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There’s Something Better. God has a Great Plan. He Is Exalted He is exalted, the King is exalted on high-- I will praise Him! He is exalted, forever exalted and I will praise His Name!. He is the Lord, Forever His truth shall reign! Heaven and earth rejoice in His Holy Name!
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There’s Something Better God has a Great Plan
He Is Exalted He is exalted, the King is exalted on high-- I will praise Him! He is exalted, forever exalted and I will praise His Name!
He is the Lord, Forever His truth shall reign! Heaven and earth rejoice in His Holy Name! He is exalted, the King is Exalted on high!
Machashabah • makh·ash·ä·vä‘ • A woven together thought, intention, or plan • Jeremiah 29.11 “I know the thoughts/plans…” • Including a New Heaven and New Earth • Revelation 21
God Has a Plan • A design for His creation/You • A plan with eternal significance • Doesn’t end when the gas runs out • His plan will include the refurbishing of heaven and earth so it will be an everlasting place for His family. • A place where they will flourish Ps 92.12-15
The Holy City • Many unusual features • Greatest aspect – God dwelling among redeemed mankind v.3 • General characteristics v.4 • Imagine a life without… • So in the meantime:
In this promise is found the culmination of the thread of redemption which runs from Genesis through Revelation. • Since the rebellion of Adam, every tabernacle, every Temple, every correspondence between God and man has been with this ultimate goal in mind: the restoration of full fellowship between God and man.
Don’t get hung up on The Timing • There is no succession of time with God • He could do in a single day, if He chose, what He has at other times taken a thousand years to accomplish. • Why doesn’t God just pour our His wrath now and overthrow the ungodly?
Don’t hang on to The Stuff • Nothing will withstand God’s judgment fire. • Like the Tower of Pisa, everything is resting on "soft foundations.“
Don’t hang on to The Stuff • Nothing will withstand God’s judgment fire. • Like the Tower of Pisa, everything on this earth is resting on "soft foundations.“ • A time already determined/planned on God's calendar.
Do hang tightly unto to God’s Promises • There will be a new heaven and earth. • There is a way to have assurance • God will dwell with men. • What God desired and practiced in the Garden of Eden before sin came will happen again (only better).
There is a Redeemer There is a Redeemer, Jesus, God’s own Son; Precious Lamb of God, Messiah, Holy One.
Thank You, oh, my Father, for giving us Your Son, And leaving Your Spirit ‘til the work on earth is done.
Jesus my Redeemer, Name above all names; Precious Lamb of God, Messiah, O for sinners slain.
Thank You, oh my Father, for giving us Your Son, and leaving Your Spirit ‘til the work on earth is done.
When I stand in glory, I will see His face; There I’ll serve my King forever In that holy place.
Thank You, oh my Father, for giving us Your Son, and leaving Your Spirit ‘til the work on earth is done.