the Bible says that the
angel of the Lord was constantlyprotecting them, constantly
protecting them.
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So we evoke angels from heavento come to save us.
So God sends from heaven hisangels to save us.
Number number, I don't even knowwhat number that is.
So God caused judgment to beheard from heaven.
Even in the heavens, God decreedhis judgment according to Psalm
chapter 76, verse 8.
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You cause judgment to be heardfrom heaven, the heart feared
and was still.
Like I said, all the judgmentthat are gonna happen in the
enterprise, all of them areinitiated from the heavens.
If you read the book ofRevelation, all of them are
initiated from the heavens.
You have the angels of the Lordblowing trumpets, trumpet that
will strike the earth, trumpetthat will strike the sea,
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trumpet that will strike thevegetation, strumpet that oh my
god, all of them are fromheaven.
And then God opens the doors ofheaven and rain down manner.
Do you know that heaven is whereour blessing is?
That is why, child of God, Ikeep saying, please, whenever we
are praying, I just learned thismyself too.
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Make sure you invoke the will ofGod to be done.
That is why Jesus said, OurFather who art in heaven,
hallowed be your name.
Let your kingdom come, let yourwill be done on earth as it is
in heaven.
Because in heaven, that is wherethe purpose, the plans, the
provisions, the power of Godcome from.
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So all your blessings are inheaven.
One day we're gonna stand beforeGod.
God is saying that, oh my son,my daughter, this is that I had
all these amazing plans for youin heaven, but you never pray
for them to come to pass.
So we need to pray that Godopened the doors of heaven to
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reign manner.
He did that for the children ofIsrael, and he can do that for
you and I.
I want this message about heavennot just to be something
abstract, but I want it to berelatable, practical.
Heaven is again, it's not justabout heaven as a place, but
there's so much, there's asubstance about heaven, there's
a lot that comes from heaven, somuch activities in heaven
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concerning your life, concerningthe will of God for you.
That God is saying, Let my willthat I have in heaven be done
for you, be done for our churchand upper room.
God's word is settled in heaven.
Oh my god, oh my god.
Psalm 119, verse 89.
Forever, oh Lord, your word isset in heaven.
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Like I said, in heaven, that isGod's worksplace, that is where
God does his work.
You know how we have our officehere on this earth?
God has an office, that's wherehis he decrees, he speaks.
So the word of God is settled inheaven.
That is why Jesus said that noone comes to the Father except
through.
He said that you don't even knowGod.
He said, I know God because I amin the bosom of the Father.
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Only Jesus Christ has the fullcomprehension of who God is.
Only Jesus Christ can tell usclearly, concisely, precisely
who God is because Jesus camefrom heaven, and God is where?
God is in heaven, and Jesus isthe word of word of God.
The Bible said, In the beginningwas the word, and the word was
with God, and the word was God.
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So the word of God is settled inheaven.
The Holy Spirit, the author ofthe Bible came from heaven.
So you cannot tell me that thescripture is man-made, you
cannot tell me that thescripture is man-made.
Whatever is in the scripture,child of God, the Bible is
closed.
Don't hide, don't subtract,don't multiply, don't divide.
Because the word of God has beensettled.
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What God has said is final, itis complete, it is absolute.
You cannot contend against it.
It has already been establishedin the heaven.
God spoke to Moses from heaven.
Jesus, the word of God came fromheaven, the author of all the
scriptures came from heaven.
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So the word of God is settledforever for in heaven, and the
word of God remains forever.
The word of God remains forever.
Now, even the heavens shouldpraise God, not just the earth.
The angels are in heaven, theyshould praise God.
Look what it says in Psalm 69,verse 34 Let heaven and earth
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praise him, the seas andeverything that moves in them.
So when we get to heaven, childof God, we are gonna be
worshiping God, we are gonna bepraising God.
So we should not worship heavenand don't worship God because
God is above the heavens.
God is eternal, God is external.
I know we're so obsessed withheaven, heaven, heaven.
Yes, I want to go to heaven, notjust because I want to escape
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hell, because I want to hug, Iwant to hold, I want to embrace,
I want to sense the hug.
I want, I want to hear Godsaying, I love you.
Jesus said he's at the bosom ofhis father.
That is why Jesus feels lovebecause he's at the bosom,
warmth embrace.
I need that warm embrace, childof God.
You also need that one embrace.
When you have that warmthembrace from God, your life will
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never be the same.
