{"id":362,"date":"2019-01-31T21:37:16","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T02:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chinesegospelchurch.net\/cgcse\/?p=362"},"modified":"2019-01-31T21:37:22","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T02:37:22","slug":"new-jerusalem-the-city-of-god-rev-211-225","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesegospelchurch.net\/cgcse\/messages\/new-jerusalem-the-city-of-god-rev-211-225\/","title":{"rendered":"New Jerusalem: The City of God &#8211; Rev 21:1-22:5"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"New Jerusalem: The City of God &amp;#8211; Rev 21:1-22:5\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-01-31T21:37:16-05:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT43M45S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Rev 21:1-22:5\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/cgcs_sermons\/content.blubrry.com\/cgcs_sermons\/January_27_2019_CGCS_Sunday_Service.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"40.7\" \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fcgcs_sermons%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fcgcs_sermons%2FJanuary_27_2019_CGCS_Sunday_Service.mp3&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fchinesegospelchurch.net%2Fcgcse%2Fmessages%2Fnew-jerusalem-the-city-of-god-rev-211-225%2F#mode-Light&border-000000&progress-000000\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-1\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/cgcs_sermons\/content.blubrry.com\/cgcs_sermons\/January_27_2019_CGCS_Sunday_Service.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/chinesegospelchurch.net\/cgcse\/?powerpress_pinw=362-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/cgcs_sermons\/content.blubrry.com\/cgcs_sermons\/January_27_2019_CGCS_Sunday_Service.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"January_27_2019_CGCS_Sunday_Service.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/ca\/podcast\/cgc-scarborough-sermons\/id1439749014?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fchinesegospelchurch.net%2Fcgcse%2F%3Fp%3D362\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/2E36I4XpkCoAu263lNvqoO\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/chinesegospelchurch.net\/cgcse\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Sermon Details:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Pastor Tim Grieves preached this sermon on January 27, 2019.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Sermon Outline:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>New&nbsp;Jerusalem&nbsp;is:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A glorious city<\/li><li>A peaceful city<\/li><li>A holy city<\/li><li>A paradise city<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Heaven is where God and the Lamb dwell<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Scripture Passage:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Revelation 21:1&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;22:5<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>21&nbsp;<\/strong>Then I saw&nbsp;a new heaven and a new earth, for&nbsp;the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.&nbsp;<sup>2&nbsp;<\/sup>And I saw&nbsp;the holy city,&nbsp;new Jerusalem,&nbsp;coming down out of heaven from God,&nbsp;prepared&nbsp;as a bride adorned for her husband.&nbsp;<sup>3&nbsp;<\/sup>And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, \u201cBehold,&nbsp;the dwelling place&nbsp;of God is with man. He will&nbsp;dwell with them, and they will be his people,&nbsp;and God himself will be with them as their God.&nbsp;<sup>4&nbsp;<\/sup>He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and&nbsp;death shall be no more,&nbsp;neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>5&nbsp;<\/sup>And&nbsp;he who was seated on the throne said, \u201cBehold, I&nbsp;am making all things new.\u201d Also he said, \u201cWrite this down, for&nbsp;these words are trustworthy and true.\u201d&nbsp;<sup>6&nbsp;<\/sup>And he said to me,&nbsp;\u201cIt is done!&nbsp;I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end.&nbsp;To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment.&nbsp;<sup>7&nbsp;<\/sup>The one who conquers will have this heritage, and&nbsp;I will be his God and&nbsp;he will be my son.&nbsp;<sup>8&nbsp;<\/sup>But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars,&nbsp;their portion will be in&nbsp;the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is&nbsp;the second death.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>9&nbsp;<\/sup>Then came&nbsp;one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of&nbsp;the seven last plagues and spoke to me, saying, \u201cCome, I will show you&nbsp;the Bride, the wife of the Lamb.\u201d&nbsp;<sup>10&nbsp;<\/sup>And&nbsp;he carried me away in the Spirit to&nbsp;a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,&nbsp;<sup>11&nbsp;<\/sup>having the glory of God,&nbsp;its radiance&nbsp;like a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal.<sup>12&nbsp;<\/sup>It had a great, high wall,&nbsp;with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and on the gates the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel were inscribed\u2014&nbsp;<sup>13&nbsp;<\/sup>on the east three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates.&nbsp;<sup>14&nbsp;<\/sup>And the wall of the city had twelve&nbsp;foundations, and&nbsp;on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>15&nbsp;<\/sup>And the one who spoke with me&nbsp;had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city and its gates and walls.&nbsp;<sup>16&nbsp;<\/sup>The city lies foursquare, its length the same as its width. And he measured the city with his rod, 12,000 stadia.&nbsp;Its length and width and height are equal.&nbsp;<sup>17&nbsp;<\/sup>He also measured its wall, 144 cubits&nbsp;by&nbsp;human measurement, which is also&nbsp;an angel&#8217;s measurement.&nbsp;<sup>18&nbsp;<\/sup>The wall was built of&nbsp;jasper, while the city was pure gold, like&nbsp;clear glass.&nbsp;<sup>19&nbsp;<\/sup>The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every kind of jewel. The first was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald,&nbsp;<sup>20&nbsp;<\/sup>the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst.&nbsp;<sup>21&nbsp;<\/sup>And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, each of the gates made of a single pearl, and&nbsp;the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>22&nbsp;<\/sup>And&nbsp;I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb.&nbsp;<sup>23&nbsp;<\/sup>And the city&nbsp;has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for&nbsp;the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.&nbsp;<sup>24&nbsp;<\/sup>By its light&nbsp;will the nations walk, and the kings of the earth&nbsp;will bring their glory into it,&nbsp;<sup>25&nbsp;<\/sup>and&nbsp;its gates will never be shut by day\u2014and&nbsp;there will be no night there.&nbsp;<sup>26&nbsp;<\/sup>They will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations.&nbsp;<sup>27&nbsp;<\/sup>But&nbsp;nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb&#8217;s&nbsp;book of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>22&nbsp;<\/strong>Then the angel&nbsp;showed me&nbsp;the river of&nbsp;the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb&nbsp;<sup>2&nbsp;<\/sup>through the middle of&nbsp;the street of the city;&nbsp;also, on either side of the river,&nbsp;the tree of life&nbsp;with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were&nbsp;for the healing of the nations.&nbsp;<sup>3&nbsp;<\/sup>No longer will there be anything accursed, but&nbsp;the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and&nbsp;his servants will worship him.&nbsp;<sup>4&nbsp;<\/sup>They will see his face, and&nbsp;his name will be on their foreheads.&nbsp;<sup>5&nbsp;<\/sup>And&nbsp;night will be no more. 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