Week 21

Group Discussion to begin

What do you know about heaven?
Is it a place on earth or somewhere else we go?

Video - What about Heaven (Revelation 21-22)

The mythology of Heaven

What do you picture when you think of heaven?
Perpetual (

) Forever
If God wanted us to sing forever. He would have made us canaries.

Puggey (

) with wings and a bow and arrow

Just a (

) where we just passing through one another

What will heaven be like?

New Heavens and a New Earth

Rev 21:1

What does (

) mean?
has 13 to 17 English definitions.

In Greek is has at least two
Something is Brand new - 1st time
Something is Newly, restored, redeemed - Made new
2 Peter 3

Something exists but (

)

‘No longer any sea’
Stock symbol for evil and (

)

We are still going to use this place, but it will be a purified presence.

What will heaven look like?

Restoration of (

) ruined

There will be a restoration of four relationships that were shattered by the fall:

Humanity and (

) (Gen 3:16a, Rev 21:8)
Who am I? Who am I right now?
Battle between Myself and (

Reveal Answer

)
Your value is the cross.

Humanity and (

) (Gen 3:16b, Rev 21:8)
Will always struggle with authority.
Always fight with others.

Humanity and (

) (Gen 3:17-18, Rev 22:2b-3a)
Love of creation.
Creation was to (

Reveal Answer

) to us
Romans 8

Humanity and (

) (Gen 3:23-24, Rev 21:1-7)

No (

) for Genesis 3
Nothing is more intimate than wiping away someone’s tear
No longer will there be any (

Reveal Answer

)
Come Lord Jesus Come
(

Reveal Answer

)!

Week 22 Discussion Questions

Video Discussion

Did this change or challenge your view of the New Heaven or New Earth? Please explain.

Is there anything else that you learned from the video?

Does knowing this change the way you will witness to others? Please explain.

Discussion Questions

How has studying Revelation helped grow your understanding of:
God?

Jesus?

The Gospel?

What it means to live as disciples of the Lord?

What do you look forward to most about the New heavens and earth?

Why is Revelation 21:3 at the very heart of what salvation is all about?

In the OT the most holy place was a cube within the temple structure. The New Jerusalem is described in a similar way to the OT temple but the entire city is a cube (21:16) – what is the significance of this imagery?

Revelation 22:1-6 and Genesis 2:8-17

How is this the same as the garden of Eden?

What is the significance of its differences to the garden of Eden?

Three times Jesus says – “I am coming soon.” How should this impact the way we live as disciples of the Lord?

How would you summarize the central truth of Revelation?

How has your perception of your faith, your life, changed through this study?

How has this helped you with your worship of Jesus?

In the last several months how has God been teaching you more about his word?