Phillipin

  The Third Heaven and Satan's Thorn   2 Corinthians 12:1-4 "But I must boast, though it is useless, to tell of visions and revelations from the Lord: I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago — whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows — was caught up to the third heaven. I know such a man — whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows — was caught up into paradise and heard inexpressible words, things that it is not lawful for a man to utter." Paul experienced the third heaven, which he called paradise. He had a mystical experience that cannot be expressed in words. 2 Corinthians 12:7-9 『 And to keep me from becoming conceited through the abundance of the revelations (apokalypseon), there was given me a thorn (skollos the sarchi) in the flesh (sarchi), a messenger of Satan to buffet me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to have it removed from me. But he said to me, ‘ My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is ma...