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First of all, we are not going to the heaven of angels. That is very clear in the Bible.1 Thessalonians 4:14-15 "We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. [15] According to the Lord's own word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left till the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep."So, evidently, Christians are alseep. "Asleep in Christ" if you establish it that way. What about sinners and pagans and the like?2 Peter 2:4 "For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them into gloomy dungeons to be held for judgment;"Satan and his angels dwell in hell AWAITING Judgment. 1 Corinthians 15:55 "Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?"The sting of death is its torment over our souls. If we fall asleep in Christ then death does not affect us. That means that sinners must then go to Hell before Judgment.Going into sleep TOTALLY destroys the purpose of entering Heaven. That is why after the Resurrection we will go to the Third Heaven, which is the ultimate presence of the LORD our God.2 Corinthians 12:2-4a "I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not know—God knows. And I know that this man—whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, but God knows— was caught up to paradise." Note that in KJV paradise is capitalized.So the Third Heaven is Paradise because Paul is evidently repeating himself. What's Paradise? It's where a select few who miss sleep in Christ such as the criminal (Lk.23:43). Where is this Paradise?Revelation 2:7 "He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God." The Tree of Life is also on the New Earth in the New Jerusalem as we learn from the last part of Revelation. So, Paradise is synominous with Third Heaven and New Earth. You must assume that the new Earth that is talked about in Revelation is just the Third Heaven; you can verify it because Revelation declares that God is actually be with man; the Third Heaven is the ultimate presence of God.That's my $.02.
Vherince, Christina is right. Also we have not yet seen Satan claiming to be God according to...Isaiah 14:12 - How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!Isaiah 14:13 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:Isaiah 14:14 - I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.Isaiah 14:15 - Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.Isaiah 14:16 - They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;.......Ezekiel 28:2 - Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:.....Ezekiel 28:6 - Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;......II Thessalonians 2:3 - Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;II Thessalonians 2:4 - Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.......John 17:12 - While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.