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1 And I saw a new heaven and a Isaiah 65:17-18 For, behold, I II Peter 3:13 Nevertheless we, accor- New creation: Let us compare the new /
new earth: for the first heaven create new heavens and a new ding to his promise, look for new creation to that of Genesis. /
and the first earth were passed earth: and the former shall heavens and a new earth, wherein Due to the multitude of off- /
away; and there was no more sea. not be remembered, nor come dwelleth righteousness. spring of Adam and Eve the new /
2 And I John saw the holy city, into mind. Galatians 4:26 But Jerusalem which is creation must contain many dwelling /
new Jerusalem, coming down from But be ye glad and rejoice above is free, which is the mother places for those who have accepted /
God out of heaven, prepared as a for ever in that which I of us all. the authority of the Lamb and there- /
bride adorned for her husband. create: for, behold, I create Hebrews 11:10 For he looked for a fore are awarded a "mansion" in the /
Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her city which hath foundations, whose the "new Jerusalem" and not just in /
people a joy. builder and maker is God. a garden. A special creation that /
3 And I heard a great voice out Ezekiel 43:4,7 And the glory of II Corinthians 6:16&18 And what agre- the Lamb prepared for his bride, the /
of heaven saying, Behold, the the Lord came into the house ement hath the temple of God with believers, a creation which he /
tabernacle of God is with men, by the way of the gate whose idols? for ye are the temple of prepared in heaven. /
and he will dwell with them, and prospect is toward the east. the living God; as God hath said, The city is watered from the throne /
they shall be his people, and God And he said unto me, son of I will dwell in them, and walk in of God with a water of life instead /
himself shall be with them, and be man, the place of my throne, them; and I will be their God, of a river out of Eden that parted /
their God. and the place of the soles of and they shall be my people. into four heads. /
my feet, where I will dwell in And I will be a Father unto you, Death, pain and sorrow began in the /
the midst of the children of and ye shall be my sons and garden of Eden when man followed the /
Israel for ever, and my holy daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. deception of satan and he was re- /
name, shall the house of Israel Philippians 3:20-21 ...we look for the moved access to the tree of life. /
no more defile, neither they, Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: In the new creation man once more /
nor their kings, by their Who shall change our vile body, has access to the tree of life and /
whoredom, nor by the carcasses that it may be fashioned like unto there is no more pain, sorrow and /
of their kings in their high his glorious body,...he is able death. The curse caused by the fall /
places. even to subdue all things... has been removed and satan has been /
4 And God shall wipe away all Isaiah 65:19,23 And I will rejoice I Corinthians 15:24-26 Then cometh the banished to the "lake of fire" for /
tears from their eyes; and there in Jerusalem, and joy in my end, when he shall have delivered ever. /
shall be no more death, neither people: and the voice of weep- up the kingdom to God, even the As fallen man could not reside in /
sorrow, nor crying, neither shall ing shall be no more heard in Father, when he shall put down all the garden of Eden, also fallen man /
there be any more pain: for the her, nor the voice of crying. rule, and all authority and power. is not allowed to set foot in the /
former things are passed away. They shall not labor in vain, For he must reign, till he hath "New Jerusalem" instead all the /
nor bring forth for trouble; put all enemies under his feet. followers of satan's deception are /
for they are the seed of the The last enemy that shall be banished to the "lake of fire", the /
blessed of the Lord, and their destroyed is death. unjust and the filthy will no /
offspring with them. II Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any longer be afforded the chance of /
5 And he that sat upon the throne Isaiah 43:18-19 Remember ye not man be in Christ, he is a new becoming followers of the Lamb. /
said, Behold, I make all things the former things, neither creature: old things are passed The residents of the new creation /
new. And he said unto me, Write: consider the things of old. away; behold, all things are are only the righteous and holy /
for these words are true and Behold, I will do a new thing; become new. who have been washed in the blood /
faithful. now it shall spring forth; I Peter 1:25 But the word of the Lord of the Lamb. The gates of the /
shall ye not know it? I will endureth for ever. And this is the the new city can stay open for /
even make a way in the wilder- word which by the gospel is ever since there is no longer /
ness, and rivers in the desert. preached unto you. a spirit of darkness to shut out. /
6 And he said unto me, It is done. Isaiah 12:3 Therefore with joy John 4:14 But whosoever drinketh of After the separation, God again /
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning shall ye draw water out of the the water that I shall give him resides with man. Following the /
and the end. I will give unto him wells of salvation. shall never thirst; but the water separation man could not look upon /
that is athirst of the fountain of Zechariah 14:8 And it shall be in that I shall give him shall be in God and live, but in the new bodies /
the water of life freely. that day, that living waters him a well of water springing up of the new creation he can look /
shall go out from Jerusalem:.. into everlasting life. upon his face and rejoice. /
7 He that overcometh shall inherit Zechariah 8:8 And I will bring I John 5:4-5 For whatsoever is born The day and night that existed in /
all things; and I will be his God, them, and they shall dwell in of God overcometh the world: and Eden have been done away with as /
