OUR NEW ETERNAL HOME
Revelation
22:1-7
THE
WATER OF LIFE
1.
"Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as
crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb."
A. There
are several ways of interpreting this verse, but I prefer Jameson Fausset and
Brown's.
1. The crystal clear water of life could
represent the full Gospel grace flowing from
the throne of God.
2. While we now receive God's Grace daily,
it is hindered by the sin that exist in
our lives.
a. It is my belief, that we now receive
only a small portion of the blessings that God
has stored for us because of our
unbelief and disobedience.
b. Since we are influence by the flesh,
our lives are more difficult than it could be
because we are not completely
right before God.
B. The river of the water of life could also
represent the Holy Spirit.
1. Learning to yield to the guidance and
the direction of the Holy Spirit is a continuous
spiritual growth process.
2. In the New city
of Jerusalem , we will be completed
consumed in the spirit.
1. The river may represent an infinite
abundance of life.
2. Life in the New Jerusalem will be
everlasting.
3. The phrase "clear as crystal"
may be the infinite righteousness of God that all the
redeemed will possess.
THE
TREE OF LIFE
V:2.
" Down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the
river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit
every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations."
A.
In the New Jerusalem, there will be only one path and that is the path of
righteousness.
1.
This path/ street has its' beginning at the throne of God.
2. It is in the center because God will be
the center of our eternal existence.
3. The constant flowing river of life has
on each side a tree of life.
a. In the Garden of Eden, there was a tree of life which Adam was prevented
from
eating after his sin.
b. I suggest that if Adam had eaten
from the tree of life after his sin, that
there would be no chance of
redemption for man.
B.
The tree of life may represent the eternal life that all believers written in
the
Lamb's book of Life will receive.
1. The promise of eternal life is received
when we accept Jesus as our personal Savior.
2. Believers are living in the hope of
eternal life in the eternal Jerusalem .
3. God's plan of redemption will be the
complete and permanent state of purity in
His New Jerusalem.
4. We must keep in mind that the New
Jerusalem, the bride of Christ is the
spirits of all God's redeemed.
5. It is only by God's Grace that we are
His redeemed.
C.
Twelve is one of God divine numbers that is used through out the Bible.
1. There were twelve tribes of Israel .
2. Jesus chose 12 disciples.
3. There are 12 months in the year.
4. Twelve may represent the all sufficiency
of the Lord.
4. Each believer in the church
of Jesus Christ
fruit.
5.We are expected to produce fruit through
out our Christian life.
6. In heaven the fruit will be produced by the Lord without any
effort on our part.
7. The fruit from the tree could represent
the infinite provisions of the Lord throughout
our eternal lives with Him.
D. According to the text, the leaves on the
fruit tree are for healing.
1. We know in the eternal kingdom there
will be no death, no sickness and no sorrow.
2. We know that our final state will be
one of eternal blessings.
3. Therefore, I suggest that leaves
represent the state of complete and perfect health
that will exist throughout eternity.
THE
SERVANTS OF THE LAMB
V:3.
" No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb
will be in
the city, and his servants will serve
him."
A. After Adam sinned, human life was cursed
and the ground of the earth was also
cursed.
1. Old things will pass away and a new sinless
environment will exist in eternity.
2. The "old" are all the evil
and evil consequences that result from man's sins.
a. Trials, tribulations,
sorrows and death to name a few,
b. Hate, jealousy, envy, backbiting
and all disobedient behavior.
B. In the presence of God, there will be no
sin or any capability to sin.
1. In this present Church Age, all sin is
covered by the blood of Jesus. 1 Peter
1:18-19
2. There is no righteousness in us, but
all righteousness is imputed to us by our
faith in Jesus.
3. Jesus now sits a the right hand of the
Father making continuous intercessions for us.
C.
In the New Jerusalem there will be no atoning of sin, because it will not
exist.
1. Those who enter the New Jerusalem will
have been washed by the lambs blood into
eternal purity.
2. We will be like angels, serving God with
continuous non stop praise and worship.
Matt 12:25
THE
FACE OF GOD
V:4.
" They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads."
A. Presently, no man has seen God at anytime.
1. In the New Jerusalem, all God's saints
will see His face.
2. We will see God in all His Glory.
B.
The Good News is, God takes ownership of all believers.
1. We will be His brand, because we will
have His name on our forehead.
2. The labels inside our clothes identifies
the maker.
3. In the New Jerusalem the maker of us is
God the Father.
THE
LIGHT OF THE LORD
V:5.
" There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or
the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will
reign for ever and ever."
A.
This New Jerusalem will be nothing like our current earth.
1. In God creative process described in
Genesis, God created the sun to rule the day
and the moon and the stars to rule the
night.
2. When I think about this, it appears that
Go made an allowance for man
to corrupt himself.
3. In God's creative plan was man's
corruption and man's redemption.
a. The night is the time when the
righteous man rest.
b. The night is the time when the sinful
man carry out his evil plans.
B. Since there will be no sun and no
moon, then all the planets will have
been
destroyed.
1. The new heaven and the new earth will
have it light from God Himself.
2. Since God's light will be universal in
the new heaven and the new earth,
there will not be any rotation like our
current planetary system.
3. Jesus is the light of world and will be
the light in the new heaven and the
new earth.
C. The new heaven and the new earth will be
permanent and we will reign with
the Lord forever.
THE
AUTHORITY OF THE WORD
V:6.
" The angel said to me, "These words are trustworthy and true. The
Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent his angel to show his
servants the things that must soon take place."
A.
Throughout the Bible, God uses angels as His messengers.
1. From time to time, God uses his angels
to reveal parts of His plan of redemption
to us.
2. The Word from the Lord through men and
through angels are true.
3. The Word of the Lord is the authority and never changes.
4.
You can count on the Word to be true.
B. There
are seventeen books of prophecy in the Old Testament.
1. God is the Lord of all of the prophets
and directed their writings.
2. Their spirits were tuned to God's
Spirit.
3. The Prophets proclaim the Word of
God to His people.
4. God's revelation was revealed to us
through His prophets.
5. This establishes the authority of the
Old Testament.
C.
In this Book of Revelation, God revealed more of the details about the
end times that were first revealed in the
Old Testament.
1. The Book of Revelation is final book of
the Bible written by Saint John .
2. God revealed to John the final details
of His New Heaven and New earth.
3. The word "soon" must be taken
in the context that a day is as a thousands years
to the Lord.
4. Soon could be today or thousands of
years from now.
5. What we do know is these events will
take place and we must be ready to
meet the Lord at any moment.
THE
PROMISE OF A SECOND COMING OF CHRIST
V:7
"Behold, I am coming soon! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the
prophecy in
this book."
A. Faith is the substance of things hoped for
and the evidence of things unseen.
1.
Since the Word of God is true, we must accept it by faith.
2.
Our human minds cannot understand the thoughts of a infinite God.
B. We must accept the Word of God as true.
1. We have the evidence in our lives that
the Word of God is true.
2. We must act on God's Word out of
obedience.
3. Our minds cannot conceive the beauty
and the glory of the New Jerusalem.
4. We know because of Word, that we have a
home in the New Jerusalem.
5. We know because we were chosen before
the foundation of the World,
that we are blessed. 1 Peter 1:20
THANK GOD FOR OUR ETERNAL HOME WITH HIM
Rev.
M. Mitchell
Asst
Pastor Of Greater Macedonia Baptist
Church
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