This ensured that Heaven Born and Ever Bright could neither be stocked nor ordered by record shops, with the result that Cardiacs were left thousands of pounds in debt and unable to recoup their recording expenses.

The Discovery of Heaven tells the story of an angel-like being, who is ordered to return to Heaven the stone tablets containing the Ten Commandments, given to Moses by God, which symbolise in the book the link between Heaven and Earth.

Heaven ordered the sun, the moon, and the stars to enlighten and guide them.

The Dragons of Heaven take their moniker from the seven seals introduced in Chapter 5 of the Book of Revelation, while the antagonistic Angels allude to the seven celestial beings ordered to " go ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth " ( Rev.

But what Misha was doing ( visiting Kotaroh ) was against the rules in Heaven, and she was scolded and ordered to be sent back to Heaven by Sasha.

When the Shang were overthrown by the Zhou, a new political, religious and philosophical concept was introduced called the " Mandate of Heaven ".

Though King Wu died just a few years after the Battle of Muye, the Duke of Zhou assisted the young and inexperienced King Cheng in consolidating power for the Ji line: he managed a war against rebellious Zhou princes in the eastern lowlands ( allied with feudal rulers and Shang remnants ); formulated the Mandate of Heaven doctrine to counter Shang claims to a divine right of rule ; founded Chengzhou as an eastern capital ; and set up the fengjian " feudal " system designed to maintain Zhou authority as it expanded its rule over a larger amount of territory.

the Son of Heaven ), or Sheng Shang ( 聖上, lit.

After the Shang dynasty was replaced by the Zhou Dynasty, Shangdi was associated with Heaven ( 天 Tiān ).

The Zhou developed the idea of the Mandate of Heaven, by which was meant that the emperor ruled by the grace of Heaven, and that the replacement of the Shang by the Zhou was a legitimate act due to Heaven no longer favoring Shang because of Shang misrule under their last ruler.

The descendants of Shang were submissive to Zhou because Heaven passed mandate to the virtuous kings of Zhou.

In the dark, Heaven destroyed the fortress ' pool, and Shang Tang then gained victory easily.

During the reign of Shang Zhou, Heaven could not endure Zhou's morality and neglect of timely sacrifices.

* Mandate of Heaven, a traditional Chinese concept of legitimacy used to support the rule of the kings of the Shang Dynasty and later the Emperors of China

The concept of the Mandate of Heaven was first used to support the rule of the kings of the Zhou Dynasty, and their overthrow of the earlier Shang dynasty.

The Mandate of Heaven was first used by the Zhou Dynasty to justify its overthrow of the Shang Dynasty and would be used by many succeeding dynasties in the same way.

The Shang believed that their founders were deities, and their descendants went to join them in Heaven.

As shown by the divination texts preserved on oracle bones from the later Shang, Heaven was thought to be very active and to interfere in mysterious ways with earthly rule.

The overthrowal of the Shang Dynasty, they said, was in accord with the mandate given by Heaven.

In a park on the edge of Zhenjiang there is a spring which was described in the Tang dynasty ( 618-907 AD ) as being the best in Jiangsu for the making of tea, now famous as " Number One Lifespring Under Heaven ".

" Understanding Di and Tian: Deity and Heaven From Shang to Tang.

When Emperor Gaozu of Tang reunited China in the 7th century, some northern tribes, after being made vassal, referred to him as the " Khan of Heaven ".

The variations on the central theme are many: for example, different sects use different names for the supreme deity, the I-Kuan Tao and the T ' ung-shan She calling her " Venerable Mother of Limitless Heaven " ( Wuji Laomu ), the Tz ' u-hui Tang " Golden Mother of the Jasper Pool " ( Yao-ch ' ih Chin-mu ), the Tien-te Sheng-chiao " Unborn Sacred Mother " ( Wusheng Shengmu ).

Tz ' u-hui Tang ( 慈惠堂, Ci Hui Tang, literally Compassion Society ) is a religious group that is one of the Way of Former Heaven ( Hsien-t ' ien Tao ) sects.

) Several monks are depicted climbing a ladder ; at the top is Jesus, prepared to receive them into Heaven.

The apostle Peter also says: ' Heaven must receive Christ until the time of restoring all things ' ( Acts 3: 21 ).

Asaṅga spent many years in intense meditation, during which time tradition says that he often visited Tuṣita Heaven to receive teachings from Maitreya Bodhisattva.

In another, Memín decides not to receive Communion at his church, after a cruel boy tells him blacks are not allowed in Heaven, pointing to the lack of black angels in religious paintings as proof ( this was inspired by a popular song " Angelitos negros " that asked the same question and a popular Mexican motion picture of 1948 of the same name ).

Other artists to receive two Grammys for Record of the Year are Henry Mancini (" Moon River ", " Days of Wine and Roses "), Art Garfunkel (" Mrs. Robinson ", " Bridge Over Troubled Water "), The Fifth Dimension (" Up, Up And Away ", " Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In "), Eric Clapton (" Tears in Heaven ", " Change the World ") and Norah Jones (" Don't Know Why ," " Here We Go Again ").

Here, they can either receive a special ending, or find the secret route out of Heaven and continue playing the game.

Hoping that a promotion and a rank amongst the gods would make him more manageable, the Jade Emperor invited Sun Wukong to Heaven, where the monkey believed he would receive an honorable place as one of the gods.

* We believe Jesus Christ is the divine Son of God, was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, died a sacrificial death, rose bodily from the dead on the third day and ascended into Heaven from where He will come again to receive all believers unto Himself.

Chissano negotiated an agreement that would give control of of land in Mozambique, one quarter of the area of the country, to the Maharishi Heaven on Earth Development Project, which would receive royalties and 80 % of the future profits.

In 1998, Majidi directed the film Children of Heaven, which was nominated to receive the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Glorification is the Protestant alternative to purgatory, as it is " the means by which the elect receive perfection before entering into the kingdom of Heaven.

One day an angel called Samael ( John Cygan ) tells him that in order to receive purification, he has to kill four of Lucifer's generals in order to prevent a war between Heaven and Hell.

The idol with many bodies and one head may express Lewis ' horror, expressed in many of his works, at the absorption and suppression of the individual into a collective controlled by a single will: in Perelandra, referring to a similar loss of individuality, he speculates that " what the Pantheists falsely hoped for in Heaven, the wicked really receive in Hell ".

The concept was introduced in the episode " The Last Day ", in which Kryten, on learning that he is to be replaced by a more advanced model, tells Lister that he is resigned to his fate as he knows he will receive his reward in Silicon Heaven.

It is based on Jesus ’ teachings concerning the Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of Heaven and the state humans can receive through the atonement and sacrifice of Jesus Christ.

Asaṅga is said to have spent many years in intense meditation, during which time tradition says that he often visited Tuṣita Heaven to receive teachings from the bodhisattva Maitreya.

The recipients included Emil Jannings, the first person to receive an Academy Award, for Best Actor for the films The Way of All Flesh and The Last Command ; Janet Gaynor for Best Actress, for Seventh Heaven, Street Angel and Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans ; Frank Borzage for Best Director, Drama for Seventh Heaven and Lewis Milestone for Best Director, Comedy for Two Arabian Knights ; and the film Wings, the most expensive film of its time, became the Best Picture recipient.

The winning god Candidate will become The New god of Heaven and the winning student will receive the Blank Zai ( or talent ), a talent that can be anything they choose.

The managers of Heaven receive a request by a mother to save her son's soul and see the possibility of winning the soul of a boxer named Many ( Demián Bichir ) as an opportunity to shift the balance of power.