The New Jerusalem 3

Hello Everyone,

We are looking at facts about Heaven in Revelation 21. And one fact we see is Heaven is a Readied Place.
v. 2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.
“prepared”

I’ve done a lot of weddings…and it takes the bride a long time to get ready…hours and hours…with someone just for her dress, her hair, her makeup, etc.And the Lord has spent a lot of time, and is sparing no expense in readying heaven for us. [2,000 years compared to 6 days of creation! And there’s some great beauty in this earth…even though’ it’s been cursed!]

R.G. Lee—“Heaven is the most marvelous place the wisdom of God could conceive and that the power of God could prepare.”

The butterfly, the rose, the stars and planets…all in 6 days…and by comparison to heaven, the Grand Canyon will be an infected wound!

1 Corinthians 2:9 However, as it is written: "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him"

Another fact is that Heaven is a Place of RelationshipRead Revelation 21:3

This is what makes heaven, heaven! If the streets were not gold but gravel, if the walls were particle board and not jasper, if mud was knee deep and weeds over our heads, it will still be heaven because Jesus is there!

If you’re lost, this thought should terrify you, not just that you would go to a fiery hell, but that you would go somewhere cut off from God!

A lost person would be terrified even in His presence at the Great White Throne, but being face to face with Him is a precious thought for the believer…that’s what Heaven is!And there we’ll see the only “man made” thing in heaven.

As we study about all God is preparing for us, let’s not forget the sight we’ll behold in the nail scarred hands and feet of Christ! [They are a constant reminder of how we got there!]Heaven is not a reward for those who are faithful…we can’t work our way to heaven. We’ll be elated, yes, but only because we’re RELATED! Heaven is a place of relationship…

End of the Journey
Light after darkness, gain after loss;Strength after weakness, crown after cross;Sweet after bitter, hope after fears;Home after wandering, praise after tears;
Sheaves after sowing, sun after rain;Sight after mystery, peace after pain;Joy after sorrow, calm after blast;Rest after weariness, sweet rest at last;
Near after distant, gleam after gloom;Love after loneliness, life after tomb;After long agony, rapture of bliss;Right was the pathway, leading to this.

All For Jesus
Phil