Introduction: Not much is said in the Scriptures about
Heaven. Most of our thoughts about Heaven comes from songs. Tonight, I want
us to take a look at the place that the child of God calls Home - Heaven the
city of God and deal with four reasons I want to go there.
See
Psalms 87:3 Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God.
A.
Abraham looked for it, Hebrews 11:9-10
Heb 11:9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
Heb 11:10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
B.
Jesus promised it, John 14:1-3
John 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
John 14:2 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.
John 14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
C.
John wrote about it, Revelation 21
D.
We are going to live in it, John 14:3c.... that where I am, there ye may be also.
I.
THE MISSING THINGS...
1.
No more sea, Revelation 21:1 (speaks of separation)
Rev 21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
2.
No more suffering,
Revelation
21:4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
3.
No more sanctuary,
Revelation
21:22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
4.
No more sun,
Revelation
21:23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
5.
No more sunset,
Revelation
21:25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.
6.
No more sinners,
Revelation
21:27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
7.
No more sin
Revelation
22:3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
8.
No more Satan, Revelation 20:1-3,10
Rev 20:1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
Rev 20:2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
Rev 20:3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
Rev 20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
II.
THE MEASUREMENTS, Revelation 21:
1.
It's Shape, Vs 16-four square
Rev 21:16 And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
2.
It's Size, Vs 16 (1500 miles each direction)
Rev 21:16 And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
3.
It's Strength, Vs 17 (its walls are 216 feet thick)
Rev 21:17 And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
Ill.
THE MATERIALS, Revelation 21:
1.
The wall of jasper, Vs 18
Rev 21:18 And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.
2.
The city was pure gold, Vs 18
Rev 21:18 And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.
3.
The 12 foundations were garnished with precious stones, Vs 19
Rev 21:19 And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
4.
Gates of pearl, Vs 21
Rev 21:21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
5.
Street of gold, Vs 21
Rev 21:21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
6.
River of life,
Rev.
22:1 And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
7.
Tree of life,
Rev.22:2
In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
IV.
THE MAIN ATTRACTION -The Lord Jesus Christ will be there:
1.
As a Lover to welcome us,
2.
As a Lamb for us to worship,
Revelation
21:22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
3.
As a Light for us to walk in, Revelation 21:23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
4.
As a Liberator to watch over us, Revelation 22:3-4
Rev 22:3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
Rev 22:4 And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
by
Bro. Stinnett Ballew
