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Scripture reading from The Action Bible by Sergio Cariello.
Review
Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David
Genesis & Revelation
1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the old heaven and the old earth had disappeared. And the sea was also gone. 2 And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven like a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.
3 I heard a loud shout from the throne, saying, “Look, God’s home is now among his people! He will live with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them. —Revelation 21:1-3 (NLT)
Whereas the Holy of Holies had served as a small-scale locus of connection, a “bubble” in ʾĀdām’s world in which the two dimensions of God’s place and humanity’s place could be the same place, in the New Jerusalem the two dimensions are rejoined. —Sandra L. Richter, The Epic of Eden, p. 128
22 I saw no temple in the city, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. 23 And the city has no need of sun or moon, for the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its light. 24 The nations will walk in its light, and the kings of the world will enter the city in all their glory. —Revelation 21:22-24 (NLT)
God’s original intent is his final intent. Eden was the perfect plan, and God has never had any other. His goal was that the people of God might dwell in the place of God, enjoying the presence of God. —Sandra L. Richter, The Epic of Eden, p. 129
1 Then the angel showed me a river with the water of life, clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb. 2 It flowed down the center of the main street. On each side of the river grew a tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, with a fresh crop each month. The leaves were used for medicine to heal the nations.
3 No longer will there be a curse upon anything. For the throne of God and of the Lamb will be there, and his servants will worship him. —Revelation 22:1-3 (NLT)
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