Knowing fully that God loves youunconditionally, that you don't
need the validation of nobodyelse, that you are loved by God,
you are accepted by God, heavenhas approved you.
So, in conclusion, God is theGod of heaven, just as is the
God of the earth.
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God is the God of heaven, justas he's the God of the earth.
He's in charge of the heavens,he's in charge of the earth.
And the kingdom of Godencompasses God reigning in
heaven, God also reigning onthis earth.
God is in charge of everything.
God is in charge.
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God also has access to hell.
God has access to hell.
Look what it says in Psalm 139,verse 8.
If I ascend into heaven, that iswhy you cannot escape from God.
David tried to escape from God.
That is why God sees.
I know God is not herephysically, so we sometimes we
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we're so delusional thinking,you know what?
I can do whatever the heck Iwant to do.
Uh, my pastor is not going tosee, my brother in the Lord is
not going to see, my sister inthe Lord is not going to see, my
mom is not going to see, my wifeis not going to see.
Child of God is a lie, it's abig deceptional.
They might not see you, but Godsees.
Believe in me, the sin that youcommitted, your wife will not
see it, your husband will notsee it, your pastor will not see
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it.
But God, because he sees, hewill convict you as to say, ah,
what you did in secret, my son,repent.
That is wrong.
That is God showing that I seewhat you're doing.
That should put fear in us thatwow, God has eyes, he can see.
David was trying to escape.
He said, Even God, if I try toescape to ascend to the heaven,
you are there.
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Even if I tried to escape, youare there.
Okay, okay, God, maybe I I wouldI wouldn't try to go to heaven.
Let me try to go to hell.
David was just giving himselfoptions.
He said, Okay, if I make deadhell, because he's trying to
escape from God.
He tried heaven, he said, No butGod, heaven is your place.
Maybe let me go to hell.
I don't think God you can cometo hell.
I don't think God you haveaccess to hell.
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I don't think God can see hell.
I lie.
I lie.
You see, that is why at times,child of God, when you dream,
when God reveals the activitiesof hell, because hell also plans
for you, too.
When God reveals when you'rehaving when you are dreaming,
you see yourself back home, yousee yourself in all times.
You know what God is showingyou?
God is saying that I am seeingwhat has been designed for you
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in hell, that these witches'agents of the devil are
planning.
I am seeing that.
That is why I'm revealing thesethings to you.
We should be so happy that Godis able to see what goes on in
hell.
If God is not able to see whatgoes on in hell, we're in
trouble.
We're in trouble, we're introuble, we're in trouble.
David said, If I make my bed inhell, behold, you are there.
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What?
What God is in heaven, God isalso in hell, not like
physically or or you know, butGod has access to hell.
So there's nothing that can bedone in heaven.
That's why I say God is thecreator of everything, He's in
charge of everything.
So, whatever these powers areplanning in hell, God will
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expose them.
Whatever God is planning inheaven, God will reveal them.
I know some of us we struggle trying to differentiate
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between a house and a home.
A house and a home.
Um I see a house as a physicalstructure.
Uh a home is not just a house.
Uh a home can be in a house.
A home is not the physicalaspect.
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What makes a house livable isthe home.
The home in a sense ofconsistent human beings who are
in a in a relationship with eachother to seek the interest of
one another to ensure that theylive in peace and unity and
harmony.
I believe that heaven is notjust a house, not just a special
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house that Jesus said I'll goand and and prepare mansions.
Yes, it's a big house that'swhere God lives.
But I also believe that Godwants a home because God is a
God of family, and he wants allof his family, both humans and
angels, to be in that specialhome because God is relational.
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So I believe that you and I asbelievers we should have the
mindset of not just going to thehouse of the Lord, but we should
go be part of the home of Godbecause God is relational and
God is looking to relate withus.
I know some of us we decide togo to heaven because we're
afraid of going to heaven,afraid to go to hell, so that's
why we're like, okay, no whatGod, I'm gonna give my life to
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Jesus because I want to make itto heaven.
But what is the intention of yougoing to heaven?
Are you going to heaven becauseum you just want to be in that
place where you don't have nopersonal relationship with God?
God doesn't just want you and Ito go to heaven just to stay
there and chill and have fun,and it's all about us.
No, God wants you and I to be ina home with him, he wants you
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and I to actually see him,relate with him, and have a
relationship with him.
You remember in the in thescripture in Genesis when God
said that in the beginning Godcreated the heavens and the
earth.
