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Introduction:
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Quote - "The glorious fact is not that the past is sullied, dirty, or unclean, but that the future is unsullied."
[Craig Brian Larson and Brian Lowery, 1001 Quotations That Connect: Timeless Wisdom for Preaching, Teaching, and Writing (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 2009), 161.]
Illustration: Hanging Lake Hiking Trip
Jesus said that He had to leave to go and prepare a place for us.
Now, John gives us a glimpse of the handiwork of our Master Carpenter.
Welcome, New Jerusalem!
Main Thoughts: Focus on the hope that this description stirs in the heart of finding that city whose builder and Maker is God (Heb.
11:10).
Draw the attention to the central focus of the city - The Lord, Lamb Temple, God's People becoming the Holy of Holies into Eternity
Sub-Intro: Whereas the devil had his seductive harlot city (Babylon the Great), the Lord has His beautiful virgin city (New Jerusalem).
Note - John's description is completely logical, he describes first the outside of the city (Rev.
21:9-21) and then the inside of the city (Rev.
22:1-5)
Body:
I. New Jerusalem’s  Descent  (Rev.
21:9-14)
A. John'  Invitation  to Behold (Rev.
21:9)
B. John's  Experience  (Rev.
21:10-14)
1.
The Brilliance of the City (Rev.
21:11)
2. The Bars (or Walls) of the City (Rev.
21:12-14)
a.
The Twelve Foundations: The Twelve Apostles of the Lamb (vv.
12, 14)
b.
The Twelve Gates of the City: The Twelve Sons of Israel (vv.
12-13)
Note - When all added up, there were thirteen tribes of Israel as well as thirteen Apostles of Christ
Application: The 12 Apostles represent the NT Saints, and the 12 Tribes represent the OT Saints.
Both groups will dwell in the New Jerusalem, and make up the Bride, in this we see the unity among distinction that also is seen in the triune God-head, as well as God's resurrection program in four phases (First Christ, then NT Saints in Rapture, next OT Saints in Revelation, and lastly the Millennial Saints at the end of the Millennium).
II.
New Jerusalem’s  Description  (Rev.
21:15-21)
› Go Slow...
A. The Broad  Measurements  of the City (Rev.
21:15-17)
1.
The Structure Measured: The City, the Gates, and the Walls ( v. 15)
Note - Where John was allowed to measure the Tribulation Temple (Rev.
11:1-2), he was not tasked with that here
Note - This is a Protected City
2. The Size Measured: Perfectly Symmetrical (vv.
16-17)
Note - 1400 miles cubed, from Denver to Mexico City, Mex., Richmond, VA, Raleigh, NC, or almost to Washington DC; or from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean to Colorado.
Note - "measure of a man...of an angel" = not figurative, but real units of measure as we understand them, the same in the realms of angels as the realms of men
Note - As preposterous as the engineering feat may seem to finite men, we must remember that the power of God spoke the worlds into existence and that if He can hang stars on nothing, then this is not too hard for God! (e.g.
Leon Morris rejecting the literalness of it in TNTC)
B. The Beautiful  Materials  of the City (Rev.
21:18-21)
1. Jasper Walls & Clear Crystal City (v.
18)
2. Foundation Stones (vv.
19-20)
Note - See Is. 54:11-12
The Apostle John’s description of the variety of colors of the twelve foundations ranged from a clear crystalline brilliance to a blue, to a copper radiance, to a green, to a reddish-white, reddish-brown, to a yellow-green, to turquoise, to a yellow-gold, to an apple-green, to red-purple, and finally to a deep purple set of hues.
No doubt, the brilliance and splendor of the New Jerusalem, with its multi-colored foundations and aura of pure crystallized gold, was nearly indescribable, as John used limited and rare words in his portrayal.
The beauty of the home for the Lord’s Bride is incomparable.
[Strouse, 946.]
3. Gates of Pearl & Streets of Gold (v.
21)
Note - Pearls have always been seen as costly (see Job 28:18; Matt.
13:45)
Note - Compare the flooring of Solomon's Temple in 1 Kings 6:30 overlaid with gold
III.
New Jerusalem’s  Delights  (Rev.
21:22-22:5)
› Rise Higher!
A. The Worship of the City (Rev.
21:22)
Note - "Lord God Almighty" = Triune Godhead
Note - Throughout eternity there will be no more sin, no more separation from God, and therefore no more need for the golden censer (Rev.
6:3; 8:3), golden altar (Rev.
8:3), and the Temple (Rev.
16:17) will cease, as God's saints (believers through the ages) will have free access to their Savior and God.
B. The Illumination of the City (Rev.
21:23)
Note - See also Is. 60:1; 1 Jn.
1:5
Note - That the city will have no need of the sun or moon does not necessarily mean they will not exist
Note - Jesus is the Light of the World (Jn.
8:12; 9:5), as long as we are in His presence we will have His light (eternally)
Note - Consider also Isaiah's description in Is. 60:19-20 and remember that the sun stood still for Joshua for one day (Josh.
10:12-13)
C. The Enlightenment of the City (Rev.
21:24)
Note - This City Is a Peaceful City
Note - The new earth will continue to be governed (Rev.
1:6) by those who reigned with Christ through the Millennium
Note - These will serve the Lord with a proper heart attitude and service.
See Heb.
13:15; Ps. 100:4
D. The Enterprise of the City (Rev.
21:25-26)
Note - This City Is a Prosperous City
Note - Whereas gates were typically shut at night to protect the city (see Neh. 7:3; 13:19), here the gates will be eternally open as the wicked are tormented in the Lake of fire eternally
Note - See Jeremiah's prophecy regarding God's glory in Jer.
9:23-24
E. The Purity of the City (Rev.
21:27)
Note - Notice What Is Missing (who is prohibited from entrance contrasted with who is permitted entrance)
Note - Those written in the Lamb's Book of Life - Rev. 3:5; 17:8, 20:11-15)
Illustration: Reverend C. M. Ward described the new Jerusalem.
The great enclosed cube is nearly 1,378 English miles every way.
That is approximately the distance from Tampa, Florida, to Des Moines, Iowa, or from Dallas, Texas, to Washington, D.C.… Were the city to be divided into blocks as in our American cities, there would be at least 625 blocks.…
But this unique city has another dimension.
It is as high as it is wide and long.
Thus following the pattern already established, and contemplating street over street and yet accommodating the highest buildings yet erected in New York, there would be at least 7,599,000 streets and 937½ billion blocks.
In such a city there would be ample room for ten million houses, each large enough for 12,500 occupants measured by today’s standards.
At this rate the city would afford ample room for one and one-quarter quadrillion of people.
That would be more than 1,000 times as many people as have been born in Adam’s race up until the 1960’s.
—Pentecostal Evangel [Croft M. Pentz, Outlines on Revelation, Sermon Outline Series (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1978), 62.]
F. The Real Paradise City (Rev.
22:1-5)
Take Fire!!!
Note - The River, Trees & Fruits of the City (Rev.
22:1-2)
1.
The Waters of Life Flowing (v. 1)
Note - Compare Ezekiel 47:1 and Zech.
14:8
The source of all life comes from God (cf.
Jn. 5:26) as this flowing river of life from His throne depicted.
John recorded the Lord Jesus’ prediction of the giving of the Spirit of God, saying, “He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified)” (Jn.
7:38-39).
[Strouse, 961–962.]
2. The Tree of Life Healing (v. 2)
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