The Opening Heavens or a Connected View of the Testimony of the Prophets and Apostles, Concerning the Opening Heavens, Compared With Astronomical Observations, and of the Present and Future Location of the New Jerusalem, the Paradise of God

"The Opening Heavens" by Joseph Bates is a religious book from the 1800's that looks closely at what the Bible says about the end times. It's all about understanding what the prophets and apostles wrote about heaven opening up, Jesus coming back, and the New Jerusalem. Bates tries to match Bible stories, like those in Revelation and Ezekiel, with what people saw in the stars at the time. He strongly believed that the New Jerusalem would be a real, physical city sent down from heaven, and he disagreed with others who thought these events were just symbolic. The book highlights Bates' view that people will actually see the New Jerusalem arriving from above, which he saw as a key event in the future of Christianity.