After these things I looked, and behold, a door [standing] open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard [was] like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, "Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this."

A Psalm of David. LORD, who may abide in Your tabernacle? Who may dwell in Your holy hill?

Who may ascend into the hill of the LORD? Or who may stand in His holy place?

But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew [their] strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.

"To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.

She bore a male Child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her Child was caught up to God and His throne.

Then it happened, as they continued on and talked, that suddenly a chariot of fire [appeared] with horses of fire, and separated the two of them; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

For you have said in your heart: 'I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation On the farthest sides of the north;

Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.

Who [is] he who condemns? [It is] Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.

As it is written: "For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter."

even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

and raised [us] up together, and made [us] sit together in the heavenly [places] in Christ Jesus,

"Who [are] these [who] fly like a cloud, And like doves to their roosts?

Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.

Then we who are alive [and] remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.

And He took off their chariot wheels, so that they drove them with difficulty; and the Egyptians said, "Let us flee from the face of Israel, for the LORD fights for them against the Egyptians."

And it came to pass, when the LORD was about to take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.

Now the sons of the prophets who [were] at Jericho came to Elisha and said to him, "Do you know that the LORD will take away your master from over you today?" So he answered, "Yes, I know; keep silent!"

And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood facing [them] at a distance, while the two of them stood by the Jordan.

Show me a sign for good, That those who hate me may see [it] and be ashamed, Because You, LORD, have helped me and comforted me.

The wicked will see [it] and be grieved; He will gnash his teeth and melt away; The desire of the wicked shall perish.

Then you shall again discern Between the righteous and the wicked, Between one who serves God And one who does not serve Him.

"And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.