The New Jerusalem

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The New Jerusalem
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• Genesis
• 1, 2, 3

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• Genesis Revelation
• 1, 2, 3 20, 21, 22

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• Revelation 20 to 22 contains eight portraits of
  the true Kingdom, just as we have seen that
  chapters 12, 13 and 17 contain repeated
  descriptions of the false Kingdom --
  Anti-Christ'sThis repetition of the same things
  from different standpoints, and with other
  details, is a principle which applies especially
  to this last book of the Bible. A failure to
  recognize this, is, we think one of the reasons
  why so many of those who study this book, fail to
  get sense from it.The portion of Scripture we
  are about to consider, is frequently read as
  though it were one connected narrative, instead
  of several repetitions of the first statement. .
  . .

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Revelation 211

• 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.

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• This brings the glory side of this glorious
  Millennial Age to view. The former heaven and
  earth and sea passed away entirely, and the new
  are fully inaugurated at the opening of this
  scene. The new heavens (the spiritual dominion of
  Christ) and the new earth, (the reconstructed
  condition of society) being now established as a
  matter of course there will be no more sea
  --people unrestrained.
• The New Jerusalem coming down from God to earth,
  hereafter to be God's dwelling place, is a
  beautiful representation of the church as a
  kingdom or government over the earth.

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Revelation 21 2

• And I John saw the holy city, New Jerusalem,
  coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as
  a bride adorned for her husband.

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Revelation 219-10

• And there came unto me one of the seven angels
  which had the seven vials full of the seven last
  plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither,
  I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.

And there came unto me one of the seven angels
which had the seven vials full of the seven last
plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither,
I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
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Revelation 219-10

• And
  he carried
  me away in the spirit to a great and
  high mountain, and showed me that great city, the
  holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,

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Revelation 171,2

• And there came one of the seven angels which had
  the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto
  me, Come hither I will show unto thee the
  judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon
  many waters
• With whom the kings of the earth have committed
  fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth
  have been made drunk with the wine of her
  fornication.

And there came one of the seven angels which had
the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto
me, Come hither I will show unto thee the
judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon
many waters With whom the kings of the earth
have committed fornication, and the inhabitants
of the earth have been made drunk with the wine
of her fornication.
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Revelation 173

• So he carried me away in the spirit into the
  wilderness and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet
  colored beast, full of names of blasphemy, having
  seven heads and ten horns.

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Revelation 174

• And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet
  color, and decked with gold and precious stones
  and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full
  of abominations and filthiness of her fornication

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Revelation 175

• And upon her forehead was a name written,
  MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS
  AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

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Revelation 213

• And I heard a great voice out of heaven
  saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with
  men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall
  be his people, and God himself shall be with
  them, and be their God.

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Revelation 214, 5

• 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.

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Revelation 214, 5

• And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I
  make all things new. And he said unto me, Write
  for these words are true and faithful.

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• The wiping away of tears implies a gradual work,
  such as we see will be the process of that
  glorious time. Man will not be exempt from every
  weakness and trial and difficulty at the
  beginning, but if he will conform to the laws of
  the Kingdom, all cause for distress will
  gradually pass away, as restitution blessings
  will lift him out of death into perfect life.

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• The whole work of the Millennial age is summed up
  in few words, and we are brought to its
  culmination in the declaration, There shall be
  no more death neither sorrow nor crying neither
  shall there be any more pain, for the former
  things are passed away. What a glorious
  sun-burst of blessing is in these words!
• R. 2832

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Revelation 216-8

• And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and
  Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give
  unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the
  water of life freely.
• He that overcometh shall inherit all things and
  I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

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Revelation 216-8

• And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and
  Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give
  unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the
  water of life freely.
• He that overcometh shall inherit all things and
  I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

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Revelation 216-8

• But the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable,
  and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers,
  and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their
  part in the lake which burneth with fire and
  brimstone which is the second death.

