THE NEW HEAVEN AND THE NEW EARTH, OUR ETERNAL HOPE
Revelation 21:1-10
OUR FINAL DESTINATION
V:1. "The New Heaven and Earth 21 Then I saw a new
heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away,
and there is no longer any sea.
A. God's plan of redemption includes a new home in a new
heaven and a new earth.
1. When Lucifer,
the Arch Angel, known as Satan, sinned he corrupted heaven.
2. When Adam and
Eve sinned, they corrupted the earth.
3. After Adam and
Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden, God immediately activated
His plan of
redemption for mankind by promising a redeemer, Jesus Christ
our Lord and
Savior. Genesis 3:15.
B. The Apostle, we call St John ,
on the Isle of Patmos, was given this vision of a
New heaven and a
New earth.
1. Jesus, our Lord and Savior', death on the cross
fulfilled all the requirements of the
Law and ushered
in this Age of Grace we now live in.
2. At the second
coming of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, this Age of Grace will
end followed by
the rapture of the Church.
3. A seven year
tribulation will immediately follow in which Satan will be bound in
Hell forever.
4. All believers
will enter this newly created heaven and earth to live with Christ
for eternity.
5. This is our
eternal hope, Good News for every believer.
OUR NEW CITY
V:2 . "And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming
down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband."
A. All throughout the New Testament, Christ is proclaimed as
the bridegroom and
we the Church,
His bride.
1. I want to point
out to all believers, particularly to all single women and single
parents that
Christ is your current Husband.
2. The current
heaven and the current earth is corrupt.
3. God created the
heaven and the earth without sin.
4. God's plan of
redemption covers His entire creation.
B. Jerusalem means city of peace.
1. The current Jerusalem
is far from a city of peace.
2. Since man is
corrupt, the city of Jerusalem is
also corrupt.
3. God will
restore His creation to it's original
state of innocence.
4. Jesus is
righteous, so His bride must be righteous.
5. Like Jesus, The
bridegroom should take His bride to a new place of residence.
THE ETERNAL GOD WITH US
V:3. " And I heard a loud voice from the throne,
saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell
among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among
them."
A. At the resurrection, all the saints of God will be housed
in an incorruptible body.
1. Our current
bodies are the temple of the Lord.
2. The problem is
our current bodies are made of flesh and full of sin.
B. The resurrected bodies will be without spot or wrinkle,
therefore without the
ability to sin.
1. Our focus will
be 100% on God.
2. We will be God's
people and God will be our God.
3. All believers
have the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
4. In this new
heaven and new earth we will have the dwelling of the God Head.
GLORIOUS LIVING
V:4. "And He
will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any
death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first
things have passed away."
A. In this new environment, God will completely captivate
us.
1. All of our
needs will be met forever.
2. Our
incorruptible state will be totally different from our current state.
3. We will be
spirit beings, without any earthly or fleshly desires or feelings.
B. In this New Heaven and New Earth, we will be transformed
completely
into the image and
likeness of Christ.
1. I suppose our
eternal state will be like the reincarnate Christ.
2. The old fleshly
state will be completely gone and a new state of innocence
and complete
dependence will take it's place.
IT'S ALL ABOUT JESUS
V:5. " And He
who sits on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new."
And
He said, "Write,
for these words are faithful and true."
A. It is God the
Father who will renew us to our original state at creation.
1. It will be a
better state because we will not have a mind capable of sin.
2. We will not
have a body capable of corruption.
3. We will be in
a state of complete peace and joy.
B. We can believe this because the Holy Father said so.
1. We have never
known the newness that the father speaks of.
2. We have never
been in a situation where everything is new.
3. Our carnel
infinite minds cannot conceive what this is.
4. Eyes have not
seem and ears have not heard what God has in store for us.
THE FINISH PRODUCT
V:6. " Then He said to me, "It is done. I am the
Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to the one who
thirsts from the spring of the water of life without cost."
A. Salvation is without cost. It is a free gift from God.
1. God identified
us to be with Him before the foundation of the earth. Eph 1:4
2. All we have to
do is to believe to receive these wonderful blessings.
B. The end of God's redemptive process will have its
completion.
1. The Lord said it
is done.
2. We will enjoy
eternal life with Christ.
3. God, the
uncaused cause is the author of all of this.
C. In my mind, I cannot imagine anything that does not have
a beginning or an ending.
1. Everything I can
see has a beginning and an ending.
2. The Just live by
faith and not by sight.
3. The Lord said,
"I Am Alpha and Omega."
4. Because the Lord
said it, my faith says it is true.
D. We ought to have a thirst for the truth which is the Word
of God.
1. When we thirst
for Christ, God promises to satisfy us from the spring of the
water of
life, which is the Holy Spirit.
2. Therefore our
thirst ought to be satisfied now because we have the indwelling
of the Holy
Spirit.
3. What keeps us in
the thirst mode is our unyielding spirit to the Holy Spirit.
a. It is the
Spirit that refreshes and invigorates our bodies.
b. It is the
Spirit that purifies our thoughts and renders us fruitful.
WE ARE OVERCOMERS
V:7 "He who overcomes will inherit these things, and I
will be his God and he will be My son."
A. The over comers are those who are of the household of
faith.
1. Eternal
victory is ours through our faith in the death and resurrection
Jesus Christ,
our Lord and Savior.
2. Jesus paid our
sin debt in full with the blood He shed on the cross.
3. We are adopted
sons and daughters of the Holy Father through our faith in
Jesus.
4. The Word says
O death O death where is your sting? 1
Co 15:55
B. Earth is the Lords and the fullness thereof.
1. Since we are
sons and daughters, we inherit all that God has.
2. The new heaven,
the new earth and the new Jerusalem is our by inheritance.
3. God is our
Father and we are His sons and daughters.
4. We have a personal
relationship with the Father through our faith in Jesus.
THOSE DOOMED TO HELL
V:8. "But for
the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons
and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that
burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death."
A. God lists the attitudes of those who will not enter the Kingdom
of Heaven
doomed to the eternal hell.
1. The Cowardly.
a. Those who
claim to be for Christ, but deny Him in the face of persecution,
2. The Unbelieving.
a. Those who
reject Jesus Christ as their personal Savior.
b. Jesus
presented Himself to the world, but the world rejected Him.
3. The Abominable.
a. Those who
are polluted with unnatural lust.
4. Murderers
a. Those who
take away the life of a person for any cause.
b. Those who
hate their brothers in their heart,
5. Immoral persons
a. Adulterers,
fornicators, male and female prostitutes,
6. Sorcerers
a. Those who
pretend to produce supernatural effects by a devilish agency.
7. Idolaters
a. Those who
worship idol gods.
8. Liars.
a. Those who speak
against the Word of God.
b. Those who
pervert the Word of God for their own selfish benefits.
B. We can find our sins in any of these categories.
1. Thank God for
His amazing Grace, calling us out of the world of these sins and
and covering our sins with blood of His Son.
2. No one can
escape any of these sins, without God's divine intervention.
3. No
one can come to Jesus without being drawn by the Father.
THANK GOD FOR CHOOSING US
FOR HEAVEN
Rev M. Mitchell
Asst Pastor Of Greater Macedonia
Baptist Church
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