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Here, we’re describing a beautiful picture of when this is all over.
I’m really looking forward to that day.
I don’t have a long introduction today.
Let’s get started.
Hear now the true word of the Living God:
rev 21.9-13
There’s a lot of measuring and symbolism here.
Let me just cut right to the chase to tell you what it means:
The bride of Christ is the Church catholic.
And we are described together as this incredibly beautiful city- the most splendid and beautiful city that has ever existed, and if you are in Christ, that’s who you are.
you are the most beautiful creation that God can conceive of.
Christ gives you his own righteousness in exchange for your sinfulness.
And the people of God are measured by God.
They are owned, protected, and claimed by God.
That’s what measuring means.
The whole picture being shown here is on of security, complete security forever.
There are twelve gates, the city is built on twelve foundations, you are perfectly secure forever.
See, John didn’t write this in English, obviously.
He wrote in Greek.
And so he uses some numbers here, and when we come to numbers in the book of Revelation, we weigh them, not measure with them.
He is using numbers to communicate a message in this passage.
So John says that the walls are 12,000 stadia long and 144 cubits thick.
These are multiples of twelve, and there’s a lot.
See, the image isn’t so much about describing a city as much as it is about describing a people.
That’s the perfectly complete people of God.
Everyone that should be there will be there.
Everyone needs a little security.
[I’d rather see a sermon illustration?]
That story has been shared with millions of people, so to me, it sounds like the middle eastern gate is going to be pretty crowded, so I’m heading to the western northern gate.
The walls are perfectly high, and thick.
There is perfect security forever and the whole city is a cube exactly like the Holy of Holies in the Temple.
We are invited into the Holy of Holies to live with God forever.
There is security and peace forever.
John 10:28-29
In Christ, there is eternal security.
Jesus will never let you down or disappoint you or let you down.
People will let you down.
I'll let you down, you’ll let me down.
Jesus will never let us down, and will never lose us.
Rev 21.18-
rev 21.
Is the message of the streets of gold literal?
No! It's saying that the most valuable thing on earth is only good enough for our feet in heaven!
In heaven, the people of God lack NOTHING.
If you are in Christ, this is how you are seen.
You are beautiful.
But more than that, you yourself are a priest, responsible for bringing the grace of Jesus to this world.
You are a priest.
This shows up in the stones we see John says are our foundation.
We are in God’s sight, precious jewels in their complete form that words cannot express.
In , Moses is commanded by God to write these same stones as what belongs on the priest’s ephod, the chest piece they were to wear when performing their priestly duties.
John is saying: you are priests.
You are responsible for ministry.
You are responsible for making disciples, for growing, for baptizing, for teaching them the words of Jesus.
It has always been a community effort - certainly there were and should be leaders- but these responsibilities have always been shared by the community.
We’re in this together for the glory of God and the growth of his kingdom.
Can you imagine if we all worked on this together.
What if all of us just made one disciple in the next year.
What if we all committed to be the priests we have been called to be and preached the gospel consistently to one person?
We may be a small church now, but God uses small things to grow huge things.
All it takes is a little mustard seed sized faithful action, and God will cause it to grow.
It’s going to take a good seed.
We need to be people committed to faithful action.
What Jesus says, we must be committed to do.
Ex 29
It’s going to take good soil.
We need to work on our hearts.
It’s going to take watering the seed.
We need to be in the Word of God and using it for every situation in our lives.
We need to focus on health.
Healthy things grow.
Unhealthy things die.
We are priests.
And if we all collectively understand that, and follow the Shepherd, his flock will grow.
rev 21.22-
Twelve layers describe the brilliance with which God sees his people as a result of what Jesus accomplished on the cross.
We are in God’s sight precious jewels in their complete form that words cannot express.
Complete protection/complete relationship between God and his people.
This is the church.
The bride is the church.
The Holy City, Jerusalem is a metaphor for all those who belong to God.
In verse 11, we see jasper.
Where have we seen this? .
The throne.
God's people sort of look like him.
(Verses 15-17) We're measuring again (like ).
"I own this.
I protect this.
This is mine.
In its complete beauty, it is mine.
Measure it."
Now to translate it like the NLT does here is to UTTERLY DESTROY what John is attempting todo here.
Notice the completion numbers.
It's complete, complete, a lot.
Complete protection/complete relationship between God and his people.
Twelve layers describe the brilliance with which God sees his people as a result of what Jesus accomplished on the cross.
We are precious jewels in their complete form that words cannot express.
At this point, there’s no need for a temple because the Temple is where heaven and earth intersect.
This is where people come to know God.
Right now, that’s us.
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