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Bookends
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Bookends

• It is finished - John 1930
• Finished teleo Strongs 5055
• complete, discharge, pay, perform

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Bookends

• It is finished - John 1930
• Finished teleo Strongs 5055
• complete, discharge, pay, perform
• It is done - Revelation 216
• Done ginomai Strongs 1096
• be brought to pass, become, continue

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Revelation 219-10

• And there came unto me one of the seven angels
  which had the seven vials full of the seven last
  plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither,
  I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.

And there came unto me one of the seven angels
which had the seven vials full of the seven last
plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither,
I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
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Revelation 219-10

• And
  he carried
  me away in the spirit to a great and
  high mountain, and showed me that great city, the
  holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,

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• Having the glory of God and her light was like
  unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper
  stone, clear as crystal. Rev. 2111

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Revelation 2112

• And had a wall great and high, and had twelve
  gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names
  written thereon, which are the names of the
  twelve tribes of the children of Israel

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Revelation 2113

• On the east three gates on the north three
  gates on the south three gates and on the
  west three gates.

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• We have already seen, that when God's kingdom
  (dominion) is established on earth, mankind will
  be brought into harmony with it, and the literal
  earthly city of Jerusalem will be rebuilt upon
  her old heaps, and will again become the great
  city of earth and Israel (the children of Abraham
  according to the flesh), as God promised -- the
  channel through which a blessing will flow to all
  the nations of earth, from the spiritual seed --
  Christ.

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• And when we read that it has gates in every
  direction, and the names of the twelve tribes of
  Israel inscribed thereon, it seems in perfect
  accord, to show Israel's position as channels,
  gateways, by which the world may approach to the
  heavenly government, and through which may come
  the blessings to mankind. At the gates were
  twelve messengers (angels). This would seem to
  teach that Israel will in due time be the
  messengers to communicate the Love and Knowledge
  of the Lord to all creatures. R. 330

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• From Rev. 2112 we learn that the gates or
  entrances of the city, which are twelve in
  number, are inscribed with the names of the
  twelve tribes of Israel. This is in harmony with
  what we have learned of the earthly phase of the
  Kingdom of God, that the ancient worthies from
  the various tribes of Israel, selected during the
  Jewish age, will be the visible representatives
  of the heavenly Kingdom in the earth, through
  whose instrumentality the nations may enter into
  the blessings of the Kingdom. R. 1353

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Revelation 2114

• And the wall of the city had twelve
  foundations, and in them the names of the twelve
  apostles of the Lamb.

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Revelation 2115-17

• And he that talked with me had a golden reed to
  measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the
  wall thereof.

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Revelation 2115-17

• 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.

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Revelation 2115-17

• And he measured the wall thereof, a hundred and
  forty and four cubits, according to the measure
  of a man, that is, of the angel.

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• 12,000 Furlongs

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• 12,000 Furlongs x 12 144,000

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Furlong

• Strongs 4712 stadion
• Stadium or race course
• 220 yards

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• 1,500 miles

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Furlong

• 12,000 furlongs1,500 miles2,640,000 yards
• One furlong 220 yards

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• 1,500 miles x 5,2807,920,000 feet

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7,920 miles
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• 1,500 miles x 5,2807,920,000
  feet(7,920 x 1,000)

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12,000 Furlongs

• 12,000 Furlongs

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12,000 Furlongs

• 12,000 Furlongs

12,000 x 12,000 144,000,000 (144,000 x 1,000)
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Revelation 2122-26

• And I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God
  Almighty is its temple, even the Lamb.
• And the city had no need of the sun, nor of the
  moon, that they might shine in it, for the glory
  of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb.

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Revelation 2122-26

• And the nations (of those who are saved) will
  walk in the light of it and the kings of the
  earth bring their glory and honor into it.

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• And its gates may not be shut at all by day, for
  there shall be no night there.

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• And they shall bring the glory (and honor) of the
  nations into it.

