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Gate to Heaven. Gate to Heaven ( Armenian: Դրախտի դարպասը, romanized : Drakhti darpasy) is a 2019 historical drama film directed by Jivan Avetisyan, [ 1][ 2] with scriptwriter Artavazd Yeghiazaryan, and co-scriptwriter Mko Malkhasyan. It is an international co-production by producers in Lithuania, Germany, and France and post ...
The Blessed at the gate to heaven with St. Peter (1467-1471) by Hans Memling. Pearly gates is an informal name for the gateway to Heaven according to some Christian denominations. It is inspired by the description of the New Jerusalem in Revelation 21:21: "The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl."
Heaven in Christianity. In Christianity, heaven is traditionally the location of the throne of God and the angels of God, [ 2][ 3] and in most forms of Christianity it is the abode of the righteous dead in the afterlife. In some Christian denominations it is understood as a temporary stage before the resurrection of the dead and the saints ...
Heaven's Gate was an American new religious movement known primarily for the mass suicides committed by its members in 1997. Commonly designated a cult, it was founded in 1974 and led by Bonnie Nettles (1927–1985) and Marshall Applewhite (1931–1997), known within the movement as Ti and Do. Nettles and Applewhite first met in 1972 and went ...
29°2′59.57″N 110°28′44.00″E. / 29.0498806°N 110.4788889°E / 29.0498806; 110.4788889. Geography. Tianmen Mountain. Location in Hunan. Tianmen Mountain ( simplified Chinese: 天 门 山; traditional Chinese: 天門山; pinyin: Tiānmén Shān; lit. 'Heaven's Gate Mountain') is a mountain located within Tianmen Mountain ...
Jacob's Ladder ( Biblical Hebrew: סֻלָּם יַעֲקֹב, romanized: Sūllām Yaʿăqōḇ) is a ladder leading to heaven that was featured in a dream the biblical Patriarch Jacob had during his flight from his brother Esau in the Book of Genesis (chapter 28). The significance of the dream has been debated, but most interpretations ...
Marshall Herff Applewhite Jr. (May 17, 1931 – March 26, 1997), also known as Do, [ a] among other names, [ b] was an American religious leader who founded and led the Heaven's Gate new religious movement (often described as a cult ), and organized their mass suicide in 1997. The suicide is the largest mass suicide to occur inside the U.S. [ 1]
Keys of Heaven. The emblem of the papacy used by the Catholic Church. The Keys of Heaven, also called Saint Peter's keys, refers to the metaphorical keys of the office of Saint Peter, the keys of Heaven, or the keys of the kingdom of Heaven. It is explicitly referenced in the Bible in Matthew 16:19 .