If the New Jerusalem is God’s goal and purpose, just how important should it be
to us? We are to know these things, and we are to be looking forward to these
things! As the new sky, the new earth, the Holy City the new Jerusalem are His
very own goal and purpose (which is going to be for ever and ever), so we too
are to be just as desirous of these things as God is Himself! What is it that you
are looking forward to?
In Hebrews 11:8-10, the Bible says that Abraham was looking forward to the
city with foundations whose architect and builder is God. As you read further,
Heb.11:13-16 writes how Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, and Jacob were longing for a
heavenly abode, and verse 16 tells us that G od, “ has prepared a city for them.”
That city is the one we read of in the last two chapters of the Bible.
The writer of Hebrews wrote to believers who were suffering terrible persecution
for their faith in Jesus Christ. These Jewish believers were seriously
considering renouncing Jesus and going back to their Old Testament form of
Judaism. But read what the writer told these suffering believers in Heb.12:22-
24. “You have come to Mount Zion, to the heavenly Jerusalem, the city of the
living God. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful
assembly, to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven.
You have come to God… and to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant….”
Where are all these things to be found? They are all mentioned in the Holy City,
new Jerusalem in Revelation 21:1-22:5!
Now observe Hebrews 12:28 where the writer tells these suffering saints that
they are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken. What kingdom is that, but
the one we read of in Rev.21:1- 22:5! Then see Heb.13:14, “For here we do not
have an enduring city, but we are looking fo r the city that is to come.”
And there is more! Read just as carefully Revelation 20:11-15 and II Peter 3:7-
14, as these two passages go together. They both speak of the very same day
and of the very same events. They both speak of the Day of the Final Judgment
of the wicked dead and of the destruction or dissolution of this present earth
and its atmosphere.
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