The world to come, age to come, heaven on Earth, and the Kingdom of God are eschatological phrases reflecting the belief that the current world or current age is flawed or cursed and will be replaced
Resurrection of the dead, fresco from the Dura-Europos synagogue
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, an 1887 painting by Viktor Vasnetsov. The Lamb of God is visible at the top.
An image from a Falname made in India around 1610–1630, depicts Jesus fighting the Dajjal (right). Behind, the Mahdi with a veiled face.
Heaven, or the Heavens, is a common religious cosmological or supernatural place where beings such as deities, angels, souls, saints, or venerated ancestors are said to originate, be enthroned, or res
World to come
…flawed or cursed and will be replaced in the future by a better world, age, or paradise. The concept is related to, but differs from, the concepts of heaven or the afterlife in that heaven is another place or state of existence generally seen as above the world, and the afterlife is generally an individual's…
Dante and Beatrice gaze upon the highest heaven; from Gustave Doré's illustrations to the Divine Comedy.
Ruins of the Ekur temple in Nippur, believed by the ancient Mesopotamians to be the "Dur-an-ki", the "mooring rope" of heaven and earth
The Assumption of the Virgin, 1475–1476, by Francesco Botticini (National Gallery London), shows three hierarchies and nine orders of angels, each with different characteristics.
19th century Islamic miniature depicting the artist's impression of heaven