Just an interesting thing I thought I would mention about the Bible....

The most common Bible that is read in the US is the King James Bible. The King James Bible was translated to English in the 17th Century.

At the time, the common word for "sky" was "heaven". Apparently the word "sky" is a much more recent word. This explains why people even today often look up towards the sky when praying to God.

At the time, man did not know what was up in the sky, or in outer space, as no technology had been invented yet that allowed flight or space travel. So it was assumed that God existed up in the sky. Thus the word for "heaven" and "sky" were one and the same.

In the 20th century, after new technology allowed man to fly and then travel into outer space, we now know what is up in the sky, so a new word was needed to differentiate between "sky" and "heaven", so now we have both words.

But if you want to really understand the Bible better, try reading it this way..... Whenever you see the word "heaven", instead substitute the word "sky". Then you will be reading it the way it was meant to be read.

Just food for thought beyond this, but if you are a really deep thinking, try to come up with a good reason for why man assumed God was up in the sky in the first place. If you think hard enough, I'm sure you can figure that one out. (hint: ever see the movie "The Gods Must Be Crazy"?)