TOOL #2: KNOW THE END OF THE STORY FROM THE BEGINNING
The Bride of the Lamb Revelation 21:1-22:5
“One of the seven angels… said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the
wife of the Lamb ,” Rev.21:9. In Tool #2, we seek to understand God’s personal
eternal purpose and goal, which is establishing The Holy City, The New
Jerusalem.
The Bible’s story ends with the 32 verses of Revelation 21:1 through 22:5. The
concluding verse, Revelation 22:5, closes with the words, “for ever and ever.”
What God intends to make to last for ever and ever must therefore be His final
goal and purpose.
Two times, first in Revelation 21:2 and again in Revelation 21:10, we read that
what God is going to make last for ever and ever has a proper name. It is called
the Holy City, the new Jerusalem.
The physical universe was created by God (Genesis 1:1). Through the study of
the physical sciences, we learn that the universe consists of space, time,
energy, and matter. Everything which exists around us is material and is
referred to as ‘matter’. The word ‘matter’ refers to anything that takes up space.
This includes anything that is solid, liquid, or gaseous.
An amazing thing about matter is that the scientific laws that God established
regarding matter in Genesis 1:1 are not eternal. In other words, ‘ matter’ cannot
last forever . However, what God will create new after the first heaven and earth
‘passes away’ (Rev. 21:1) will be created in a manner that will serve as God’s
throne room for ever and ever (Rev. 22:3), and where those who serve God will
do so for ever and ever (Rev. 22:5).
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