I believe Musumba said there arethree types of heaven.
You have the um the firstheaven, the second heaven, and
then the third heaven.
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The first heaven is theatmospheric heaven, the heaven
that you and I will physicallysee, the sky, the clouds, and
then the second heaven is whereall these spiritual activities
take place, where Satan rules aswell.
The third heaven is pretty muchwhere God lives, that's God's
abode, you know, that place isholy.
So, since God is the one whocreated the heavens, because
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when you read Genesis, it saysGod created the heavens, meaning
that there's not just oneheaven, there's multiple
heavens.
He created the heavens and theearth.
So we could say that the first,the second, and the third
heavens were created.
Why?
Because God is internal and Godis external.
What do I mean by God is eternaland God is external?
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God is internal in a sense thatGod is forever, God is forever,
you know.
God is the uncreated creator,you know, the heavens were
created.
What do I mean by saying God isexternal?
God is external in the sensethat God is outside of his
creation.
We cannot confine God in hiscreation, we cannot confine God
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in heaven, just as we cannotconfine God on earth, so we can
also not confine God in theheavens because God is the
omnipresence, is everywhere atthe same time, is everywhere.
So God is internal forever, andGod is external outside of his
creation.
Keep that in mind because inPsalms 148, verse 13, look what
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it says.
Let them praise the name of theLord, for his name alone is
exalted.
His glory is above the earth andheaven.
So the glory of God is above theearth and heaven.
He is the omnipresence God.
The Bible says in Isaiah 55,verse 9 that as the heavens are
higher than the earth, so are myways higher than your ways and
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my thoughts than your thoughts.
God is saying that just how theheavens, all three levels of the
heavens, the first, the thesecond, the third, they are
higher than the earth.
So are the ways of God higherthan our thoughts, than our
ways.
So we cannot really put God in abox.
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So we're not just going toheaven because it's a place,
because God cannot be confinedin a place.
In Isaiah 66, verse 1.
This is what the law says heavenis my throne.
So God is using heaven as histhrone.
That throne signifies hisrulership and judgment, his
rulership and judgment.
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The throne of God is where Godrules the universe.
The throne of God is where Godpassed judgment on us and angels
as well.
And God also likens the earth ashis footstool.
So this earth is just a smallportion of God's magnificent
magnitude creation.
If God can state that the earthis his footstool and the heaven
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is his throne, meaning thatthat's where he exercises
leadership and judgment, wecannot confine God in the
heavens, we cannot confine Godon earth.
That's how big, that's howtremendous God is.
I just wanted to remind us thatwe're not going to heaven
because it's it's a house.
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We're going to heaven becauseGod wants to have a relationship
with us, God wants to bring hisfamily together, his earthly
family and his human family.
So let's focus on what Sam saysabout the heavens.
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Because there's it's a big topicall over the scripture in terms
of okay, this is what Jesus saidabout the heavens, this is what
the apostles says about heaven,this is what Daniel, Ezekiel,
everybody has something to sayabout heavens.
It's it's so big, there's somany references about heaven.
But my focus today is just on inthe book of Psalms.
God is in heaven.
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That's that's a special placewhere God abides, that's a
special place where God resides.
If we want to know where God is,God is in heaven.
You cannot tell me that God isin a particular location, you
know, God is in heaven in asense that that is where he
lives.
But it does not mean that Godcannot be anywhere at the same
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time because he's theomnipresent present.
Jesus said, Where two or threeare gathered, he is present.
So, but heaven is God's specialplace.
There's so many scriptures aboutthat.
Psalm 115, verse 3 says, But ourGod is in heaven, he does
whatever he pleases.
Psalm 5073, verse 25 says, Whomhave I in heaven but you, and
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there's none upon earth that Idesire beside you.
So the Bible clearly states ifwe want to find the location of
where God is, God is in heaven.
Somebody cannot tell that God isin hell.
That's wrong.
So we need to know where God is.
Somebody cannot tell you thatGod is in the tree.
That's why the Bible clearlyspecifies where God is.
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God is in heaven because God ishigher than the earth.
You cannot tell me that God isin India and God is a rock.
You cannot tell me that God isin China, God is a tree.
You cannot tell me that God isin Africa, God is something
else, or any element, or God issea, God is water, God is leaf.
No, God is not the humancreation.
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That's what we call idols.
So God is in heaven, that'swhere God is, that's where he
rules, that's where he reigns.
