SCRIPTURE: Revelation (NIV) 21:22 I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. 23 The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. 24 The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it. 25 On no day will its gates ever be shut, for there will be no night there. 26 The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it. 27 Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
OBSERVATION: Here is the next to last chapter in the Bible, we have a description of the New Jerusalem. Here is the completion of God’s plan in Genesis when He created man. Here is the goal for which God created man, and for which He sent His Son, Jesus to make the perfect sacrifice to redeemed man from the curse of sin. It will be the center piece of all God’s creation. It will be the show-case of God’s holiness and specially God’s love.
However, verse 27 lays out the single requirement; entrance into this city requires that one’s name be written in the Lamb’s book of life!
APPLICATION: Jesus is the Lamb of God who died in payment for sin. My name is written in that book when I acknowledge that I am a sinner and receive His forgiveness. I invite Him to live His life in me and I make Him my Lord. My motive changes from pleasing myself to pleasing Him! Pray from your heart something like…
PRAYER: Lord Jesus, I acknowledge that I am a sinner, and I need your forgiveness. I accept the forgiveness you provided by your death on the cross. Here is my life. Write my name in the Lamb’s book of life. Bring honor to the Heavenly Father by living your life in me. In Your name I pray. Amen
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