Revelation 21 God’s Eternal Kingdom. “What matters in life is the journey - not the...

Revelation 21

God’s Eternal Kingdom

“What matters in life is the journey -

not the destination.”

“What matters in life is the journey -

not the destination.”“The destination is what

makes the journey meaningful.”

Revelation 21

Revelation 21:1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth;

for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea.

2 Peter 3:7 But by His word the present heavens and

earth are being reserved for fire

2 Peter 3:7 But by His word the present heavens and

earth are being reserved for fire

Revelation 21:5And He who sits on the throne said, "Behold, I

am making all things new." And He said, "Write, for these words are faithful and true."

Revelation 21:5And He who sits on the throne said, "Behold, I

am making all things new." And He said, "Write, for these words are faithful and true."

Revelation 21

Revelation 21:19The foundation stones of the city wall

were adorned with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation stone was jasper; the second, sapphire;

God’s Creative Hand

Psalm 19:1The heavens are telling of the glory of God;

And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands.

Psalm 19:1The heavens are telling of the glory of God;

And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands.


New Heaven and New Earth New, glorified bodies in Heaven.

Philippians 3:20-21For our citizenship is in heaven, from which

also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; 21 who will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory, by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself.

Philippians 3:20-21For our citizenship is in heaven, from which

also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; 21 who will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory, by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself.

Revelation 21:4and He will wipe away every tear from their

eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away."

Revelation 21:4and He will wipe away every tear from their

eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away."


New Heaven and New Earth New, glorified bodies in Heaven. There will be real work to do!


New Heaven and New Earth New, glorified bodies in Heaven. There will be real work to do! Resolution and peace mark this

kingdom.

1 Corinthians 13:12For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then

face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known.

1 Corinthians 13:12For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then

face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known.

Matthew 10:30But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Matthew 10:30But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

Revelation 12:5a"Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive

power

Revelation 12:5a"Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive

power



kingdom. People will be diverse in Heaven.

Ephesians 1:3-5Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord

Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, 4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love 5 He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will

Ephesians 1:3-5Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord

Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, 4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love 5 He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His willRevelation 21:1b

there is no longer any sea.Revelation 21:1bthere is no longer any sea.



kingdom. People will be diverse in Heaven. Perfect community between God

and His people.

Perfect Community between God and His people

Revelation 21:2-3 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem,

coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them


Perfect community between God and His people. New Jerusalem

Revelation 21:16The city is laid out as a square, and its length is

as great as the width; and he measured the city with the rod, fifteen hundred miles; its length and width and height are equal.

Revelation 21:16The city is laid out as a square, and its length is

as great as the width; and he measured the city with the rod, fifteen hundred miles; its length and width and height are equal.


Perfect community between God and His people. New Jerusalem Bride


Perfect community between God and His people. New Jerusalem Bride Tabernacle

Revelation 21:22 I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God the

Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.

Revelation 21:22 I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God the

Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.

John 17:3This is eternal life, that they may know You,

the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.

John 17:3This is eternal life, that they may know You,

the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.

John 17:21-24“[I ask] that all of them may be one, Father,

just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us . . . I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity . . . I want (them) . . . to see the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.”

Ephesians 4:2-74 But God, being rich in mercy, because of

His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

Conclusions

Eternal life is available in God’s kingdom through receiving Christ.

Ecclesiastes 3:11He has made everything appropriate in its

time. He has also set eternity in their heart

Ecclesiastes 3:11He has made everything appropriate in its

time. He has also set eternity in their heart

Conclusions

Eternal life is available in God’s kingdom through receiving Christ.

Christians should be marked by joy and thankfulness because of this inheritance.

2 Corinthians 4:16-1716 Therefore we do not lose heart, but though

our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day. 17 For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison


our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day. 17 For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison

2 Corinthians 11:24-27Five times I received from the Jews thirty-nine

lashes. Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, a night and a day I have spent in the deep. I have been on frequent journeys, in dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers, dangers from my countrymen . . . I have been in labor and hardship, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure.

2 Corinthians 11:24-27Five times I received from the Jews thirty-nine

lashes. Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, a night and a day I have spent in the deep. I have been on frequent journeys, in dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers, dangers from my countrymen . . . I have been in labor and hardship, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure.


our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day. 17 For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, 18 while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.


our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day. 17 For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, 18 while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

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