That's the third heaven.
That place is holy.
That place is holy.
There's no sin in heaven.
It says in chapter, uh Psalmchapter 20, verse 6.
Now I know that the Lord saveshis anointed, he will answer him
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from his holy heaven.
That particular place is holy,is set apart.
That is why the qualification toget to heaven, you have to be
righteous because the Biblesaid, Be holy, for I am holy.
I started off by saying that Godis looking for relationship, God
is the king of heaven.
And if you have to live in theking's domain, you have to
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reflect the characteristics ofthe king.
Because the king is holy, God isexpecting you and I come into
heaven, we should be holy.
That is why there's a wordcalled sanctification.
That's why we have the HolySpirit constantly sanctifying
our lives.
When Jesus Christ appears, youknow, we should appear like him.
Because Jesus knows that for usto live in heaven, we have to be
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like God because God is holy,heaven is a holy place with holy
people, with holy angels.
When when Satan misbehaved, Godkicked him out.
When pride was found in Satan,God did not accept that in his
in his presence at all, and thepresence of God is full of
holiness and righteousness.
So that is why the qualificationto get to heaven is through
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Jesus, because that is why whenyou when you read the book of
Revelation, the Bible says thatGod is the one on the throne,
and beside the right hand ofGod, guess who is sitting beside
the right hand of God?
Jesus.
But the way Jesus has beendepicted, sitting beside God, is
being depicted as the Lamb ofGod, as the Lamb of God.
And I ask myself, God, why am Iseeing my Lord as the Lamb?
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Why can I see Him as a lionsitting beside you?
Then I realized that to remindyou and I are in heaven that
wow, Brahim, you're in heavenbecause of this lamb.
Musumba, you're in heavenbecause of this lamb.
Halis, you're in heaven becauseof this lamb.
Angel, you're in heaven becauseof this lamb.
Carol, you're in heaven becauseof this lamb.
Charity, you're in heavenbecause of this lamb.
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Holy, you're in heaven becauseof this lamb.
Ruth, you're in heaven becauseof this lamb.
Saran, you're in heaven becauseof this lamb.
Shabba, you're in heaven becauseof this lamb.
Stella, you're in heaven becauseof this lamb.
Who is worthy to open the seal?
John cried.
And the angel said, The rock ofDavid, the line of the trap of
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Judah, who redeem us.
You know, we are we're in heavenbecause of the precious blood of
the lamb.
So that is why Jesus is depictedas the Lamb of God sitting
beside the one on the throne toremind us that we are in heaven
because of the Lamb, not becauseof anything that we have done.
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No qualification on our end.
Because of the grace and theachievement on the cross of
Jesus.
So that's why heaven is a holyplace.
And because Jesus is holy,that's where you and I we have
access to heaven.
The heaven is the height ofGod's sanctuary.
And God was trying to make hissanctuary on earth temporarily.
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Church, this the church that wehave here, that's why the Bible
said we are the church.
Really, we we are the church.
So the church is not really uh abuilding, we are the church.
We can still pray among eachother.
Do you have to go to church andthe physical structure to feel
like you can call on God?
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That is why Jesus said, Wheretwo or three are gathered, where
two or three human beings aregathered, where two or three
believers are gathered in myname, I will be there.
Well, God instructed Moses toset up a tabernacle, a physical
location, so that he can comeand meet with his people.
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But eventually at the end, weare all gonna meet in that one
special, significant place whereGod is in heaven.
So the heaven is God's highestsanctuary, and the heaven is
where God's throne is, meaningthat that's where God's
rulership and judgment derivefrom.
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What it says in Psalm 8189,verse 29, his seed also I will
make to endure forever, and histhrone as the days of heaven.
That is speaking of Jesus whenhe's going to exercise judgment
on the wicked.
It says in Psalm 11, verse 4,the Lord is in his holy temple.
That is also referring toheaven.
Heaven is also a temple, heavenis a place of worship.
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Because what we're gonna bedoing in heaven is just
worshiping, so it's a specialplace, it's a holy place, it's a
place where you are we're gonnaworship God.
The Lord's throne is in heaven,his eyes behold, his eyes lead,
test the sons of men.
And then God has established,prepare, set up his throne in
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heaven.
God is above the heaven, God iseternal, God is external, but
God establishes throne, hisrulership, his leadership, his
judgment in heaven.
