The New Jerusalem [City of God] and the new Garden of Eden (symbols of righteousness, peace, love, joy and prosperity) are the dwelling place of God, Christ, and the Church. Saint John saw no temple in New Jerusalem [City of God] "for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple".
In the Book of Revelation Saint John draws a graphic contrast between the harlot city called 'Babylon the Great', the earthly and temporal city of man, and the "New Jerusalem", the heavenly and eternal city of God. Saint John also identifies "the great city which he calls "the bride, the Lamb's wife".
Then I saw another angel, flying high overhead, sent to announce the Good News of eternity to all who live on the earth, every nation, race, language and tribe. He was calling, 'Fear God and praise him because the time has come for him to sit in judgement; worship the maker of heaven and earth and sea and every water-spring'.
A second angel followed him, 'Babylon has fallen, Babylon the Great has fallen, Babylon which gave the whole world the wine of God's anger to drink. - Rev. 14:6-8 -
The Great City was split into three parts and the cities of the world collapsed; Babylon the Great was not forgotten: God made her drink the full wine cup of his anger. - Rev. 16: 19 -
One of the seven angels that had the seven bowls came to speak to me, and said, Come here and I will show you the punishment given to the famous prostitute who rules enthroned beside abundant waters, the one with whom all kings of the earth have committed fornication and who has made all population of the world drunk with the wine of her adultery. - Rev. 7:1-2 -
'Now heaven, celebrate her downfall and all you saints, apostles and prophets: God has given judgement for you against her'.
Then a powerful angel picked up a boulder like a great millstone and as he hurled it into the sea, he said, That is how the great city of Babylon is going to be hurled down, never to be seen again.
Never again in you, Babylon,
will be heard the song of harpists and minstrels,
the music of flute and trumpet;
never again will craftsmen of every skill be found
or the sound of the mill be heard;
never again will shine the light of the lamp,
never again will be heard
the voices of bridegroom and bride.
Your traders were the princes of the earth,
all the nations were under your spell.
In her you will find the blood of prophets and saints and all the blood that was ever shed on earth. - Rev. 18: 20-24 -
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; the first heaven and the first earth had disappeared now and there was no longer any sea. I saw the holy city and the new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, as beautiful as a bride all dressed for her husband. Then I heard a loud voice call from the throne, 'You see this city? Here God lives among men. He will make his home among them; they shall be his people and he will be their God; his name is God-with-them. He will wipe away all tears from their eyes; they will be no more death and no more mourning or sadness. The world of the past has gone.
Then the One sitting on the throne spoke: 'Now I am making the whole of creation new' he said, 'Write this: that what I am saying is sure and will come true'. And then he said, 'It is already done, I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give water from the well of life free to anybody who is thirsty; it is the rightful inheritance of the one who proves victorious; and I will be his God and he a son to me. But the legacy for cowards, for those who break their words, or worship obscenities, for murderers and fornicators, and for fortune tellers, idolaters or any other sort of liars, is the second death in the burning lake of sulphur'............ Nothing unclean may come into it: no one who does what is loathsome or false but only those who are listed in the Lamb's book of life. - Rev. chapter 21 -
Then the angel show me.......The angel said to me, 'All that you have written is sure and will come true: the Lord God who gives the spirit to the prophets has sent his angel to reveal to his servants what is soon to take place. Very soon now, I shall be with you again'. Happy are those who treasure the prophetic message of this book.
I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. When I had heard and seen them all, I knelt at the feet of the angel who had shown them to me, to worship him; but he said, 'Don't do that: I am a servant just like you and like your brothers the prophets and like those who treasure what you have written in this book. It is God that you must worship'.......Happy are those who will have washed their robes clean so that they will have the right to feed on the tree of life and can come through the gates into the city. These others must stay outside: dogs, fortune-tellers, and fornicators, and murderers, and idolaters, and everyone of false speech and false life............The one who guarantees these revelations repeats his promise: I shall indeed be with you soon. Amen; come, Lord Jesus. If anyone does not love the Lord, a curse on him. 'Maranatha'. - 1Cor. 16:22 - May the grace of the Lord Jesus be with you all. Amen. - Rev. chapter 22 -
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Sunday, May 24, 2009
I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!
I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.
HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -
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