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Revelation chapter 21 and
beginning at verse 9.

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Then came one of the seven
angels who had the seven bowls full

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of the seven last plagues and
spoke to me, saying, come, I will

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show you the bride, the wife
of the Lamb.

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And he carried me away in the
spirit to a great high mountain and

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showed me the holy city, Jerusalem.

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Coming down out of heaven from
God, having the glory of God, its

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radiance, like a most rare
jewel, like a Jasper, clear as crystal.

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It had a great high wall with
twelve gates, and at the gates twelve

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angels.

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And on the gates the names of
the twelve tribes of the sons of

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Israel were inscribed.

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On the east, three gates, on
the north, three gates, on the south,

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three gates.

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And on the west, three gates.

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And the wall of the city had
twelve foundations.

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And on them were the twelve
names of the twelve apostles of the

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Lamb.

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And the one who spoke with me
had a measuring rod of gold to measure

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the city and its gates and walls.

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The city lies four square, its
length the same as its width.

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And he measured the city with
his rod.

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12,000 stadia.

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Its length and width and
height are equal.

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He also measured its wall 144
cubits by human measurement, which

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is also an angel's measurement.

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The wall was built of Jasper,
while the city was pure gold, like

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clear glass.

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The foundations of the wall of
the city were adorned with every

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kind of jewelry.

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The first was Jasper.

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The second was sapphire.

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The third, agate.

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The fourth, emerald.

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The fifth, onyx.

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The sixth, carnelian.

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The seventh, chrysalate.

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The eighth, beryl.

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The ninth, topaz.

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The tenth chrysopras.

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The eleventh jacinth.

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The twelfth amethyst.

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And the twelve gates were
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made of a single pearl.

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And the street of the city was
pure gold, like transparent glass.

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And I saw no temple in the city.

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For its temple is the Lord
God, the Almighty, and the Lamb.

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And the city had no need of
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For the glory of God gives it light.

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And its lamp is the Lamb.

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By its light will the nations walk.

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And the kings of the earth
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And its gates will never be
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night.

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There they will bring into it
the glory and the honor of the nations.

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But nothing unclean will ever
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Not anyone who does what is
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who are written.

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The Lamb's book of Life.

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Amen.

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This is the word of God.

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Well, for those of you who
find yourself here on a regular basis,

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I hope that by now you will
know that before I went into ministry,

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I worked in tourism.

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Tourism is the business of fun.

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I didn't get much fun and it
was all business, but.

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But you had to work hard
because you had lots of people coming

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your way.

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And it was always quite
repetitive because one of the jobs

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that I had to do was a tour guide.

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I loved it and I took people
around Armagh City either on bus

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tours or walking tours, and
I've even offered to groups in the

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church to take them to Armagh
and still give them a guided tour.

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But strangely enough, no one
has ever taken me up on that offer.

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Well, I would take groups
around Armas City and tell them of

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the Georgian history and
architecture, or in the place where

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I worked, St. Patrick's tree.

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And I would explain the
history of the centre of the city,

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going back into the early
Christian settlements that were there

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with the coming of Patrick the
missionary to Ireland.

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But particularly on walking
tours, as we would go round the street

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corners, visitors would see
hidden gems or amazing Georgian architecture,

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and you would see their faces
beam with their discovery.

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Particularly for our friends
that come across the Atlantic from

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America, they hadn't seen
architecture like this and so prolific,

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just one building after the next.

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And they were just in awe of
the architecture of these buildings

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and what was commonplace and
familiar to me because I passed it

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every day was new and it was
fresh to someone else.

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I suppose in one sense, it's
much like being taken on a viewing

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of a home.

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You phone the estate agent and
you say, I'm interested.

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And you arrange a time to go
and see this house that you find

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there's anticipation of seeing
what could be your future.

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Only when viewing a potential
home, you start to think of what

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life would be like living
there and what would fit in this

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room or in another.

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And before you know it, you've
started finding yourself living in

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that place long before you've
made an offer or anything like that.

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But so much of revelation has
been about what John sees.

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Yes, of course, he hears, but
he sees.

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It's a vision that's been
given to him.

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And we have the advantage and
the privilege of having it all written

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down for us.

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And we can read it again and
again, but for him, it was new and

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an amazing sight.

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And this evening we come to
what John sees in the New Jerusalem.

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Last week, as we looked at the
start of chapter 21, we saw the new

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heaven and the new earth.

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Excuse me, the new earth.