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• This City class, the glorified Church, it is
  declared will have no need of the sun or the
  moon. The sun and the moon here are symbolical,
  the sun signifies the light of this Gospel age
  the moon signifies the typically reflected light
  of the Gospel in the Law and the prophets of the
  previous dispensation. The glorified Church will
  have no need of the light which in the present
  time she so much enjoys through the Word and
  spirit, and the Law and the prophets. She will
  have, instead of these, a much more excellent
  glory, to which the Apostle refers when he says,

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• Now with all the light, privileges and
  opportunities which we enjoy, both as respects
  the representations of God through the Law and
  the prophets, and through the instructions and
  leadings of the spirit in the present we see
  through a glass darkly, but then face to face
  now we know in part then we shall know even as
  we are known.
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• When this Sun of Righteousness shall shine forth,
  its blessings of healing, refreshment and life,
  mental, moral and physical, upon the world of
  mankind, the nations shall walk in the light of
  it. (The words of them that are saved are not
  in old MSS. Indeed, it is because they are not
  saved that they need this special light during
  the Millennial age, in order to their
  enlightenment, their salvation, their
  restitution.) And the kings of the earth do
  bring their glory into it. (The words, and
  honor are not found in old MSS.)

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• The expressions nations and kings are not to
  be understood as signifying that the world of
  mankind during the Millennial age will be divided
  into nationalities and kingdoms as at present
  the word nations here signifies peoples, and is
  intended to show that all peoples, and not merely
  the people of Israel, will be thus favored under
  God's Kingdom. The word kings represents those
  princes or chief ones of the earth who, during
  the Millennial age, will be the chief
  representatives of the heavenly, spiritual,

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• invisible Kingdom of Christ. These princes, as
  we have already seen, will be Abraham, Isaac,
  Jacob and all the faithful prophets of the
  previous dispensation, who, loving God before the
  call to the Kingdom and to the Bride class,
  cannot be of it, but because of their
  faithfulness will be the princes whom the Lord
  will establish in all the earth -- first making
  them perfect individuals, and qualifying them for
  their office, as a reward for their faithfulness
  to God in the dark times in which they lived --
  their manifestation of love for righteousness
  and trust in the Omnipotent One.

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• The bringing of their glory into the city, the
  Kingdom, signifies their acknowledgment of this
  heavenly Kingdom, their rendering of tribute of
  praise, thanks, worship and obedience to it as
  God's agency. And this rendering of glory to the
  Kingdom will continue throughout the entire
  Millennial age . . .

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Revelation 2127
And there shall in no way enter into it anything
that defiles, or any making an abomination or a
lie but only those who are written in the
Lamb's Book of Life.

• And there shall in no way enter into it anything
  that defiles, or any making an abomination or a
  lie but only those who are written in the
  Lamb's Book of Life.

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• Then, in consideration of the fact that this book
  of symbols, while relating to the future, is
  addressed to God's consecrated elect Church in
  the present time, and in view of the fact that
  this message would be communicated to and more or
  less understood by those who would seek to make
  their calling and election sure to a part in the
  glorious city, the 27th verse is added, declaring
  that In nowise shall there enter into it
  anything common, or he that doeth abomination and
  falsehood --

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• but only they who are written in the Lamb's Book
  of Life. The Lamb's Book of Life we must
  understand to include those, and only those, who
  attain to position of joint-heirship with Christ,
  whose names are written in heaven during this
  age, and who are faithful to their covenant. What
  a glorious incentive we have here to
  faithfulness! What a warning against the
  slightest sympathy with anything unclean, untrue,
  or in anywise contrary to the divine standard of
  holiness! If we appreciate the glorious things of
  the divine provision for

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• the Church and for the world, these promises and
  offers will have their influence upon us, and
  under their influence we are expected to keep our
  garments unspotted from the world to be without
  spot or wrinkle or any such thing to hate every
  contamination of the flesh upon our robe of
  righteousness and to seek immediately in prayer
  for the removal of any spot or wrinkle or any
  such thing from our wedding garment,--that thus
  we may abide in the Lords love, and in the due
  time be meet for the inheritance of the saints
  in light. R. 2833

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