SCRIPTURE: Revelation (NIV) 21:2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. 4 He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”…
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….
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: In this chapter, the Bible reads like a tourist brochure for a famous city. Those brochures are prepared for tourists to entice them to put those locations as destinations for future trips.
The information presented above makes it very clear that I do not want to miss this city. I will not need a visa or a passport. I only need my name written in the “Lamb’s book of life.”
APPLICATION: Once our name is written in the “Lamb’s book of life” both our travel to the city and our entrance into the city is secured. The blood from the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross is the payment for our sins and the secured entry requirement
PRAYER: Lord, you not only loved me enough to pay for my sins and live with me in my heart while I am still on earth, you loved me enough to prepare an eternal place for me where I can live with you in that beautiful city! What a day that will be! Amen
Pastor Leon
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