and he shall be my son. the midst of Jerusalem: and this is the victory that over- darkness is no longer allowed and /
they shall be my people, and I cometh the world, even our faith. God is the light of the new creation. /
will be their God, in truth Who is he that overcometh the /
and in righteousness. world, but he that believeth The 12 tribes: The new city honors the /
8 But the fearful, and unbeliev- Malachi 3:5 And I will come near that Jesus is the Son of God? first wife of God, the unfaithful /
ing, and the abominable, and to you to judgment; and I I Corinthians 6:9-11 Know ye not Israelites, since the number twelve /
murderers, and whoremongers, and will be a swift witness against that the unrighteous shall not is important to its design. /
sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the sorcerers, and against the inherit the kingdom of God? Be /
liars, shall have their part in the adulterers, and against false not deceived: neither fornicators, "twelve gates and at the gates /
lake which burneth with fire and swearers, and against those nor idolaters, nor adulterers, twelve angels" /
brimstone: which is the second that oppress the hireling in nor effeminate, nor abusers of /
death. his wages, the widow, and the themselves with mankind, "written thereon, which are the /
9 And there came unto me one of fatherless, and that turn Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor names of the twelve tribes" /
the seven angels which had the aside the stranger from his drunkards, nor revilers, nor /
seven vials full of the seven last right, and fear not me, saith extortioners, shall inherit the "twelve thousand furlongs" /
plagues, and talked with me, the Lord of hosts. kingdom of God. (approximately 1500 miles) /
saying, Come hither, I will show And such were some of you: but /
thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. ye are washed, but ye are sanc- "the wall thereof, a hundred /
10 And he carried me away in the Ezekiel 40:2 In the visions of tified, but ye are justified in and forty and four cubits" /
spirit to a great and high moun God brought he me into the the name of the Lord Jesus, and (144 is 12 times 12) /
-tain, and showed me that great land of Israel, and set me by the Spirit of our God. /
city, the holy Jerusalem, descen- upon a very high mountain, a foundation of 12 "precious /
ding out of heaven from God, by which was as the frame of stones""in them the names of /
of a city on the south. the twelve apostles" /
11 Having the glory of God: and Isaiah 60:1 Arise, shine; for thy (on the chief priest's breast /
her light was like unto a stone light is come, and the glory plate the tribes were symbol- /
most precious, even like a jasper of the Lord is risen upon thee. Hebrews 12:22-24 But ye are come unto ized by 12 precious stones) /
stone, clear as crystal; mount Zion, and unto the city of /
12 And had a wall great and high, Ezekiel 48:31 And the gates of the living God, the heavenly "twelve gates were twelve pearls" /
and had twelve gates, and at the the city shall be after the Jerusalem, and to an innumerable /
gates twelve angels, and names names of the tribes of Israel: company of angels, The inhabitants are mostly from /
written thereon, which are the To the general assembly and the nations, the gentiles, however /
names of the twelve tribes of the church of the firstborn, which let us not forget the faithful /
children of Israel: ..east..Joseph..Benjamin..Dan are written in heaven, and to God 144,000 and many more from the /
13 On the east three gates; on the ..north..Reuben..Judah..Levi the Judge of all, and to the twelve tribes. Many of the /
north three gates; on the south ..south..Simeon..Issachar.. spirits of just men made perfect. inhabitants of the "new Jerusalem" /
three gates; and on the west three Zebulun And to Jesus the mediator of the will indeed be Israelites. /
gates. ..west..Gad..Asher..Naphtali new covenant, and to the blood of /
14 And the wall of the city had sprinkling, .... "measure the city" We wish we could /
twelve foundations, and in them Ephesians 2:20-22 And are built upon have a full understanding of the /
the names of the twelve apostles the foundation of the apostles and true size and beauty of the "new /
of the Lamb. prophets, Jesus Christ himself Jerusalem" but our understanding /
15 And he that talked with me had Zechariah 2:1-2 I lifted up mine being the chief corner stone; falls far short. Obviously this /
a golden reed to measure the city, eyes again, and looked, and In whom all the building fitly is something that must be seen /
and the gates thereof, and the wall behold a man with a measuring framed together groweth unto a holy to be comprehended. A place where /
thereof. line in his hand. temple in the Lord: jewels and metals that many men /
Then said I, Whither goest In whom ye also are builded to- hold to be valuable are nothing /
thou? And he said unto me, To gether for a habitation of God but common building materials. /
measure Jerusalem, to see what through the Spirit. But this is not the true measure /
is the breadth thereof, and of the beauty of the holy city, /
what is the length thereof. the true beauty is the fact that /
16 And the city lieth foursquare, God once again lives with man and /
and the length is as large as the the peace and harmony of Eden /
breadth: and he measured the city before the fall has returned. /
with the reed, twelve thousand Isaiah 65:18-19&23-25 "But be ye glad /
furlongs. The length and the and rejoice for ever in that which /
breadth and the height of it are I create: for, behold, I create /
equal. Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her /
17 And he measured the wall there- people a joy. /
of, a hundred and forty and four And I will rejoice in Jerusalem /
cubits, according to the measure and joy in my people: and the /
of a man, that is, of the angel. voice of weeping shall be no more /
18 And the building of the wall of Isaiah 54:11-12 O thou afflicted, heard in her, nor the voice of /