That is why when we die, thereare two types of judgment:
judgment for unbelievers basedbecause they didn't believe in
Jesus, and judgment for us asbelievers who will still make it
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to heaven, but Jesus is gonnajudge our works, our works are
gonna be judged.
So all the judgments that aregonna happen, they're gonna take
place in heaven because that iswhere God has established his
throne to judge mankind inheaven, in heaven, not on earth.
So that is why you cannot judgepeople, you have no right to
judge any human being becauseyou're not God.
Leave it to God for God to passjudgment because vengeance is
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mine, because God hasestablished his throne in heaven
to judge and to lead.
The Bible says, God doeswhatever it pleases, and he does
whatever it pleases in heaven,he makes all his decrees in
heaven.
You know, when Jesus said whenwe are praying the Lost Prayer,
he gave us a template about theLost Prayer that you know we
should pray that Father, God inheaven, our Father who hath in
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heaven, meaning that he'stelling us where our father is
to remind us that our father isnot in the rock, our father is
not in the mountain, our fatheris not a it's not a it's not a
plant, it's not a tree.
Our father is in heaven.
You cannot put a humandescription on God, you cannot
put a physical description ofGod.
The only thing that we can say,God is in heaven, signifying
that heaven is higher than theearth.
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That is where God is, and theword actually in Hebrew for
heaven, it means to be elevated,to be lofty.
So God is elevated, just as theheaven is elevated above the
earth.
Our God is elevated, He'selevated even beyond the
heavens, his glory is above theheavens.
Wow, wow! So he does whatever itpleases.
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That's why Jesus said, Let uspray that let the will of God
that is in heaven come on earth,because God establishes, um,
directs, God controls, Godgoverns, God rules, God decrees,
God wills everything fromheaven.
So if you want God's will to bedone on earth, if you want to
know the will of God for yourlife, God, what is your will for
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me in heaven?
What have you decree in heavenconcerning my life?
What have you decree in heavenconcerning uh our church?
What have you decreed?
Because in heaven, that's whereGod makes all this decree.
That's where God decides wherewhat you're gonna be, what
you're gonna do in life.
He decides everything in heaven.
God does a lot of work in heavenconcerning the human race, the
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heaven is God's office, theheaven is God's business office,
the heaven is God's work, itdeclares, it decrees, it does
whatever he pleases in heaven.
Now, one thing that I'verealized when we look at the
book of Psalms, from heaven, Godlooks down on the Son of Man.
Do you know that God, becauseGod is in heaven, he looks down
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on us?
God is a watcher, God is aninvestigator, God is an
inspector, he's in heaven, Godsees all the sons of man.
So you are saying that you knowwhat?
God cannot see me because God isnot here physically, so I can
just do whatever I want to do.
I can live my life secretly.
My Musumba cannot see me, otherministers cannot see me, I can
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just fornicate, I can lie, it'sa lie, my sister.
It's a lie, my brother.
God sees the sons of men, thesons of women, He sees
everybody.
That's He's the omnipresence.
You cannot say, God, God cannotsee because God is not your
physical.
It's a lie.
The Bible says in Psalm 33,verse 13 the Lord looks from
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heaven, he sees all the sons ofmen, he sees what we do in
darkness, he sees what we do inthe light, he is watching.
So that's why we should havethat fear of God.
That God is seeing what's in myheart, he actually sees what's
in your heart too.
He's not limited to He is ableto search your heart to see the
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intentions of your heart, to seewhy you're doing ministry, to
see what you're doing, not justyour actions, because our
actions can portrayrighteousness.
But God looks at the intent, itlooks at the intent intentions,
it looks at the motivations.
So, child of God, I'm here tomodify you.
I am here to encourage you thatGod sees that should put fear in
us.
That wow, Brian, Musumba, angel,I should be very careful what I
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do because God sees in heaven.
God's eyes and eyelids are totest the sons of men.
So God in heaven is like, okay,let me test this woman, let me
test this man.
All of that is being done inheaven.
Remember when Satan appearsbefore God, the Bible says the
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sons of God appear before God togive an account to God, and God
was so proud of Job.
God is also proud of you.
Ah, God likes to be boastful.
God likes to be boastful, he isso boastful about you and I is
boastful about righteousness,but he's not boastful about
wickedness.
So if you want God to boastabout you, do right.
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He said, Have you seen myservant Job?
And then the devil came.
He said, Ah, God, lie, lie.
You think though Job is servingyou for nothing?