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And verse one is such an
amazing verse to read because it

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says, then I saw a new heaven
and A new earth for the first heaven

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and the first earth had passed
away, and the sea was no more.

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John sees everything new.

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And in this newness, he sees
Jerusalem, a new Jerusalem coming

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down.

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Let's remind ourselves how he
described it in verse two.

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And I saw the holy city, New
Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven

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from God, prepared as a bride
adorned for her husband.

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It seems today we've spoken a
lot of images that go throughout

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Scripture, and here's another
one, as we mentioned last week.

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One of those other familiar
images of what God's the relationship

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between God and his people is
like is between the bride and the

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bridegroom, with Christ being
the bridegroom.

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And now we see the bride
adorned for her husband.

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And it might be strange to us
that the bride is actually the city.

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Now, all too often we've
recognized the bride as the church,

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his people.

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But now the image is given to
John that the bride is this new Jerusalem.

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And so we get to see now, in
verses 9 to 27, greater detail of

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what this new Jerusalem is
like and the significant details

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that are there for us.

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And the first person that we
come to is one of the angels holding

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the seven bowls from chapters 15.

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But this time he shows John a
beautiful and entrancing vision,

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summoning him to come to see
the bride, the wife of the lamb.

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And earlier, John had referred
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of the lamb in chapter 19 and
compared the new Jerusalem to a bride

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dressed for her husband.

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He now sees the church as a
bride of unrivaled beauty as he sees

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Jerusalem before him and what
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And so verse 10 tells us that
John is carried away in the Spirit

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and has a high vantage point
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can see what is before him.

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And recorded for us.

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And as in verse two of this
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with the people of God because
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a people and a place.

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Everything said about
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is fulfilled in the heavenly
Jerusalem, the city where God dwells.

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And this city stands in
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that we've been looking at,
that city of Babylon, the harlot

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city which John was earlier
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And in contrast, in contrast
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Jerusalem is clean and holy
and stunningly beautiful.

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Beautiful, not a prostitute,
but a faithful bride.

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Listen to how verse 11
describes the beauty of the city

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having the glory of God, its
radiance, like a most rare jewel,

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like a Jasper, Clear as crystal.

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Tonight.

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I want you to understand the
sheer beauty heaven.

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Heaven is not an eternal
church service where after 45 minutes,

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you start to feel your back
getting sore because of our wooden

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pews.

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It's not going to be a place
where you're up and down because

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of singing hymns.

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There'll be no more hymn books.

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There'll be no more PowerPoint.

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There'll be no more concern if
the electricity is going to stay

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on for us.

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Heaven is truly beautiful and
stunning, and it is unlike anything

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this earth can ever offer.

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A number of weeks ago, I told
you that I grew up with a picture

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at home simply called Paradise.

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And in many ways, it looked
like a place in Tuscany.

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It had a beautiful patio on
which you walked out onto.

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You saw a pavement of gold and
you saw gardens that were beautiful

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and you saw a still river just
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That, for me, growing up, was
the best image that one artist could

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provide to paradise.

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But as we read chapter 21, we
discover God's word far outshines

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whatever we can imagine heaven
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See the beauty of heaven.

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This heavenly Jerusalem is breathtaking.

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It shimmers quite literally
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Its radiance and its quite
literally loveliness are comparable

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to jewels of exquisite color
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The city is like a rare piece
of Jasper and shines as clear as

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crystal.

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In verses 12 and 13, John
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us that it has a massive high
wall and it has 12 gates.

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And in the ancient world, a
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So this high wall symbolizes
the city's safety from all enemies.

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And this is good news for
God's people as they finally have

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the city of refuge that they
have sung about in the Psalms all

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their days.

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They know complete security
and complete safety in God's presence.

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And John continues to tell us
that the Wall also has 12 gates,

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three each on the east, north,
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And this is a clear picture of
what Jesus tells us in Luke chapter

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13:29, where the people from
the north, the east, the south and

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the west will enter the
kingdom as they know salvation in

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Jesus Christ.

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This is what Jesus says in.

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In Luke 13.

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And people will come from east
and west and from north and south,

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and recline a table in the
kingdom of God.

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And listen out for this
whenever I invite you to come to

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this table next Sunday morning
that is open to the nations coming

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from the east and the west and
from the north and from the south,

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invited to come to this table
here and now, but to the heavenly

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city and that is the urgency
of mission.

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It is the urgency of why we
still must go and still must support

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God's work across the world so
that the untold millions will hear

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the good news of the gospel
and come to salvation.

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Did you know that there are
still people groups yet undiscovered?

