3. Since this heaven was formed of all who had been of such a character, from the time of the Lord even to the present time, it is evident that it consists of Christians as well as of Gentiles, but for the most part of the children of all in the whole world, who have departed this life since the Lord's time: for these have all been received by the Lord, educated in heaven, and instructed by the angels, and afterwards preserved, so that together with the rest, they might constitute the New Heaven. From this it may be concluded how vast that heaven is. That all who die as children, are educated in heaven, and become angels, may be seen in the work on Heaven and Hell, no, 329 to no. 345. And that heaven is formed of Gentiles as well as of Christians, no. 318 to no. 328.