The dwelling-place of God (called also the third heaven 2 Cor. 12) in distinction to the heaven where the birds fly, and the heaven (or firmament) where the stars are. People talk generally of going to heaven when they die, but the expression is not Scriptural. “To depart and be with Christ” is what we read of. Strictly speaking, we do not find that we shall enter heaven till the Lord descends thence, and takes us all (the living and the dead) there.