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As soon as or as early as 26
years ago, a MAF pilot was flying

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over Ayan Jarra, part of what
is now Indonesia, and happened to

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see just some huts in the year 2000.

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And 26 years later, after
first contact, there is now an established

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church amongst those people,
the Moi people of Ayinjara.

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And they have elders and they
have just dedicated a full New Testament.

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There are still unreached
people who must hear the good news

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of the Gospel so that those
from the north, the south, the east

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and the west will come to know
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And it's not just far away.

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We have people groups on this
island who know nothing of what it

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means to trust in the Savior.

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They're blind and they're in
darkness and they too must hear.

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For this is a city that is
open to the nations to find their

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refuge and salvation in Christ
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And at the gates of These
cities are 12 angels, again suggesting

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the city is protected from
anything that would destroy it.

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And on the gates are inscribed
the names of the 12 tribes of Israel.

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And the number 12 tells us
that the Old Testament people of

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God are in the city.

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The promise that Israel would
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the people of God.

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And the grafting of Jew and
Gentile are shown here now in the

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presence of Jesus Christ in
the eternal city.

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And the number 12 continues as
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And engraved on each of them
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And in Ephesians, chapter 2
and verse 20, Paul calls the apostles

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and New Testament prophets the
foundation of God's new temple, the

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cornerstone of the church of
Jesus Christ.

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And so John is likewise
teaching that the one people of God

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is grounded on the apostolic testimony.

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There are not two separate
ways of belonging to God, one for

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Israel and another for the
church in Christ believing Jews and

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Gentiles are brought together
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As the promises of the new
covenant reach their glorious fulfillment,

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there is yet a salvation
conclusion for the Jews that we are

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not fully aware of.

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And Paul teaches us this in
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25.

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That is still to come.

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But here we see in John's
vision the final conclusion of the

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full people of God in the new
Jerusalem, with a foundation that

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is built on the testimony and
witness of Jesus Christ.

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And verse 15 moves to a
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And the angel now has a
measuring rod in his hand to measure

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the city.

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This measuring rod is made of gold.

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And he measures the gates and
the walls.

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The city lies four square, its
length the same as its width.

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And he measured the city with
his rod, 12,000 stadia.

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Its length and width and
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He also measured its wall 144
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is also an angel's measurement.

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Now, if you're a person who
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this probably fascinates you.

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The city is built foursquare,
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And when measured, this city,
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The size of the city dwarfs
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to humankind and is far larger
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In other words, John is not
saying that the city is literally

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1500 miles as some have
measured it.

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Instead, he's communicating
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to reside.

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This symbolic nature is
evident from the next phrase.

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For the city is a perfect cube.

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Its length, width, and height
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And this reminds us, or should
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in the temple, which was also
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First Kings, chapter 6 and
verse 20 tells us 20 cubits long,

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20 cubits wide, and 20 cubits high.

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So this tells us that the city
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Is not literally 1500 miles,
but that it is like a massive, most

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holy place, the place where
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And so the city is where God dwells.

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The entire universe is like
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The most holy place of the temple.

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You see the Old Testament
foretelling of what the new heavens

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and the new earth, the new
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God had it designed perfectly
in the tabernacle and into the temple

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so that we would know that
when we go to be with him, it is

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truly his place of dwelling
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Now, John goes on to say that
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but it's also the measurement
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Now, referring to the
measurement of an angel, we might

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think is very strange.

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Why would he need to say this?

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Well, John doesn't expect us
to say, well, of course that makes

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sense.

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It's the measure angels use,
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of that.

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Instead, by appealing to the
measurement employed by angels, he

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is signaling to us, his
readers, that this is symbolism,

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for none of us knows angelic measurements.

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The great height or thickness
of the wall symbolizes absolute safety

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and security.

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No one can breach or get over
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The city is a walled city,
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and is therefore impregnable.

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It is a place of safety for us
and pause for a moment because we

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live in a world that is full
of trouble.

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All you have to do is read the newspaper.

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All you have to do is watch
the news or go onto social media.

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And you have one side,
particularly here in Northern Ireland,

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pitting themselves against another.

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And there's a cry of hypocrisy
of all political parties against

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the other.

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This world is a troubling place.

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It's hard to find safety, it's
hard to find security in a physical

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place.

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Even our homes can be places
of distress.

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But yet we're shown a picture
here this evening that should give

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us hope.

