New Jerusalem

Editor: David Maas
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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} - (A key theme in Revelation is the contrast and conflict between the two cities - New Jerusalem and Babylon, the Great Whore)
  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. The Ruler of Kings - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus, the Faithful Witness, now reigns supreme over the Kings of the Earth, and he is shepherding the nations to the Holy City of New Jerusalem)
  3. Redeeming the Nations - {PDF Copy} - (The Nations and the Kings of the Earth are found in the City of New Jerusalem because of the redeeming work of the Slain Lamb)
  4. Third Temple? - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus is the Final Habitation of God, and Revelation says nothing about a rebuilt Temple in Jerusalem during the Thousand Years)
  5. Ezekiel's Temple - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation places Ezekiel’s vision of the ideal Temple in the middle of the city of New Jerusalem)
  6. The Age of Salvation - {PDF Copy} - (The Gospel of the Kingdom announced by Jesus offers salvation and life to all men and women of every nation and people)
  7. Kings and Nations - {PDF Copy} - (The promise to bless all nations in Abraham culminates in the vast multitude of the Redeemed that inhabits New Jerusalem)

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