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The New Jerusalem

The New Jerusalem. Genesis 1, 2, 3 . Genesis Revelation 1, 2, 3 20, 21, 22.

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The New Jerusalem

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  1. The New Jerusalem

  2. Genesis • 1, 2, 3

  3. Genesis Revelation • 1, 2, 3 20, 21, 22

  4. Revelation 20 to 22 contains eight portraits of the true Kingdom, just as we have seen that chapters 12, 13 and 17 contain repeated descriptions of the false Kingdom -- Anti-Christ's…This repetition of the same things from different standpoints, and with other details, is a principle which applies especially to this last book of the Bible. A failure to recognize this, is, we think one of the reasons why so many of those who study this book, fail to get sense from it.The portion of Scripture we are about to consider, is frequently read as though it were one connected narrative, instead of several repetitions of the first statement. . . .

  5. Revelation 21:1 • And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

  6. This brings the glory side of this glorious Millennial Age to view. The former heaven and earth and sea passed away entirely, and the new are fully inaugurated at the opening of this scene. The new heavens (the spiritual dominion of Christ) and the new earth, (the reconstructed condition of society) being now established; as a matter of course there will be no more sea --people unrestrained. • The New Jerusalem coming down from God to earth, hereafter to be God's dwelling place, is a beautiful representation of the church as a kingdom or government over the earth.

  7. Revelation 21: 2 • And I John saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

  8. Revelation 21:9-10 • And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.

  9. Revelation 21:9-10 • And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,

  10. Revelation 17:1,2 • And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will show unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: • With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will show unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

  11. Revelation 17:3 • So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet colored beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

  12. Revelation 17:4 • And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet color, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:

  13. Revelation 17:5 • And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

  14. Revelation 21:3 • And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

  15. Revelation 21:4, 5 • And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

  16. Revelation 21:4, 5 • And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.

  17. The wiping away of tears implies a gradual work, such as we see will be the process of that glorious time. Man will not be exempt from every weakness and trial and difficulty at the beginning, but if he will conform to the laws of the Kingdom, all cause for distress will gradually pass away, as restitution blessings will lift him out of death into perfect life.

  18. The whole work of the Millennial age is summed up in few words, and we are brought to its culmination in the declaration, “There shall be no more death; neither sorrow nor crying; neither shall there be any more pain, for the former things are passed away.” What a glorious sun-burst of blessing is in these words! • R. 2832

  19. Revelation 21:6-8 • And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. • He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

  20. Revelation 21:6-8 • And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. • He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

  21. Revelation 21:6-8 • But the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

  22. Bookends

  23. Bookends • “It is finished” - John 19:30 • Finished = teleo Strong’s #5055 • complete, discharge, pay, perform

  24. Bookends • “It is finished” - John 19:30 • Finished = teleo Strong’s #5055 • complete, discharge, pay, perform • “It is done” - Revelation 21:6 • Done = ginomai Strong’s #1096 • be brought to pass, become, continue

  25. Revelation 21:9-10 • And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.

  26. Revelation 21:9-10 • And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,

  27. Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal. Rev. 21:11

  28. Revelation 21:12 • And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:

  29. Revelation 21:13 • On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.

  30. We have already seen, that when God's kingdom (dominion) is established on earth, mankind will be brought into harmony with it, and the literal earthly city of Jerusalem will be rebuilt upon her old heaps, and will again become the great city of earth and Israel (the children of Abraham according to the flesh), as God promised -- the channel through which a blessing will flow to all the nations of earth, from the spiritual seed -- Christ.

  31. And when we read that it has gates in every direction, and the names of the twelve tribes of Israel inscribed thereon, it seems in perfect accord, to show Israel's position as channels, gateways, by which the world may approach to the heavenly government, and through which may come the blessings to mankind. At the gates were twelve messengers (angels). This would seem to teach that Israel will in due time be the messengers to communicate the Love and Knowledge of the Lord to all creatures. R. 330

  32. From Rev. 21:12 we learn that the gates or entrances of the city, which are twelve in number, are inscribed with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. This is in harmony with what we have learned of the earthly phase of the Kingdom of God, that the ancient worthies from the various tribes of Israel, selected during the Jewish age, will be the visible representatives of the heavenly Kingdom in the earth, through whose instrumentality the nations may enter into the blessings of the Kingdom. R. 1353

  33. Revelation 21:14 • And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

  34. Revelation 21:15-17 • And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.

  35. Revelation 21:15-17 • And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.

  36. Revelation 21:15-17 • And he measured the wall thereof, a hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.

  37. 12,000 Furlongs

  38. 12,000 Furlongs x 12 144,000

  39. “Furlong” • Strong’s #4712 stadion • Stadium or race course • 220 yards

  40. 1,500 miles

  41. “Furlong” • 12,000 furlongs=1,500 miles=2,640,000 yards • One furlong = 220 yards

  42. 1,500 miles x 5,2807,920,000 feet

  43. 7,920 miles

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