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It should give us glorious
hope that there is a place to which

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we can go to where we won't
have to worry about fractured relationships,

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where we won't have to worry
about sickness or disease, where

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there won't be tears or
sadness or sorrow, because it is

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the place where the most holy dwells.

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It is quite literally his home.

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It is beautifully stunning,
and as Jesus tells us, he has gone

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there to get it ready for us.

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O troubled soul, take heart
this night, that this journey won't

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be long until we are in
Christ, fully there, and knowing

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the safety and security of
this place that we will call home.

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And as much as we look at the
walls of this city and their strength

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and the security and refuge
they bring, verses 18 to 21 describe

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for us the materials that are
used in the building of the city,

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its walls, its foundations and
its gates.

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And they're all precious,
precious stones.

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In verse 18, we're told that
the wall was built with pure Jasper

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and the city was pure gold.

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And the added description
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like pure glass.

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Now, this was something that
John's readers would have been unable

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to understand because glass,
for them, as little of it as there

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was, would have been dull
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it pure was time consuming and costly.

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And really, they didn't have
the technology for it, so they always

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looked at glass and it was dull.

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Both the wall and the city, by
being described this way in a way

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that the people of John's Day
couldn't even imagine is telling

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us of how indescribably
beautiful this city is, glimmering,

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gleaming, shimmering with his beauty.

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And those who dwell in the
city will be ennobled by its superb

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artistry, its craftsmanship,
its eye catching splendor.

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Because the city itself
reflects the glory and the beauty

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of God.

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And why wouldn't it?

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Don't we all craft our homes
and decorate them by our own choice

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and our own preferences?

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And so how much more God does
it not for his own glory in one sense,

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but that his glory might be
seen by us, and that we around us

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will see his beauty at every corner.

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And the foundations of the
walls are now described to us in

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the stones used for the 12 foundations.

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And as we read the list in
verses 19 to 21, we're once again

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shown the beauty of the city.

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And it echoes Isaiah's
description of future Jerusalem.

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And for he says in Isaiah 54,
11, 12, I will set your stones in

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antimony and lay your
foundation with sapphires.

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I will make your pinnacles of
agate, your gates of carbuncles,

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and all your wall of precious stones.

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And the stones that are given
to us, there are 12 of them.

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For the 12 foundations are
supposed to remind God's people that

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they're the same stones that
are on the high Priest's grave breastplate.

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So therefore they're
symbolizing the tribes of Israel

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whom the high Priest
represented before the Lord.

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And each gate of the city is
made of a single pearl, and the streets

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are of gold, comparable to
what we've described as transparent

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glass, which would have been
unknown in John's day.

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And so these symbols
communicate the perfection of the

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new creation, the glory of God
in it, and the purity of his people.

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And so, as we come to the last
verses of this chapter, we're shown

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how different this Jerusalem
is from the Jerusalem known in John's

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or to John's readers.

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Verse 22 tells us, and I saw
no temple in the city, for its temple

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is the Lord, God, the Almighty
and the Lamb.

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It's quite striking that he
sees no temple in the city.

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For John's day, and even for
Jews today, the Temple was the centerpiece

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of the city.

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It was a city on a hill, but
it was lit by the lamps of that temple

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to be a light to the nations.

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But there is no temple now.

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And instead of the temple,
there is Almighty God and the Lamb,

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you may recall in the image of
the new creation in chapter seven

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and verse 15, John had said
that believers serve God day and

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night in his temple.

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And so we have no
contradiction here.

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The whole new creation is
God's temple, in which his people

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serve almighty God and the
Lamb as they abide together.

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And if you'll recall a few
weeks ago, the whole point of seeing

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this is about Eden restored.

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For Eden was the place where
God walked with Adam and Eve.

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It was the place of perfection
and holiness as they worshiped him

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and lived for him.

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And so Eden restored is now
what we have.

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For God's presence is there.

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It is his temple.

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And therefore no physical
temple, as would be known to John's

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readers, is required.

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Verse 23 tells us more of what
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We're told that there's no
need for the sun nor the moon to

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shine, and the reason being
that the glory of God is enough.

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It's his radiance that shines
as we gaze on his perfect holiness.

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And throughout the book, we've
seen the sun being reduced at different

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times, demonstrating
punishment on sinful and rebellious

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humanity.

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But now there is no fear of
this punishment, because God is all

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we need to sustain us, to give
us the light we need.

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And verses 24 to 25 tell us by
its light will the nations walk,

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and the kings of the earth
will bring their glory into it.

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And its gates will never be
shut by day, and there will be no

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night there.

