Today’s passage: Revelation 21:9-27
Helpful thoughts:
- The Apostle John is taken to a “great, high mountain” (As Ezekiel was) and shown the New Jerusalem. When he is told what he is to be shown, it is called “the Bride, the wife of the Lamb.”
- Part of the description points to Israel (verse 12), God’s Old Covenant people.
- Part of the description points to the Church (verse 14), God’s New Covenant people.
- If the dimensions are literal, this city will be around 1,380 miles squared.
- Here’s a great short read and illustration called, “The ‘Bookends’ of Biblical Theology” from Crossway.
- The whole city is square as the Holy of Holies in the Temple was. God will be there with His people. God’s people will be the dwelling place of God (1 Corinthians 3:16-17, Ephesians 2:22).
Questions to consider:
- Why will verses 24-27 be possible? Who will the kings and peoples of the earth be at this point? What will be true of us all? Why will there be no need for defenses?
- What is the nature of this New Jerusalem? What literal and/or symbolic descriptions are most amazing? Where will God be? Will there be any place where His glory isn’t present?
- What does it seem would be the quality of life eternal with this being the description of our forever home? To what do we have to look forward? In what ways will it be better (Besides “every way”) than the life we have on this earth right now?