Tianmen Shan…Heaven’s Gate…

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Formed in 263AD as the result of a massive cave collapse…this Mountaintop wonder, in Central Southeast China, is considered to be the doorway between the mortals and the gods, according to Chinese legend…
This Gateway to Heaven rests at 24,000 feet…at the top of the Tienman mountains.
To reach these pearly gates you must overcome a few obstacles…
…you must ride the world’s longest passenger cable car…
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​…or you can take a bus ride up the 7 mile winding stretch of the “heaven linking avenue”….considered to be one of the most dangerous roads in the world…

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…or you can walk up on a man-made glass walkway…if you can stomach the view…

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th-3…the last obstacle to the doorway to the heavens is 999 steps…

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Stair Case To Heaven Found In China

The view from the top must be breath-taking…well worth all the physical, as well as the mental and psychological, effort it took to reach it….

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The road to travel to get to the real Heaven’s GateJesus Christ, the Son of the Living God…isn’t much different…

rising above the cares of this world can be a long and steep ascent…

….navigating through the twists and turns of the emotions of life is no easy drive…

walking the path of looking into your own heart can be debilitating…

climbing the steps to conquer your own flesh can seem endless…

…but the rewards when you get to the top cannot be measured…

John 14: 1-6…

“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.  In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.  And where I go you know, and the way you know.”….

“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

If you are reading this and you do not know Jesus Christ as your Savior and Redeemer…go here…say the Sinner’s Prayer…and begin your journey toward’s the true Heaven’s Gate.  If you would like to speak to someone from our church…go here….