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rec 7-25-21<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n rec 7-25-21 OUR ETERNAL HOME Revelation Chapter 21 Introduction John 14: 1-3 \u00a0\u201cLet not your hearts be troubled.\u00a0Believe in God;\u00a0believe also in me.\u00a02\u00a0In\u00a0my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that\u00a0I … Continue reading OUR ETERNAL HOME<\/strong><\/h1>\n
Revelation Chapter 21<\/strong><\/h1>\n
Introduction<\/strong><\/h2>\n
John 14: 1-3<\/h2>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cLet not your hearts be troubled.\u00a0Believe in God;\u00a0believe also in me.\u00a02\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>In\u00a0my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that\u00a0I go to prepare a place for you? 3\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you\u00a0to myself, that\u00a0where I am you may be also.<\/h2>\n
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1 Corinthians 2: 9<\/h2>\n
\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>But, as it is written, \u201cWhat no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has\u00a0prepared\u00a0for those who love him\u201d\u201d\u201d<\/h2>\n
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THE DELIGHT OF THE CITY\u00a0\u00a0 Revelation 21: 1-4<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Then I saw\u00a0a new heaven and a new earth, for\u00a0the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.\u00a02\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>And I saw\u00a0the holy city,\u00a0new Jerusalem,\u00a0coming down out of heaven from God,\u00a0prepared\u00a0as a bride adorned for her husband.\u00a03\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, \u201cBehold,\u00a0the dwelling place\u00a0of God is with man. He will\u00a0dwell with them, and they will be his people,\u00a0and God himself will be with them as their God.\u00a04\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and\u00a0death shall be no more,\u00a0neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.\u201d<\/h2>\n
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Isaiah 65: 17<\/h2>\n
\u201cFor behold,\u00a0I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind.<\/h2>\n
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2 Peter 3: 11-13<\/h2>\n
\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Since all these things are thus to be dissolved,\u00a0what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness,\u00a012\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and\u00a0the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn!\u00a013\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>But according to his promise we are waiting for\u00a0new heavens and a new earth\u00a0in which righteousness dwells.<\/h2>\n
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THE DWELLERS OF THE CITY\u00a0\u00a0 Revelation 21: 5-8<\/strong><\/h2>\n
And\u00a0he who was seated on the throne said, \u201cBehold, I\u00a0am making all things new.\u201d Also he said, \u201cWrite this down, for\u00a0these words are trustworthy and true.\u201d\u00a06\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>And he said to me,\u00a0\u201cIt is done!\u00a0I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end.\u00a0To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment.\u00a07\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>The one who conquers will have this heritage, and\u00a0I will be his God and\u00a0he will be my son.\u00a08\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars,\u00a0their portion will be in\u00a0the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is\u00a0the second death.\u201d<\/h2>\n
1 Peter 1: 3-4<\/h2>\n
\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!\u00a0According to his great mercy,\u00a0he has caused us to be born again to a living hope\u00a0through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,\u00a04\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>to\u00a0an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and\u00a0unfading,\u00a0kept in heaven for you,<\/h2>\n
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Ephesians 1: 11-12<\/h2>\n
\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>In him we have obtained\u00a0an inheritance,\u00a0having been predestined\u00a0according to the purpose of him who works all things according to\u00a0the counsel of his will,\u00a012\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be\u00a0to the praise of his glory.<\/h2>\n
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THE DESCRIPTION OF THE CITY\u00a0\u00a0 Revelation 21: 9-14<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Then came\u00a0one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of\u00a0the seven last plagues and spoke to me, saying, \u201cCome, I will show you\u00a0the Bride, the wife of the Lamb.\u201d\u00a010\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>And\u00a0he carried me away in the Spirit to\u00a0a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,\u00a011\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>having the glory of God,\u00a0its radiance\u00a0like a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal.\u00a012\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>It had a great, high wall,\u00a0with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and on the gates the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel were inscribed\u201d\u201d\u00a013\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>on the east three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates.\u00a014\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>And the wall of the city had twelve\u00a0foundations, and\u00a0on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.<\/h2>\n
1 Corinthians 15: 54-56<\/h2>\n
When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: \u201cDeath is swallowed up in victory.\u201d 55\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>\u201cO death, where is your victory?\u00a0O death, where is your sting?\u201d 56\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>The sting of death is sin, and\u00a0the power of sin is the law.<\/h2>\n
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THE DIMENSIONS OF THE CITY\u00a0\u00a0 Revelation 21: 15-21<\/strong><\/h2>\n
And the one who spoke with me\u00a0had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city and its gates and walls.\u00a016\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>The city lies foursquare, its length the same as its width. And he measured the city with his rod, 12,000 stadia.\u00a0Its length and width and height are equal.\u00a017\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>He also measured its wall, 144 cubits\u00a0by\u00a0human measurement, which is also\u00a0an angel’s measurement.\u00a018\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>The wall was built of\u00a0jasper, while the city was pure gold, like\u00a0clear glass.\u00a019\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every kind of jewel. The first was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald,\u00a020\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst.\u00a021\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, each of the gates made of a single pearl, and\u00a0the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.<\/h2>\n
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THE DETAILS OF THE CITY\u00a0\u00a0 Revelation 21: 22-27<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>And\u00a0I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb.\u00a023\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>And the city\u00a0has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for\u00a0the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.\u00a024\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>By its light\u00a0will the nations walk, and the kings of the earth\u00a0will bring their glory into it,\u00a025\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>and\u00a0its gates will never be shut by day\u201d\u201dand\u00a0there will be no night there.\u00a026\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>They will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations.\u00a027\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>But\u00a0nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s\u00a0book of life.<\/h2>\n
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Isaiah 45: 22<\/h2>\n
\u201cTurn to me and be saved,\u00a0all the ends of the earth!\u00a0\u00a0For I am God, and there is no other.<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"