6.5.52 11.25.2018 "You'll love the Ending!"
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Entice: What do you remember about your wedding day? More importantly…who do you remember?
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When Christ takes His bride
When Christ takes His bride
When Christ takes His bride we will not focus on the guest list
When Christ takes His bride
When Christ takes His bride
• Entice: What do you remember about your wedding day? More importantly…who do you remember? When Christ takes His bride we will not focus on the guest list
we will not focus on
the guest list
the guest list
the guest list
or
or
the
the decorations.
decorations
decorations
The focus will be on the Lamb.
The focus will be on
▾ Engage: John's visions of restored paradise are detailed and appealing. What do you most long for? I am confident you will not be disappointed. But, there really is
the Lamb
the Lamb
Engage: John's visions of restored paradise are detailed and appealing. What do you most long for? I am confident you will not be disappointed. But, there really is
Engage: John's visions of restored paradise are detailed and appealing. What do you most long for? I am confident you will not be disappointed. But, there really is only one thing that really matters. Let me remind you of the plot of our story. It goes like this:
only one thing that really matters. Let me remind you of the plot of our story. It goes like this:
God.
God.
In the beginning.
In the beginning.
• God In the beginning…. Created. Fallen. Restored. Happily ever after. The End. God.
Created.
Created.
Fallen.
Fallen.
Restored.
Restored.
Happily ever after.
Happily ever after.
The End.
The End.
God.
God.
Yes…often times the "devil is in the details." Other times the details and our inordinate fascination with them distract us from the central point. The Kingdom is not really about us. It's about Him. Heaven is not really about us. It's about Him.
• Yes…often times the "devil is in the details." Other times the details and our inordinate fascination with them distract us from the central point. The Kingdom is not
1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.
4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”
5 And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”
6 And he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment.
7 The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will be my son.
8 But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”
9 Then came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues and spoke to me, saying, “Come, I will show you the Bride, the wife of the Lamb.”
10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,
11 having the glory of God, its radiance like a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal.
really about us. It's about Him. Heaven is not really about us. It's about Him.
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• Expand: The language John uses to communicate his vision of heaven is not exactly original. If you removed every allusion, biblical hint or clue, if you removed
Expand: The language John uses here, to communicate his vision of heaven is not exactly original. If you removed every allusion, biblical hint or clue, if you removed everything said by or about Jesus somewhere else in the New Testament-there is no & 22-just a handful of conjunctions, connections and contextless phrases.
Expand: The language John uses here, to communicate his vision of heaven is not exactly original. If you removed every allusion, biblical hint or clue, if you removed everything said by or about Jesus somewhere else in the New Testament-there is no & 22-just a handful of conjunctions, connections and contextless phrases.
everything said by or about Jesus somewhere else in the New Testament-there is no & 22-just a handful of conjunctions, connections and contextless
22 And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb.
23 And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.
24 By its light will the nations walk, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it,
25 and its gates will never be shut by day—and there will be no night there.
26 They will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations.
27 But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
Rev 21.
phrases.
Excite: The Church is Kingdom at worship. Kingdom is Church proclaiming God's rule. Heaven is Church at rest and kingdom at consummation. The Lordship of Jesus does not begin at your death or His return. It is actual now. We are reigning with Him in service and mission and testimony. When eternity dawns we will rest with Him. But note this please…heaven is a change of location-not vocation.
• Excite: The Church is Kingdom at worship. Kingdom is Church proclaiming God's rule. Heaven is Church at rest and kingdom at consummation. The Lordship of
1 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
2 through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
3 No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him.
4 They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.
5 And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.
Jesus does not begin at your death or His return. It is actual now. We are reigning with Him in service and mission and testimony. When eternity dawns we will rest
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with Him. But note this please…heaven is a change of location-not vocation.
Heaven is when and where all promises become sight in the presence of the Lamb.
Heaven is when and where all promises become sight in the presence of the Lamb.
Heaven is when and where all the faith-held promises become sight in the presence of the Lamb.
Heaven is when and where all the faith-held promises become sight in the presence of the Lamb.
• Explore: Heaven is when and where all the faith-held promises become sight in the presence of the Lamb.
Explain: John's final job…the New Testament's final focus is the fulfillment of Jesus' persistent, sticky promises.
Explain: John's final job…the New Testament's final focus is the fulfillment of Jesus' persistent promises.
Eternal home.
Eternal home.
▾ Dwelling Place… (security) Eternal home.
3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.
• 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people a, nd God
• 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people a, nd God
3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.
14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
himself will be with them as their God.
14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
• “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
John
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Eternal presence.
Eternal presence.
• “And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people,
3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.
and God himself will be with them as their God.”
23 “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us).
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• ““Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us).”
Eternal Satisfaction.
Eternal Satisfaction.
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▾ Water (quenched) Eternal Satisfaction
6 And he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment.
Revelation
payment.”
14 but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
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• “but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to
Eternal Worship
Eternal Worship
eternal life.””
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22 And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb.
▾ Temple (worship) Eternal Worship
• And oI saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb.
19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
20 The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?”
21 But he was speaking about the temple of his body.
• “Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you
raise it up in three days?” But he was speaking about the temple of his body.”
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Eternal Light.
Eternal Light.
Eternal Light.
Revelation 2
21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, each of the gates made of a single pearl, and the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.
22 And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb.
23 And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.
24 By its light will the nations walk, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it,
25 and its gates will never be shut by day—and there will be no night there.
23 And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.
24 By its light will the nations walk, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it,
25 and its gates will never be shut by day—and there will be no night there.
Rev 21.23-25
the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it, and its gates will never be shut by day—and there will be no night there.”( ESV)
• “And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.”
5 And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.
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4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
John 1.4-5
9 The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.
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9 The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.
• “The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.”
12 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
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12 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
• “Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.””
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