A PLACE CALLED HEAVEN Revelation 21:1-27

I. HEAVEN IS A GENUINE PLACE Revelation 21:1-3

A. A REAL PLACE Rev. 4:1-5 After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.” 2 At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it.3 And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and ruby. A rainbow that shone like an emerald encircled the throne. 4 Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads. 5 From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder. In front of the throne, seven lamps were blazing. These are the seven spirits of God.

B. A Resting Place – (Heb. 4:3-11) 3 Now we who have believed enter that rest, just as God has said, “So I declared on oath in my anger, ‘They shall never enter my rest.’” And yet his works have been finished since the creation of the world. 4 For somewhere he has spoken about the seventh day in these words: “On the seventh day God rested from all his works.” 5 And again in the passage above he says, “They shall never enter my rest.”

6 Therefore since it still remains for some to enter that rest, and since those who formerly had the good news proclaimed to them did not go in because of their disobedience, 7 God again set a certain day, calling it “Today.” This he did when a long time later he spoke through David, as in the passage already quoted: “Today, if you hear his voice,     do not harden your hearts.” 8 For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day. 

9 There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; 10 for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his. 11 Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience.

C. A Residing Place John 14:1-3 1“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me.2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.

II. HEAVEN IS A GLORIOUS PLACE A. Glorious In Its Beauty 1. Its Creation 2. Its Duration 3. Its Examination

II. HEAVEN IS A GLORIOUS PLACE…. a. It’s Size b. The Wall - Clear Jasper c. The City - Pure Gold. Pure gold is transparent! d. The Foundations. e. The Gates - Gigantic pearls. f. The Street - Transparent gold. Only one street!

B. Glorious In Its Blessings 1. The Presence of God (Revelation 21: 3, 22) 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.  22 I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lambare its temple. 2. The Promise of God (Revelation 21:4-5)

III. HEAVEN IS A GUARDED PLACE - Revelation 21: 4-27 A. Guarded For The Saved B. Guarded From Sorrow C. Guarded From Sin – Revelation 21: 8; 27

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