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"Heaven is where the cooks are French ..."
"Heaven is where the cooks are French, the policemen are British, the mechanics are German, the romantics are Italian, and everything is run by the Swiss." So the joke goes. But what is heaven really? Is it actually a place?
The Bible speaks about the "kingdom of heaven," and Christ Jesus uses several parables to illustrate what it is (see Matt. 13:1-48). Among his illustrations: "The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened." And "the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it." What do these images tell us about "heaven"?
With questions like this one I have found it most helpful to turn to Science and Health, a book that provides the "key" to the Bible, because it helps to reveal the Scriptures' spiritual meaning and how this meaning can be applied in everyday life. There I found, in the Glossary, the following explanation: "Heaven. Harmony; the reign of Spirit; government by divine Principle; spirituality; bliss; the atmosphere of Soul" (p. 587).
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November 24, 1997 issue
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TO OUR READERS
The Editors
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Is the stuff of life material or spiritual?
Geoffrey J. Barratt
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Where am I?
Donald L. Shipman
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Breaking through the thoughts behind pain
Joyce E. Batchelder
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Lessons from a mountain climb
Michael B. Thorneloe
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"Heaven is where the cooks are French ..."
Cornelia Schacht
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Focusing on the Bible
Edward W. Little
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Thanksgiving's feast—and fast
Lynn Gray Jackson
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Gratitude
Marjorie Scott Eichelberger
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You can be a peacemaker
Amy K. Anderson
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God's sure supply
Carole Gardner Dykema
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Ready to take the lead
Russ Gerber
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During the birth of our first child, I had torn severely
Kerry Helen Jenkins
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I remember one of my first healings in Christian Science
María del Carmen Feijóo de Mata
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About a year and a half ago I noticed that each time I combed...
June B. Cunningham