The Ressurection (Eternity)

Intro

The New Jerusalem

Revelation 21:9–27 NIV

One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.” And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. It shone with the glory of God, and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. It had a great, high wall with twelve gates, and with twelve angels at the gates. On the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south and three on the west. The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city, its gates and its walls. The city was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide. He measured the city with the rod and found it to be 12,000 stadia in length, and as wide and high as it is long. The angel measured the wall using human measurement, and it was 144 cubits thick. The wall was made of jasper, and the city of pure gold, as pure as glass. The foundations of the city walls were decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, the fifth onyx, the sixth ruby, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth turquoise, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst. The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of gold, as pure as transparent glass. I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it. On no day will its gates ever be shut, for there will be no night there. The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it. Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

The Veil will be removed

Revelation 21:3–4 NIV

And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”

It’s Over. WE will be with Jesus.

Heaven and Eternity with God means Shalom. We will be whole and complete for the first time.

There are debates theologically on whether It is the same Earth Renewed or a brand new planet. I don’t know and who cares? We will be with Jesus.

So often we get tripped up by the where and why of things that we miss the Why. Eternity is not about you and Me! It is about God! So where will you live? Who will you live with? Will you have a car? Will this or will that? Those aren’t bad questions but they may distract from the Why? Why are you there? You are there because of Jesus!

Everything will be made new

Revelation 21:5 NIV

He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”

Everything will be new except God! He will be the same.

Earth will be new or at least resurrected! Everything about will be new.

You and I will new life in the first 5 min greater than we ever knew here.

The Gospel makes all of this possible

See the Gospel makes way not just in the future but in the present.

Yes the Veil will be be fully removed at the end, but my friends we can move beyond the veil today with Jesus. You and I can know him today, because veil has been torn! Shattered. For you and I that we might know Him.

Yes everything will be made new on the other side, but my friends Christ has made a way for you and I to begin that new life today. WE are new creations in Christ Jesus!

Are you Ready?

2 Corinthians 13:5 NIV

Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you—unless, of course, you fail the test?

Examine yourself! Are you going to heaven? If not why not?