it was of jasper: and the city was tossed with tempest, and not crying. /
pure gold, like unto clear glass. comforted, behold, I will lay They shall not labour in vain, /
19 And the foundations of the wall thy stones with fair colours, nor bring forth for trouble; for /
of the city were garnished with and lay thy foundations with they are the seed of the blessed /
all manner of precious stones. sapphires. of the Lord, and their offspring /
The first foundation was jasper; And I will make thy windows with them. /
the second, sapphire; the third, a of agates, and thy gates of And it shall come to pass, that /
chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; carbuncles, and all thy borders before they call, I will answer; /
20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, of pleasant stones. and while they are yet speaking, /
sardius; the seventh, chysolite; I will hear. /
the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a The wolf and the Lamb shall feed /
topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; together, and the lion shall eat /
the eleventh, a jacinth; the straw like the bullock: and dust /
twelfth, an amethyst. shall be the serpent's meat. They /
21 And the twelve gates were twelve shall not hurt nor destroy in all /
pearls; every several gate was of my holy mountain, saith the Lord." /
one pearl: and the street of the /
city was pure gold, as it were "No temple therein": Man has always /
transparent glass. seemed to had a desire to build /
22 And I saw no temple therein: Matthew 12:6 But I say unto you, large and beautiful edifices to /
for the Lord God Almighty and the That in this place is one greater honor his gods or other men that /
Lamb are the temple of it. than the temple. they worship and adore. But when /
23 And the city had no need of the Isaiah 60:19-21 The sun shall be I John 1:5-7 This then is the message the thing that you adore is going /
sun, neither of the moon, to shine no more thy light by day; which we have heard of him, and to be with you for ever, there /
in it: for the glory of God did neither for brightness shall declare unto you, that God is will no longer be a need to /
lighten it, and the Lamb is the the moon give light unto thee: light, and in him is no darkness build shrines and temples. Even /
light thereof. but the Lord shall be unto thee at all. the Lord in past history has /
an everlasting light, and thy If we say that we have fellow- recognized this need of man and /
God thy glory. ship with him, and walk in dark- directed that he build such earthly /
The sun shall no more go down; ness, we lie, and do not the temples as a reminder, as a place /
neither shall thy moon withdraw truth: to focus man's attention on the /
itself: for the Lord shall be But if we walk in the light, as true object of worship. This will /
thine everlasting light, and he is in the light, we have no longer be necessary. /
the days of thy mourning shall fellowship one with another, and /
be ended. the blood of Jesus Christ his Son No need of the sun: Man on this earth /
Thy people also shall be all cleanseth us from all sin. is presently trapped on a planet /
righteous: they shall inherit that is basically a slave to the /
the land for ever, the branch whims of our sun. When the rays of /
of my planting, the work of my the sun are coming straight down /
hands, that I may be glorified. often man must suffer from too much /
24 And the nations of them which Zechariah 14:16 And it shall come John 4:23-24 But the hour cometh, and heat. When the rays are at a large /
are saved shall walk in the light to pass, that every one that is now is, when the true worshippers angle man suffers from freezing cold. /
of it: and the kings of the earth left of all the nations which shall worship the Father in spirit If the clouds block the sun for a /
do bring their glory and honour came against Jerusalem shall and in truth: for the Father long period, the plant kingdom that /
into it. even go up from year to year seeketh such to worship him. we depend upon for food stops /
to worship the King, the God is a Spirit: and they that growing. The heat of the sun evapo- /
Lord of hosts, and to keep the worship him must worship him in rating water puts moisture in the /
feast of tabernacles. spirit and in truth. air that forms clouds and from them /
25 And the gates of it shall not Isaiah 60:11 Therefore thy gates Matthew 25:31-34 When the Son of man comes our life giving fresh water /
be shut at all by day: for there shall be open continually; they shall come in his glory, and all that gives life to this planet or /
shall be no night there. shall not be shut day nor night; the holy angels with him, then provides killer storms. All of this /
26 And they shall bring the glory Isaiah 60:3 And the Gentiles shall shall he sit upon the throne of extreme environment is part of the /
and honour of the nations into it. come to thy light, and kings to his glory: curse that will cease to exist. For /
the brightness of thy rising. And before him shall be gathered indeed there could be no life on /
27 And there shall in no wise enter Isaiah 60:18 Violence shall no nations: and he shall separate this planet without light. On the /
into it any thing that defileth, more be heard in thy land, them one from another, as a new world all life will be covered /
neither whatsoever worketh abomina- wasting nor destruction within shepherd divideth his sheep from and nourished in the light of love, /
tion, or maketh a lie: but they thy borders; but thou shalt the goats: the "glory of God" and the light of /
which are written in the Lamb's call thy walls Salvation, and And he shall set the sheep on his "the Lamb". And only those whose /
book of life. thy gates Praise. right hand, but the goats on the name is "written in the Lamb's book /
left. of life" will be present and "shall /
Then shall the King say unto them walk in the light of it". /
on his right hand, Come, ye blessed /
of my Father, inherit the kingdom /
prepared for you from the found- /
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