This man is serving you becauseof your edge of protection.
This man is serving you becauseof your provisions.
But God idea you to take thatedge over him, and this man will
curse you in his face.
Do you know that Satan wasnegotiating with God in heaven?
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The heaven is where spiritualactivities take place.
The second heaven, even thethird heaven, that's where the
decrees of God.
That is why when you're praying,say, take your matters to God.
In the heaven, that's where thecourt of God is.
The heaven is not just thecentral, it is a place of
worship, it's also a court, it'salso a court where God passes
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decrees and judgments, wheredestinies have been shaped.
That's why Jesus said, Let ourprayers be, Father, whatever it
is that you have in heaven, letit come to pass.
We don't want anything in hellbecause whatever Satan has
declared decreed in hell, that'swhat he wants attempts to happen
in our lives.
But God is saying, Let myperfect will, whatever it is
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that I want to be established inheaven, let it be done on this
earth.
Nothing can be done on thisearth without God's approval,
without God's mandate.
Even Satan presented something.
God, you know what?
Let me take a look at this.
I'm gonna go with your idea, I'mgonna test Job.
So the testing, the trials thatyou know how we go through, it
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has been decreed in heaven.
Wow, it has been decreed inheaven.
It's hard, but that's just afact.
The Bible says God looks downfrom heaven upon the children of
men to see if there are any whounderstands, who seek who seek
God.
God is saying, You I am lookingat my children, those in India,
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those in Kampala, those inFreeton, to see if any
understand or seek God.
God is not cheap, just as theheavens are higher than the
earth, so are the ways of God.
God is saying, I'm looking downon the sons of men, I'm looking
down on the daughters of men tosee if there's any who
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understand me, if there's anywho is sick in me.
You can find that in Psalm 14,verse 2.
You can find that in Psalm 53,verse 2.
And it also says thatrighteousness looks down from
heaven.
Righteousness looks down fromheaven.
Look what it says in Psalm 85,verse 11.
Truth shall spring out from theearth, and righteousness should
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look down from heaven.
Even for you and I to haverighteousness, righteousness has
to come from heaven.
Our righteousness, the Biblestates, they're like filthy
rack.
David said we are born ininiquity.
For you and I to live right, weneed righteousness from heaven.
We need the righteousness ofChrist.
We need the oh God, therighteousness of the Lamb
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imputed in us so that we can beworthy.
We can be worthy to be in thatholy presence of God, our Maker.
God views the earth from theheaven, not just the sons of man
and the daughters of men.
God actually views the entireearth, the elements of the
earth, the seas, the plants, thevegetations, the animals.
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God views them from heaven toensure that everything is
working right.
Like I said, heaven is God'soffice, heaven is God's
workspace.
It's a place where God lives,it's a place as a home for you
and I, it's a place wherethere's gonna be so many
mansions, it's a divine court,it's also a workspace for God.
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What does what God does fromheaven and what is in heaven?
That's where I'm gonna start at.
God thunders from heaven.
Do you know that if you read thebook of Revelation, most of the
judgments are gonna come fromheaven?
Most of the judgment are gonnacome from heaven.
So there's so much that comesfrom heaven, the heaven
influences the earth.
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That is why we don't take itlightly as believers.
That is why we should constantlypray that God let your perfect
will that you have in heaven,let it be done here on this
earth, because the heavensinfluence the earth, the first
heaven with all thesehurricanes, all these
earthquakes, the second heavenwith all these demonic spiritual
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powers, and also the thirdheaven, all these heavens
influence the earth, influenceus as humans being here on this
earth.
So, this is not just a thing tolearn about a place, no, heaven,
the kingdom of God, the kingdomof heaven.
Heaven is a significant topic asbelievers that we need to know.
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It's a place where we're gonnabe forever with God.
God thunders from heaven, Psalm68, verse 33.
To him who writes on the heavenof heavens.
Wow, to him who writes on theheaven of heavens, to him who
rides on the heaven of heavens.
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Even God is saying that I canride on the heaven of heavens, I
can ride on the third heavens, Ican ride on the on the second
heavens, I can ride on the firstheavens, which were of old.
Indeed, he sent out his voice, amighty voice.
When God speaks, he speaks fromheaven.
Do you know that the the whenGod spoke about his son
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publicly, he did that in thebaptism of Jesus Christ, and the
Bible said the heavens openedand God spoke.
Wow, is God still speaking fromheavens?