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Now, we've already seen in
this chapter that the gates of the

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new Jerusalem are on all four
sides of the city, allowing for the

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nations to come in.

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Now we're told of their entry
into the city.

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Everyone in the heavenly city
will be illuminated and strengthened

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by the Lord.

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The kings of the nations will
also bring their glory into the city.

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John is here saying that every
good and beautiful thing from the

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old creation will be in the
new creation.

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Nothing of beauty will be lost.

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Instead it will be present in
a perfected and incorruptible way.

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But the greatest news is the
sanctuary this city provides as its

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gates are never shut.

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Ancient cities closed their
gates for security reasons, but in

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this city there is no need.

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The imagery speaks of peace
and blessing in the city in which

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God's glory shines.

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And as the chapter finishes,
we read this in verse 27.

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But nothing unclean will ever
enter it, nor anyone who does what

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is detestable or false, but
only those who are written.

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In the Lamb's Book of life you
see everything good and nothing defiled,

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or anyone who does what is
detestable or false will be in the

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city.

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This is a warning.

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There are many Old Testament
prophecies that say that nothing

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unclean will be present when
God brings His kingdom.

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Isaiah 30:5 looks forward to
return from exile and the coming

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of the kingdom, declaring that
the unclean will not be on the highway

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to Zion.

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No one uncircumcised or
unclean will enter the city of God.

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Joel also promises that in the
day of the Lord, Jerusalem will be

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holy and strangers will not enter.

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Only those whose names are
inscribed in the Lamb's Book of Life

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will be in the city.

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They will enter the gates of
the city because they have washed

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their robes in the blood of
the Lamb.

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They have trusted in Jesus and
know the forgiveness of their sins

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as they live for him here on
earth, awaiting his return and the

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fullness of his glory.

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In 1892, a new song called the
Holy City was written.

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And for us it has been made
most famous and through the singing

473
00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:30,240
of Sir Harry Seacombe.

474
00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:34,640
And this is what its closing
verse and chorus say.

475
00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:38,400
And once again the scene was changed.

476
00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:40,320
New earth there seemed to be.

477
00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:46,120
I saw the Holy City beside the
tideless sea the light of God was

478
00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:51,120
on its streets the gates were
open wide and all who would might

479
00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:54,240
enter in and no one was denied.

480
00:28:55,110 --> 00:28:59,270
No need of moon or stars by
night or sun to shine by day.

481
00:28:59,510 --> 00:29:03,030
It was the new Jerusalem that
would not pass away.

482
00:29:03,030 --> 00:29:06,950
It was the new Jerusalem that
would not pass away.

483
00:29:07,030 --> 00:29:13,990
And then the chorus Jerusalem,
Jerusalem, sing For the night is

484
00:29:13,990 --> 00:29:22,000
o' er hosanna in the highest
Hosanna forevermore.

485
00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:29,040
Isn't Revelation 21 a
wonderful sight?

486
00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:36,600
This is the city of Eternal
Promise for those who trust in the

487
00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:41,760
Lord, those whose names are
inscribed in the Lamb's Book of Life,

488
00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:46,580
and who have washed their
robes in the blood of the Lamb.

489
00:29:47,460 --> 00:29:50,580
This is the city of Eternal Promise.

490
00:29:51,060 --> 00:29:53,940
And if you are eagerly
awaiting it.

491
00:29:53,940 --> 00:29:57,020
And by the way, I've seen some
people smile as it's been described

492
00:29:57,020 --> 00:29:58,300
around the building this evening.

493
00:29:58,300 --> 00:29:59,740
And that is lovely to see.

494
00:29:59,740 --> 00:30:01,620
And you are eagerly awaiting it.

495
00:30:01,860 --> 00:30:03,460
Don't give up in your wait.

496
00:30:03,940 --> 00:30:05,060
It is coming.

497
00:30:06,020 --> 00:30:09,780
But make sure that your name
is written in the Lamb's Book of

498
00:30:09,780 --> 00:30:13,220
life, for we once again have
been warned.

499
00:30:14,390 --> 00:30:17,830
And do you see what God is
doing with this as he gives it to

500
00:30:17,830 --> 00:30:18,150
John?

501
00:30:18,310 --> 00:30:23,550
He is giving us every
opportunity to repent of sin, that

502
00:30:23,550 --> 00:30:28,470
while there is still time, we
can come to the Savior for salvation.

503
00:30:29,190 --> 00:30:33,230
You see, tonight you have been
shown what your new home could look

504
00:30:33,230 --> 00:30:37,990
like if you trust in Jesus for
the forgiveness of your sins.

