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Intro:
Last week we finished our study of 1&2 Thessalonians.
We spent the past several months looking at how we are to be “Ready and Actively Waiting” for our Lord’s Return.
This morning, I wanted to share with you what we, as believers and faithful followers of Christ, have to look forward to after we are called home to the Heaven, either through the passing away of our temporary body, or by the Rapture of Church when Christ gathers us all together.
Christ says in John 14:1-3 … “1 “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you.
I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.”
We love to try and imagine what Heaven will be like, but the reality is… I don’t believe our minds can fully comprehend the awesome glory that will be revealed to us on the day we enter into the presence of our Lord and Savior and take up residence in the place that He has personally prepared for us.
However, Christ allowed John, while he was exiled to the island of Patmos, to write down the things he saw as he recieved a glimpse behind the curtain… and I had Dave read Revelation 21 this morning, because that is where we find this glimpse… this brief look behind the curtain… Turn there in your Bible…
There is a lot of information packed into the 21rst chapter of Revelation, but I just want to point out some things about our heavenly home.
There may come a time in the future that we do a full study through this amazing book, but this morning we are just going to scratch the surface of the 21rst chapter and pick out several of it’s verses… and in doing so, I want to show you 3 facts about Heaven…
Heaven Is A...
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The first fact that I want you to know and realize is that… Heaven is a…
1. Genuine Place
vv.
1-3 “Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away.
Also there was no more sea. 2 Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
3 And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people.
God Himself will be with them and be their God.”
Heaven is not some fairy tale myth, it is not some mystical land made up by the imagination of some Hollywood producer… it is a genuine place.
It is as real as Pierson Bible Church… It is as real as real as the Eiffel Tower, or the Seven wonders of the world… but here’s the kicker… it is indescribably better than anything we have ever seen.
Even the Apostle Paul, talks about being brought paradise…
Heaven is a genuine place… … It is a genuine place…
1.1 Of Rest
v. 4 “And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying.
There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.”
Everything that causes stress or anxiety… whatever worries that keep you up at night… gone!
They have no place in our Heavenly Home.
We will be able to finally rest…
The writer of Hebrews, in the “Great Faith Chapter”, describes faithful followers of God as “strangers and pilgrims on the earth”…
Hebrews 11:13-16 “13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured of them, embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
14 For those who say such things declare plainly that they seek a homeland.
15 And truly if they had called to mind that country from which they had come out, they would have had opportunity to return.
16 But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country.
Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.”
Y’all… “This world is not my home… I'm just a-passing through… My treasures are laid up… Somewhere beyond the blue”
When we enter the gates of that city, we will have laid down the burdens of this existence and gone to a place of peace and rest, a perfect place where burdens cannot follow and troubles cannot come.
It is a place to rest from our labors, our cares, our worries, our trials, everything that hindered us here will not be welcome there!…
It is a genuine place of rest…
It is also a genuine place...
1.2 Of Residence
Heaven is a place where people and angelic beings live.
I believe that every glimpse of Heaven in Scripture, mentions the Angelic Hosts that are there.
That is where they live, it is from there that the Lord dispatches them to do different tasks.
It was from Heaven that Lucifer was cast, he is no longer allowed to live there…
For us as followers of Christ, it is our eternal home.
When this temporary life is done, we will begin our everlasting life in heaven.
In the mansion the Christ promised to build specifically for us…
I like to remind people that it took God 6 days to create the heavens and the earth.
And this world, even as beautiful as it is, has been tainted and destroyed by sin.
But our residence in Heaven, our mansion over the hilltop, Christ has been working on for thousands of years and it has not been tainted, in any way shape or form, by sin… it will be absolutely perfect!
… And we will live there forever.
But Heaven is not just the residence of the us and the angels…
Our Heavenly Father and Our Precious Lord and Savior live there as well.
And… “What a day that will be
When my Jesus I shall see
And I look upon his face
The one who saved me by his grace
When he takes me by the hand
And leads me through the Promised Land
What a day, glorious day that will be”
“I can only imagine...”
Heaven is a Genuine Place and when we arrive there, it will be our forever home.
Secondly,
Heaven is a…
2. Glorious Place
vv.
9-27 describe this city called “The New Jerusalem”.
John MacArthur says this about “The New Jerusalem”… “This is the capital city of heaven, a place of perfect holiness.
It is seen “coming down out of heaven”; and it descends into the new heavens and new earth from its place on high.
This is the city where the saints will live…”
There are some commentators who suggest that this is the place that Christ spoke of in John 14, that He was going to prepare…
The Apostle John, does his best to describe what he is seeing…
To attempt to describe its glories is to exhaust all the adjectives and descriptive language known to man… Magnificent, Beautiful, Spectacular, Breath-taking, Awesome… Splendiferous… yes, according to google that is a real word… We could even use a phrase that Greg Wynsma always says… Super Majestic…
But none of these words even begin to describe this Amazing place… The Apostle Paul said… 1 Cor.
2:9 “9 But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.””
Here is what we do know…
Heaven is glorious…
2.1 In It’s Beauty
Again, There is no way that I can adequately describe this city in all of its glory, but I do want to just mention three quick thoughts… and you can add these to your notes...
First of all…
- Heaven is beautiful in its Creation…
v.5 “Then He who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.”
This is a city built by God Himself…
• He created it!
• He formed it!
• He furnished it!
• It is a city that bears the stamp of His power and personality.
• He built a city that reflects His glory.
It will be more glorious than the mind can comprehend!
Secondly…
Heaven is Beautiful in it’s Duration…
All the cities of this earth crumble and decay.
• Every building made by the hand of man must constantly be renovated and repaired!
• Not so with Heaven!
• It is a city of such construction that it will never crumble or decay.
• It will never need paint, carpet or repair.
• It will not need dusting, mopping or vacuuming.
(Some of you are like… oh that does sound like Heaven!)
• It will never be turned into a slum, or bulldozed to make way for a mall.
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