I know God can, but have youexperienced the voice of God
from the heavens?
It sounds like a thunder.
If you don't have spiritual uhsensibility, you can understand
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that God is the one speakingbecause it sounds like thunder
and lightning.
That's how powerful the voice ofGod is.
The Bible said he spoke it andit came into existence.
God answers his anointed fromhis holy heaven.
Do you know that our prayers areanswered from heaven?
That is why when this is onething I've learned that whenever
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we are praying, we should invokeheaven.
Let your will be done as it isin heaven.
We should invoke heaven.
Sometimes you are prayingbecause your will is on this
earth.
Sometimes David Paul said thatkeep set your mind on things
above.
What is saying that set yourmind on things in heaven?
Our prayer should be, God, whatis your will in heaven?
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Ah, God, because that is whereGod makes his plans.
So God is saying that I havemade my plans in heaven, and I
want Carol, I want charity tobring these plans that I've made
for her in heaven to bring themdown on this earth.
But here we are, here is Brahimpraying for his own will on
earth to be done.
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God is saying, No, no, no, no,my son.
I want my will that I'veestablished in heaven to be done
on this earth because I controlyou, I control the earth.
The Bible says God sends fromheaven to save because that's
where the angels come from.
That's where the angels comefrom.
It says in Psalm 57, verse 3 Heshall send from heaven and save
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me.
He reproaches the one who willswallow me up.
We need angelic beings, God'sfaithful servants to protect us,
to defend us, to deliver us.
If you look at the children ofIsrael, the Bible says that the
angel of the Lord was constantlyprotecting them, constantly
protecting them.
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So we evoke angels from heavento come to save us.
So God sends from heaven hisangels to save us.
Number number, I don't even knowwhat number that is.
So God caused judgment to beheard from heaven.
Even in the heavens, God decreedhis judgment according to Psalm
chapter 76, verse 8.
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You cause judgment to be heardfrom heaven, the heart feared
and was still.
Like I said, all the judgmentthat are gonna happen in the
enterprise, all of them areinitiated from the heavens.
If you read the book ofRevelation, all of them are
initiated from the heavens.
You have the angels of the Lordblowing trumpets, trumpet that
will strike the earth, trumpetthat will strike the sea,
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trumpet that will strike thevegetation, strumpet that oh my
god, all of them are fromheaven.
And then God opens the doors ofheaven and rain down manner.
Do you know that heaven is whereour blessing is?
That is why, child of God, Ikeep saying, please, whenever we
are praying, I just learned thismyself too.
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Make sure you invoke the will ofGod to be done.
That is why Jesus said, OurFather who art in heaven,
hallowed be your name.
Let your kingdom come, let yourwill be done on earth as it is
in heaven.
Because in heaven, that is wherethe purpose, the plans, the
provisions, the power of Godcome from.
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So all your blessings are inheaven.
One day we're gonna stand beforeGod.
God is saying that, oh my son,my daughter, this is that I had
all these amazing plans for youin heaven, but you never pray
for them to come to pass.
So we need to pray that Godopened the doors of heaven to
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reign manner.
He did that for the children ofIsrael, and he can do that for
you and I.
I want this message about heavennot just to be something
abstract, but I want it to berelatable, practical.
Heaven is again, it's not justabout heaven as a place, but
there's so much, there's asubstance about heaven, there's
a lot that comes from heaven, somuch activities in heaven
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concerning your life, concerningthe will of God for you.
That God is saying, Let my willthat I have in heaven be done
for you, be done for our churchand upper room.
God's word is settled in heaven.
Oh my god, oh my god.
Psalm 119, verse 89.
Forever, oh Lord, your word isset in heaven.
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Like I said, in heaven, that isGod's worksplace, that is where
God does his work.
You know how we have our officehere on this earth?
God has an office, that's wherehis he decrees, he speaks.
So the word of God is settled inheaven.
That is why Jesus said that noone comes to the Father except
through.
He said that you don't even knowGod.
He said, I know God because I amin the bosom of the Father.
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Only Jesus Christ has the fullcomprehension of who God is.
Only Jesus Christ can tell usclearly, concisely, precisely
who God is because Jesus camefrom heaven, and God is where?
God is in heaven, and Jesus isthe word of word of God.
The Bible said, In the beginningwas the word, and the word was
with God, and the word was God.
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So the word of God is settled inheaven.
The Holy Spirit, the author ofthe Bible came from heaven.
