Published in The Gospel of God’s Love, page 308, from John.
“Yes, heaven is a place, or a number of places, for the preacher is far from having a true conception of heaven when he supposes it is one large place where all believers go after death, irrespective of their condition of soul and moral perfection. There are many heavens and many places, all as real and substantial as are the different stories and rooms in your homes on earth, and the partitions between these different places are just as impassable (for spirits who do not have the proper qualifications) as are the partition walls betwwen various rooms of your homes. (Editors note: only for people in the flesh; spirits can pass through walls as if they were not there.) These places are distinctive, and the “many mansions” that the preacher refered to are situated in many heavens, or more correctly many spheres of the heavens.
“Strictly speaking, there are two heavens in God’s spiritual universe, namely, the heavens of souls transformed by the Divine Love, called the Celestial Heavens, and the heavens of the restored perfect human, called the Spiritual Heavens, each and all of the spheres in these heavens are places of real perfection and substance.
“As one star differs from another star in glory, so these several heavens within God’s spiritual universe differ from one another in glory and appearance, and in those things which help to make the mansions of their inhabitants beautiful and glorious.
“It would take too long for me to attempt to describe any of these heavens, for they each excell any conception that a mortal is capable of having; but I will say this, there are no streets of gold or pearly gates, or suns or stars in any of them – only the light of God’s Love and mercy illuminates them. (End of Johns writing.)
A short writing from Helen Padgett, to James Padgett from her new location; “Oh my dear, how I wish you could see me as I am now, and the great Love that is in my soul, then you would never doubt me. My garment is a beautiful white flowing gown which has all the splendor of the sun shining on the polished silver roof of some Turkish Mosque. I have a golden girdle, and jewels on my head, and an aura that shows the development of God’s Love in my soul…
Your own true and loving, Helen.”