New Heaven and New Earth: Where God dwells
Hebrews 13:14 For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one
to come.
Wow. THEY, that were living in the earth near the time after
Jesus’ ascension and the end time of that generation had declared that they had
no continuing city. They were believing in the arriving of the new
heaven(s) and new earth and the establishing of God’s kingdom in the earth.
There was a new world to come.
Hebrews 6:5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the
powers of the world to come.
2 Peter 3:13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look
for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
Was this to be a natural dwelling place that is seen with the
natural eye..... or was this to be the heavenly or rather spiritual place where
Jesus is now, and our heavenly Father is too.
OHHHHH there is so much to see in what was just said.
Hebrews 11:13-16
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country..... But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
They looked for a new city that would be filled with God’s
righteousness. He prepared a place for them... (John 14:2-3 to carry this
message further and deeper).
Revelation 21:1-2 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. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from
God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
The New Heavenly Jerusalem filled with God’s Righteousness.
The old Jerusalem was symbolic of what was happening in the spirit
realm of God’s kingdom and true city. It was our example of heavenly
things. The earthly temple and ordinances, etc.... were a shadow of what
was to be.
But our All Wise Father was working His Plan in heaven AND
earth....
He was about to restore the kingdom and remove all
unrighteousness... out of His heaven AND His dwelling place in the earth.
A new king and priest were coming... and this one would be an eternal, forever
King and Priest over all... ALL things in heavens and earth.
Jesus Christ His only begotten Son came into the world. This
was and is God’s Word and Will manifested and revealed. This was for the
setting free of all creation from the one... that disobedient spirit that
sinned from the beginning. The devil sinned from the beginning. He
was given rule over man. But now in Christ Jesus, that ruler is removed
and judged guilty. Now thrown into the lake of fire where he will be
forever. A new King/Priest and Kingdom was and is established in heaven
and in the earth forever.
Clean up had begun. And Jesus FINISHED THAT WORK. His
Throne was set up and He sat in it. The Work was done.
Now His Kingdom and City and all that dwelled within were filled
with HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS. He subdued it to the Father. And the Father
released and established it in the earth.... so that now, heaven and earth are
in Christ, who reigns forever more... in heaven and earth... visible and
invisible.
Verse 3 says 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.
Ohhhh my and Praise the Lord!!!!! Hear and See what the Lord
has done!!!
So this new city where God dwells..... is His tabernacle that is
made up of His people.
Revelation 21:9-10 reveals the Lamb’s wife/bride, which is that
great city, the holy Jerusalem.
Then from 11-27 the scriptures speak of such city and that God and
the Lamb are the temple as well as the light in it.... Now catch this... the
city are the people.
Verses 12-14 describes the apostles and tribes in it. As
John 14:2-4 tells us that in the Father’s house are many dwelling places.
Do you see the many places?
Yet there is the place of the Son and His Church..... John
14:2-4 I go to prepare a place for you. 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. And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
Ephesians 2:5-6 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us
together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together,
and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
The Bride is ready and has joined unto the Lamb ... for He has
made her ready....
How? Ephesians 5:25-27 ...even as Christ loved the church, and
gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it
with the washing of water by the word. That he might present
it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any
such thing: but that it should be holy and without blemish.
So as He is Received by us, He establishes His rule and
righteousness in your spirit, soul, and body. He begins to wash you and
free you from the affects of sin and death, while releasing His Liberty and
Life in you as Your New Heaven and Earth.... now submitted to the Father.
NOW, that day has come for you, and John 14:20-23 is become your
reality.
John 14:20-23 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father,
and ye in me, and I in you..... and will manifest myself to him... and my
Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
God’s New Heaven(s) and Earth established, and You are either
already established in Him... or you are in the process of entering His New
Jerusalem and Temple, and being placed in that special place prepared just for
you...
Hebrews 12:22-24, and through 29.
v18 For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,...
v22 But ye are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels.
v23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
v24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
You are come.... It didn’t say “will come”... it says “are come”
meaning “Now”.... you are come to the new heavenly Jerusalem that now dwells in
heaven And the earth...
But yet you only see Jesus at first. In Hebrews 2:8-11 *8-9
it shows us this: “...Thou has put all things in subjection under his feet. For
in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put
under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him. But we see
Jesus,...
Then as He washes you and you press on in, you begin to see
clearer and understand more of His Kingdom and experience your New dwelling
place... in Him.
And you may enter in to your place prepared for you, but ONLY if
you Come Through The Door, and He washes you in His Blood and His Word
(John 3:3-5 being born again).
Hebrews 12:27-29 v27 And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the
removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that
those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country..... But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
v18 For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,...
v22 But ye are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels.
v23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
v24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
v28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be
moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence
and godly fear:
v29 For our God is a consuming fire.
That 'mark' is the mark of Righteousness and Sonship. Jesus Hit That Mark For Us!
Behold and enter into your place that He has prepared for you in His Son, Jesus Christ.
Amen.
RPJ
RPJ