So you cannot tell me that thescripture is man-made, you
cannot tell me that thescripture is man-made.
Whatever is in the scripture,child of God, the Bible is
closed.
Don't hide, don't subtract,don't multiply, don't divide.
Because the word of God has beensettled.
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What God has said is final, itis complete, it is absolute.
You cannot contend against it.
It has already been establishedin the heaven.
God spoke to Moses from heaven.
Jesus, the word of God came fromheaven, the author of all the
scriptures came from heaven.
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So the word of God is settledforever for in heaven, and the
word of God remains forever.
The word of God remains forever.
Now, even the heavens shouldpraise God, not just the earth.
The angels are in heaven, theyshould praise God.
Look what it says in Psalm 69,verse 34 Let heaven and earth
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praise him, the seas andeverything that moves in them.
So when we get to heaven, childof God, we are gonna be
worshiping God, we are gonna bepraising God.
So we should not worship heavenand don't worship God because
God is above the heavens.
God is eternal, God is external.
I know we're so obsessed withheaven, heaven, heaven.
Yes, I want to go to heaven, notjust because I want to escape
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hell, because I want to hug, Iwant to hold, I want to embrace,
I want to sense the hug.
I want, I want to hear Godsaying, I love you.
Jesus said he's at the bosom ofhis father.
That is why Jesus feels lovebecause he's at the bosom,
warmth embrace.
I need that warm embrace, childof God.
You also need that one embrace.
When you have that warmthembrace from God, your life will
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never be the same.
Knowing fully that God loves youunconditionally, that you don't
need the validation of nobodyelse, that you are loved by God,
you are accepted by God, heavenhas approved you.
So, in conclusion, God is theGod of heaven, just as is the
God of the earth.
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God is the God of heaven, justas he's the God of the earth.
He's in charge of the heavens,he's in charge of the earth.
And the kingdom of Godencompasses God reigning in
heaven, God also reigning onthis earth.
God is in charge of everything.
God is in charge.
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God also has access to hell.
God has access to hell.
Look what it says in Psalm 139,verse 8.
If I ascend into heaven, that iswhy you cannot escape from God.
David tried to escape from God.
That is why God sees.
I know God is not herephysically, so we sometimes we
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we're so delusional thinking,you know what?
I can do whatever the heck Iwant to do.
Uh, my pastor is not going tosee, my brother in the Lord is
not going to see, my sister inthe Lord is not going to see, my
mom is not going to see, my wifeis not going to see.
Child of God is a lie, it's abig deceptional.
They might not see you, but Godsees.
Believe in me, the sin that youcommitted, your wife will not
see it, your husband will notsee it, your pastor will not see
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it.
But God, because he sees, hewill convict you as to say, ah,
what you did in secret, my son,repent.
That is wrong.
That is God showing that I seewhat you're doing.
That should put fear in us thatwow, God has eyes, he can see.
David was trying to escape.
He said, Even God, if I try toescape to ascend to the heaven,
you are there.
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Even if I tried to escape, youare there.
Okay, okay, God, maybe I I wouldI wouldn't try to go to heaven.
Let me try to go to hell.
David was just giving himselfoptions.
He said, Okay, if I make deadhell, because he's trying to
escape from God.
He tried heaven, he said, No butGod, heaven is your place.
Maybe let me go to hell.
I don't think God you can cometo hell.
I don't think God you haveaccess to hell.
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I don't think God can see hell.
I lie.
I lie.
You see, that is why at times,child of God, when you dream,
when God reveals the activitiesof hell, because hell also plans
for you, too.
When God reveals when you'rehaving when you are dreaming,
you see yourself back home, yousee yourself in all times.
You know what God is showingyou?
God is saying that I am seeingwhat has been designed for you
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in hell, that these witches'agents of the devil are
planning.
I am seeing that.
That is why I'm revealing thesethings to you.
We should be so happy that Godis able to see what goes on in
hell.
If God is not able to see whatgoes on in hell, we're in
trouble.
We're in trouble, we're introuble, we're in trouble.
David said, If I make my bed inhell, behold, you are there.
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What?
What God is in heaven, God isalso in hell, not like
physically or or you know, butGod has access to hell.
So there's nothing that can bedone in heaven.
That's why I say God is thecreator of everything, He's in
charge of everything.
So, whatever these powers areplanning in hell, God will
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expose them.
Whatever God is planning inheaven, God will reveal them.
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