My
Sheep Hear My Voice- Rev. 21:10
Before
Jesus was crucified He told the disciples to watch and pray,
something so simple, but they let their physical bodies take over and
they fell back asleep. In these last hours of time you need to hear
His voice. When He tells you something, it is very important, but
most ignore my voice or just discuss it and go on with what they were
doing. You will see many things start to happen shortly and if you do
not hear and obey His voice,... it will mean death for some of
you....Jesus has only your best interest in mind. Christ knows you
heart, and if you are truly His you will hear His voice. He awakes
many of you at 3am on the dot, but most will roll over and go back to
sleep. There are a few who will get up and pray. Your day is filled
with so many things and Jesus is the last thing many of you give your
time to. But Christ needs to talk to you,... to fellowship with you
and only when you are still and quite (3am) can you hear Him,... the
rest of your day is so busy you do not have time for Him,... but you
need to make time, for time is short and the Lord has instructions
for you.
Revelation
21
The
New Heaven and the New Earth
And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God” Rev. 21:10
and high mountain... Here we have the revelation that the city is not a cube, but a series of mountains starting with low foothills just inside the walls. For 1,500 miles the city ascends to the highest mountain on which is located the heavenly tabernacle or temple in which the scenes of Rev. 4-5 will be seen by all who visit the capital building. From this high mountain John could see the city, streets, rivers, etc. below, as partially described in Rev. 21:9-27; 22:1-5. It is called Mount Sion (Rev. 14:1; Heb. 12:22-23); the mount of the congregation in the sides of the north (Isa. 14:12-14); the mountain of his holiness (Psm. 48:1; cp. Zec. 6:1; Psm. 24:3).
the
holy Jerusalem...
The Holy City, New Jerusalem:
1.
Its names (Rev. 21:2)
2.
Its source and origin (Rev. 3:12; 21:2, 21:10; John 14:1-3; Gal.
4:26; Heb. 9:11; 11:10-16; 12:22; 13:14)
3.
Its preparation (Rev. 21:2; John 14:1-3; Heb. 11:10-16; Heb. 13:14)
4.
Its eternal location (Rev. 3:12; 21:2, 21:9-10, 21:24-26; 22:1-5)
5.
Its outward appearance (Rev. 21:11-25)
6.
Its walls, gates, and foundations (Rev. 21:12-14; Heb. 11:10-16)
7.
Its measurements (Rev. 21:15-17)
8.
Its materials (Rev. 21:10-21)
9.
Its age (Rev. 21:2)
10.
Its streets (Rev. 21:21)
11.
Its buildings (Rev. 21:12; 7:15; 11:19; 14:15, 14:17; 15:1-8; 16:1,
16:17; John 14:1-3)
12.
Its lighting system (Rev. 21:23, 21:25; 22:5)
13.
Its water system (Rev. 22:1; 7:17; 14:7)
14.
Its inhabitants (Rev. 3:12; 12:12; 13:5; 21:2-5, 21:9; 22:3-4; John
14:1-3; Heb. 11:11-16; 12:22-23; 13:14)
15.
Its traffic (Rev. 21:24-27)
16.
Its food (Rev. 2:7, 2:17; 19:1-10; 22:2; Psm. 78:25; Luke 22:15-18,
22:28-30)
17.
Its restrictions (Rev. 21:8, 21:27; 22:8-15)
18.
Its rulers (Rev. 22:3-5)
That
great city, the holy Jerusalem. The Lamb's wife is described as the
new city of Jerusalem. This magnificent city is where the bride of
Christ, will live forever. The most dominant characteristic of the
holy city is the presence of God's Glory, which personifies God's
presence with His people. The Glory that departed from the Old
Jerusalem (see Ezek. Chapters 8 to 11), is restored to the New
Jerusalem of the future.
John's
incredible vision began when the angel carried him away in the Spirit
(in Rev. 1), where he received the visions that make up the book of
Revelation. John's visions were not dreams, but spiritual realities,
like the one's Paul saw when he was also caught up to the third
heaven (see Rev. 1:10).
From
John's vantage point atop a great and high mountain, he repeats his
observation (of verse 2), that New Jerusalem came down out of heaven
from God, emphasizing its divine origin.
Note
what is described here is not the creation of heaven, but the descent
of what already existed from eternity past. Now it's being situated
in the center of the new heaven and the new earth
Come,
I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb. Carried by the
Spirit to a high mountain, John saw the New Jerusalem coming down out
of heaven from God, shining with the glory of God.
Expositors
have raised questions about the additional revelation of the New
Jerusalem, beginning in Rev. 21:9. Some believe that this section is
a recapitulation and pictures the New Jerusalem as it will be
suspended over the earth during the millennial reign of Christ. A
preferred interpretation, however, is that the passage continues to
describe the New Jerusalem as it will be in the eternal state.
Obviously the city would be much the same in either case, but various
indications seem to relate this to the eternal state rather than to
the Millennium.
New Jerusalem, Rev. 3:12; 21:2. The meaning of the word "new" being "freshness or new in character" applies to eternal things that need no renovation as well as those which need it. Everything in the eternal presence of God is kept new and fresh by His very presence. God can keep anything new as well as make it new. The City is new in freshness and has been that way ever since it has been made. Thje actual age of the city is unknown, but possibly it was created with the heavens and the earth in the beginning, because it is now the location of the throne of God, which has been established there ever since the heavens were created, Psm. 11:4; 93:2; 103:19; Isa. 6:1; 66:1; Rev. 4:2-10; 5:1-13; 7:9-17; 8:3; 22:1-3. It was in existence in Abraham's day, for God promised him and all Old Testament saints the city, Heb. 11:9-11; 14-16.
The word "Jerusalem" is used about 810 times in the Bible and always as the name of a literal city, as is clear in every passage it is used. Never used as a symbol.
The Holy City, Rev. 21:2; 22:19. Here it is called a “city” with the qualifying word “holy.”
The Bride, the Lamb's wife, Rev. 21:2, 9. This is the expression which has caused interpreters to symbolize the city as the Church. But why this expression should be misleading, in view of such a plain literal description of a real heavenly city, should be clear to us. That a literal heavenly city and redeemed peoples are both seen in this description is clearly implied, if not stated. John, having been previously shown the redeemed saints of all ages, was here shown the material city where those saints will dwell forever. Hence, the city is inseparable from its inhabitants and can be called “the bride, the Lambs wife,” as is seen in the case of earthly Jerusalem and Israel many times in the Old Testament, where God speaks of Jerusalem with the same terms as He does His chosen family, Israel.
It is clear from Heb. 11:8-16, 40 passages all Old Testament saints from Abel on were promised the same city as New Testament saints are, so all saints of all ages must be the bride of Christ, Rev. 21:9. Hence, it is not proper to call the Church the bride of Christ. The bride is a city and not a church, as is clear in Rev. 21:9. Therefore, the Old and New Testament saints and all who have a part in the first resurrection will dwell in the new Jerusalem, which city and its glorified inhabitants are called “the bride, the Lamb's wife,” as in Rev. 21:2, 9.
The Great City, the Holy Jerusalem, Rev. 21:10. The heavenly Jerusalem, Heb. 12:22. The Greek word epouranies simply means “heavenly, that which is above the sky, celestial, in heaven, or on high,” Mt. 18:25; Jhn. 3:12; Eph. 1:3, 20.
