Jahn,) as a dove. and coming upon him. Comp. on
Ezek. i. 1; Acts ii. 2, 3.

Matt. iii. 17; Mark i. 11; Luke iii. 22. Lo, a voice from heaven, faying, this is my beloved Son,&c.

John i. 51. Hereafter ye shall see heaven opened, and the angels of God afcending and defcending on

the Son of Man.

John iii. 13. No man goeth up to heaven, but he who came down from heaven, even the Son of Man, who is in heaven. Comp. i. 18; Luke xvi. 22.

John xii. 28. A voice came from heaven, faying, I have glorified, &c.

Acts ii. 2. Suddenly there came from heaven a found as of a rufhing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were fitting. Comp. 1 Kings

xix. 9, 11, 12, 13; Ezek. i. 4.

vii. 55. Stephen looked up ftedfaftly into heaven, and faw the glory of God, and Jefus ftanding on the right hand of God: ver. 56, and faid, Behold, I fee the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God. Comp. Ezek. i. 1; viii. I to 4; Rev. iv. 1; xix. 11; and Doddr. note.

ix. 35 xxii. 6; xxvi. 13. Suddenly a light from heaven fhone round about Paul, and he fell to the earth, and heard a voice, faying, Saul, Saul, why perfecutest thou me? Comp. xxvi. 19, a heavenly vifion. Light is a common fymbol of the divine prefence.

x. 10, 11. Peter fell into a trance, and feeth heaven opened, and fomewhat defcending to him like a

Ver. 16.

great sheet, let down to the earth, &c.
This was done thrice, and the fheet was taken
again into heaven. Comp. ver. 22.

up

Acts xi. 5. Peter faid, in a trance I saw a vision, fomewhat defcending like a great sheet, let down from heaven by the four ends.

9. The voice fpake to me a fecond time from heaven, what God hath cleansed that call not thou

common.

xi. 10. This was done thrice, and every thing was drawn up again into heaven.

2 Pet. i. 18. This voice we heard, which came from heaven.

Rev. iv. 1. A door was opened in heaven, and the first voice which I heard, &c. See Ezek. i. 1; Matt. iii. 16; John i. 51; Acts x. 10, 11.

2. And immediately I was in the fpirit, and behold a throne was fet in heaven. Comp. i. 10, &c. Doddr. note, and Ezek. viii. 1 to 3.

viii. 1. There was filence in heaven about the space of half an hour. A folemn pause and fufpenfion of any divine communication.

x. 1. I faw another mighty angel come down from heaven. Read to ver. 4; and fee John iii. 13; Gen. xxviii. 12, in this fect.

4. I heard a voice from heaven. Comp. John xii. 28.

8. The voice which I heard from heaven.

xi. 12. I heard a great voice from heaven, faying, unto them, &c. (the two witnesses;) fee ver. 3, 7.

Rev. xi. 15. There were great voices in heaven. xiv. 13. I heard a voice from heaven, faying, Write, bleffed are the dead who die in the Lord.

17. Another angel came out of the temple in heaven. Comp. ver. 14, 15, 18 to 20.

xv. 1. I faw another fign in heaven.

5. The temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened. See Exod. xxvii. 21.

xvi. 17. There cometh a great voice out of the temple of heaven from the throne, faying, it is accomplished. Read to ver. 21.

xviii. 1. Another angel came down from heaven. See on x. I.

4. Another voice from heaven.

xix. 11. I faw the heaven opened, and behold a white horse.

xxi. 3. I heard a great voice out of heaven. xx. 1. I faw an angel coming down from heaven. See on x. 1.

SECTION XII.

NEW HEAVENS, and KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, signifying the spiritual Kingdom of the Messiah on Earth, or the Dispensation of the Gospel. Dan. ii. 44; vii. 13, 14; Luke xvii. 21.

ISA. Ixv. 17. Behold, I create new heavens, and a new earth. Comp. ver. 18 to 25; Dan. vii. 13, 14, 27.

Ifa. lxvi. 22. As the new heavens, and the new earth, which I will make, &c.

Matt. iii. 2. John preached, faying, repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven draweth near.

iv. 17. Jefus preached, faying, repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven draweth near.

v. 3. Bleffed are the poor in fpirit, for their's is' the kingdom of heaven.

19. Whofoever shall break the least of these commandments, and fhall teach men fo, fhall be called the leaft in the kingdom of heaven; but whofoever fhall perform and teach them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

20. Unless your righteousness exceed that of the scribes and pharifees, ye fhall by no means enter into the kingdom of heaven.

viii. 11. Many fhall come from the east and the west, and shall fit down with Abraham, Ifaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. Abraham, Ifaac, and Jacob, may mean their defcendants, as Ifrael does in the preceding 10th verfe.

x. 7. Preach, faying, the kingdom of heaven draweth near.

xi. 11. The leaft in the kingdom of heaven is greater than John the Baptist.

12. From the day of John until now the kingdom of heaven fuffereth violence.

xiii. 11. Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven.

Matt. xiii. 24. The kingdom of heaven is like a man who fowed good feed in his field.

31. The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of muftard-feed.

xiii. 33. The kingdom of heaven is like leaven. 44. The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hid in a field.

45. The kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking goodly pearls.

47. The kingdom of heaven is like a net caft into the fea.

52. Every scribe made a difciple to the kingdom of heaven, is like a housholder.

xvi. 19. I will give thee the keys of the kingdom. of heaven; and what thou shalt bind on earth fhall be bound in heaven, and what thou fhalt loose on earth fhall be loofed in heaven.

Authority over the kingdom of the gofpel, or fociety of Chriftians, with a power to direct, appoint, and command, what is proper for the governing of it. Bearing the keys is a mark of office and rule; Ifaiah xxii. 22; Rev. iii. 7; ix. 1; xx. I. The Apostles exercised this power, Acts xv; John xx. 23; Acts V. I to II; vi. 1 to 4; xiii. 8 to 12; 1 Cor. xi. 33, 34; xiv. 26, 40; xviii. 18. See Newcome's note on Matt. xvi. 19; and Pearce's note.

Matt. xviii. 1. Who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?

3. Unless ye become as little children, ye cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven.