> the apocalypse of paul goes into considerably more detail than the apocalypse of peter on the nature of heaven. in chapters 2030, heaven has three divisions. "paradise" is the third heaven and where paul arrives first, but it is not closely described. paul then descends into the second heaven afterward, the "land of promise", a reinterpretation of the "land of milk and honey" (in heaven, rather than the land of israel) which is seemingly a holding area for deceased saints who are waiting on the second coming of jesus and the millennial kingdom of god. the land of promise is where jesus will return at the end of time, and is said in some manuscripts to be nebulously to the "east". it is even nicer and more bountiful for ascetics and virgins. i am safe :)
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