Revelation 21 Gods Eternal Kingdom What matters in

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. ”

“What matters in life is the journey - not the destination. ” “The destination is what makes the journey meaningful. ”

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. Revelation 21: 5 2 And He who sits on the throne said, "Behold, I Peter 3: 7 But by His word the present heavens and am making all things new. " And He said, earth are being reserved for fire "Write, for these words are faithful and true. "

Revelation 21: 19 The 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: 1 The heavens are telling of the glory of God; And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands.

God’s Eternal Kingdom o New Heaven and New Earth o New, glorified bodies in Heaven. Philippians Revelation 3: 20 -21 21: 4 For our citizenship is in heaven, from which and He will wipe away every tear from their also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord eyes; and there will no longer be any death; Jesus Christ; 21 who will transform there will no longer be any mourning, or body of our humble state into conformity crying, or pain; the first things have passed with the body of His glory, by the exertion away. " of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself.

God’s Eternal Kingdom o New Heaven and New Earth o New, glorified bodies in Heaven. o There will be real work to do!

Matthew 10: 30 God’s Eternal Kingdom But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. o o New Heaven and New Earth New, glorified bodies in Heaven. There will be real work to do! Resolution and peace mark this kingdom. Revelation 12: 5 a 1 Corinthians 13: 12 "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then power face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known.

God’s Eternal Kingdom o New Heaven and New Earth Ephesians 1: 3 -5 o New, glorified bodies in Heaven. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord o There will be real work to do! Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in o Resolution and peace mark this Christ, 4 just as He chose us in Him before kingdom. the foundation of the world, that we would o People will be diverse in Heaven. be holy and blameless before Him. In love 5 He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according Revelation 21: 1 b to the kind intention of His will there is no longer any sea.

God’s Eternal Kingdom New Heaven and New Earth New, glorified bodies in Heaven. There will be real work to do! Resolution and peace mark this kingdom. o People will be diverse in Heaven. o Perfect community between God and His people. o o

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

God’s Eternal Kingdom o Perfect community between God and His people. n New Jerusalem Revelation 21: 16 The 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.

God’s Eternal Kingdom o Perfect community between God and His people. n New Jerusalem n Bride

God’s Eternal Kingdom Ephesians o Perfect 4: 2 -7 community between God 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of and His people. His great love with which He loved us, n New Jerusalem 5 even when we were dead in our Johnn 17: 21 -24 Bride transgressions, made us alive together with “[I ask] that all of them may be one, Father, n Tabernacle Christ (by grace you have been saved), just as you are in me and I am in you. May 6 and raised us up with Him, and seated us they also be in us. . . I in them and you in John 17: 3 with Him in the heavenly places in Christ me. May they be brought to complete unity This is eternal life, that they may know You, Jesus, 7 so that in the ages to come He Revelation 21: 22. . . I want (them). . . to see the glory you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom might show the surpassing riches of His I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God the have given me because you loved me You have sent. grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. before the creation of the world. ”

Conclusions o Eternal life is available in God’s kingdom through receiving Christ. Ecclesiastes 3: 11 He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart

4: 16 -17 2 Corinthians 4: 16 -18 216 Therefore we do not lose heart, but Corinthians 11: 24 -27 Conclusions Five times I received from the Jews thirtythough our outer man is decaying, yet our nine lashes. Three times I was beaten with inner man is being renewed day by day. o Eternal life is available in God’s rods, once I was stoned, three times I was 17 For momentary, light affliction is kingdom through receiving Christ. shipwrecked, a night and a day I have producing for us an eternal weight of glory o Christians should be marked by spent in the deep. I have been on frequent far beyond all comparison, 18 while we look joy and thankfulness because of journeys, in dangers from rivers, dangers not at the things which are seen, but at the this inheritance. from robbers, dangers from my countrymen things which are not seen; for the things . . . I have been in labor and hardship, which are seen are temporal, but the things through many sleepless nights, in hunger which are not seen are eternal. and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure.

Revelation 21 -22 God’s Eternal Kingdom o Questions? o Comments? o Experiences?