505
00:30:38,790 --> 00:30:41,530
In one respect, it's house viewing.

506
00:30:42,330 --> 00:30:44,250
And for some of us, it is our home.

507
00:30:45,290 --> 00:30:51,970
But for others, it could be,
trust in Christ and be assured of

508
00:30:51,970 --> 00:30:55,770
life eternal in the new
Jerusalem that is stunning in its

509
00:30:55,770 --> 00:30:59,290
beauty, in its refuge, and in
its peace.

510
00:30:59,770 --> 00:31:04,330
For this is what Jesus says in
John, chapter 5 and verse 24.

511
00:31:04,650 --> 00:31:09,130
Truly, truly, I say to you,
whoever hears my words and believes

512
00:31:09,130 --> 00:31:11,530
him who sent me has eternal life.

513
00:31:12,250 --> 00:31:16,570
He does not come into
judgment, but has passed from death

514
00:31:16,730 --> 00:31:17,370
to life.

515
00:31:18,250 --> 00:31:23,850
This is what we're seeing in
Revelation 21, and that promise fulfilled

516
00:31:24,570 --> 00:31:25,850
for the people of God.

517
00:31:26,890 --> 00:31:30,090
But as we finish, let me
remind you of what it is.

518
00:31:32,170 --> 00:31:34,890
And once again the scene was changed.

519
00:31:35,690 --> 00:31:37,190
New earth there seemed to be.

520
00:31:38,540 --> 00:31:44,140
I saw the holy city beside the
tideless sea.

521
00:31:44,780 --> 00:31:47,260
The light of God was on its streets.

522
00:31:47,260 --> 00:31:53,820
The gates were open wide, and
all who would might enter in.

523
00:31:55,260 --> 00:31:58,140
And no one was denied.

524
00:32:00,540 --> 00:32:07,750
Revelation 21 assures us that
this night the gates are open wide

525
00:32:08,710 --> 00:32:13,670
for those from the north, the
east, the south and the west.

526
00:32:14,630 --> 00:32:19,070
For those who live against the
shore of Anna Long, or up in the

527
00:32:19,070 --> 00:32:24,470
mountains to the north towards
Newcastle or the south through Ballymarton

528
00:32:24,470 --> 00:32:30,870
to Kilkeel, the gates are open
wide for each of us to know this

529
00:32:30,870 --> 00:32:32,150
as our home.

530
00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:38,400
So why will you settle for
anything less than what we're told,

531
00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:44,520
where God's people will join
in eternal praise of his name and

532
00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:46,240
we will know his goodness.

533
00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:50,880
Please respond well to Jesus
this night.

534
00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:58,040
Go out with great hope in a
city that is yours and in a savior

535
00:32:58,040 --> 00:33:01,250
this night that you can know
for all eternity.

536
00:33:02,050 --> 00:33:03,010
Let us pray.

537
00:33:04,450 --> 00:33:07,730
Our Father God, we thank you
for the vision that we're given here

538
00:33:08,050 --> 00:33:12,690
in Revelation, a vision that
we smile at because we know it to

539
00:33:12,690 --> 00:33:16,210
be our eternal home when we
place our trust in Jesus.

540
00:33:17,250 --> 00:33:22,770
So may we cry the amen with
the heavenly Host that it is done.

541
00:33:23,330 --> 00:33:27,050
And give to the Lamb upon the
throne the blessing and honor and

542
00:33:27,050 --> 00:33:29,410
glory and power that is due
his name.

543
00:33:29,950 --> 00:33:31,230
For he has won.

544
00:33:31,310 --> 00:33:32,510
He has conquered.

545
00:33:33,230 --> 00:33:36,430
And so with every tribe and
every tongue, we join the anthem

546
00:33:36,430 --> 00:33:41,950
of the angels in the triumph
of the Son as we declare hallelujah.

547
00:33:43,550 --> 00:33:45,950
And so, Father, may we respond
to Christ.

548
00:33:46,590 --> 00:33:49,550
And may we know this heavenly
city to be ours.

549
00:33:49,950 --> 00:33:54,790
And may we be eager for others
to know it as well, so that they

550
00:33:54,790 --> 00:33:56,780
too will come and put their
trust in.

551
00:33:56,850 --> 00:33:57,650
In the Savior.

552
00:33:58,290 --> 00:34:00,130
And it's in Jesus name we pray.

553
00:34:01,010 --> 00:34:01,650
Amen.