New Jerusalem

By David Maas
{NEW HEAVENS AND EARTH}

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{NEW JERUSALEM}
  1. New Jerusalem Descends - {PDF Copy} - (Following the final judgment, John sees the holy city, New Jerusalem descending from heaven to the earth – Revelation 21:1-8)
  2. New Jerusalem Unveiled - (The physical dimensions and shape of New Jerusalem are presented demonstrating it is ready to be populated – Revelation 21:9-23) - {PDF Copy}
  3. New Jerusalem Inhabited - {PDF Copy} - (New Jerusalem is populated fully in fulfillment of the covenant promise to Abraham to bless all the nations – Revelation 21:24-22:5)
  4. Tale of Two Cities - {PDF Copy} - (An underlying theme in Revelation is the contrast and conflict between two “cities,” New Jerusalem and Babylon)
  5. Epilogue - Revelation - {PDF Copy} - (If anyone fails to keep the words of the book, he will be excluded from citizenship in the city of New Jerusalem – Revelation 22:6-21)
{RELATED SUBJECTS}
  1. Beginning of the Creation - (Revelation looks forward to the reign of Jesus in the New Creation, a reality inaugurated by his Death and Resurrection) - {PDF Copy}
  2. Redemption of the Nations - {PDF Copy} - (The Nations and the kings of the earth are included in New Jerusalem)
  3. Blessing to the Nations - {PDF Copy} - (The promised “blessing” to the “nations” given to Abraham is fulfilled in Jesus and, ultimately, in the New Creation)
  4. Coheirs with Abraham - {PDF Copy} - (Abraham is the heir of the world, and all who are "in Jesus" are coheirs with him in the New Creation)
  5. Inheritance of Abraham - {PDF Copy} - (In Jesus, the limited land promise to Abraham encompasses the entire 'Cosmos' and the "nations" of the earth)
  6. Third Temple? - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus is the True and Final Habitation of God, and Revelation says nothing about a rebuilt or third temple in Jerusalem in the thousand-year period)
  7. Ezekiel's Temple - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation places Ezekiel’s vision of the ideal Temple in the middle of the city of New Jerusalem)

Photo by Leon Ephraïm on Unsplash
Photo by Leon Ephraïm on Unsplash