The ‘heavenly places’ in Ephesians
I preached on the last part of Ephesians 6 last Sunday night and was asked a question about what and where are the heavenly places.
I’m still thinking about it and so this is my brief response. I’d love your thoughts on how to flesh this out.
The heavenly places is a description of the spiritual realm. It’s also where Jesus is now. Looking back over Ephesians and we see it mentioned in 1.3; 1.20; 2.6; 3.10 and 6.12. It describes the spiritual realm in which we’ve received spiritual blessings (1.3), where Jesus is now seated (1.20; 2.6) and where the rulers and authorities dwell (3.10; 6.12).
It’s not a place you can find on Google maps, but a real place where real activity takes place. We must make sure we don’t dismiss the spiritual aspect to reality that Paul clearly talks about.