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Newsletter 276  January 1, 2012
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Revelation 21:22-27 King James Version

The Tabernacle and the magnificent temples in Jerusalem were provided on earth for Israel to have a place that they could point to as the Home of God. And they could go to worship Him. Even today the Holy of Holies, the heart of the temple, represented the presence of God and it was before these structures that the people gathered for prayer and worship. Orthodox Jews still do not stand on Temple Mount in case they might tread on holy land. They gather at the Wailing Wall to pray and worship. (It is a remnant of the retaining wall safely distant from the actual site of the temple itself.)
We do not expect to see the building of the Temple in heaven, for to be in Heaven is to be in the very presence of God always. John writes:
22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
(Matthew 24:2, John 4:21, Revelation 1:8, Revelation 5:6, Revelation 7:17, Revelation 14:4)
Light is used throughout the Bible as an indication of the presence of God. God spoke to Moses from the fire of the burning bush. The Tabernacle was filled with Light and smoke when God entered into it; also the temple. In Heaven, the presence of God and His Son, assure eternal light. Without light, life could not exist on earth, just as without the light of Christ and the Father heaven could not exist. We picture Hell as being a place of darkness lighted only by smoke and flames.
23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
(Isaiah 24:23, Isaiah 60:19, Isaiah 60:20, Revelation 21:25, Revelation 22:5, Revelation 21:11, Revelation 5:6, Revelation 7:17, Revelation 14:4)

Christians from all over the world shall walk peacefully in Heaven.
24 And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honor into it.
(Isaiah 60:3, Isaiah 60:5, Psalm 72:10, Isaiah 49:23, Isaiah 60:16, Revelation 21:26)
25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.
(Zechariah 14:7, Revelation 21:23, Revelation 22:5, Revelation 21:12, Revelation 21:15, Isaiah 60:11)
26 And they shall bring the glory and honor of the nations into it.
(Psalm 72:10, Isaiah 49:23, Isaiah 60:16)
27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
(Isaiah 52:1, Ezekiel 44:9, Zechariah 14:21, Revelation 22:14, Revelation 3:5)
Revelation 22:1-5
1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
(Revelation 1:1, Revelation 21:9, Revelation 22:6, Psalm 46:4, Ezekiel 47:1, Zechariah 14:8, Revelation 7:17, Revelation 22:17, Revelation 4:6)
2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
(Revelation 21:21, Ezekiel 47:12, Genesis 2:9, Revelation 2:7, Revelation 22:14, Revelation 22:19)
3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
(Zechariah 14:11, Revelation 21:3, Revelation 7:15)
4 And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.

(Psalm 17:15, Psalm 42:2, Matthew 5:8, Revelation 14:1, Revelation 7:3)
5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
(Zechariah 17:7, Revelation 21:25, Isaiah 60:19, Revelation 21:23, Daniel 7:18, Daniel 7:27, Matthew 19:28, Romans 5:17, Revelation 20:4)

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READ THE BIBLE THROUGH AGAIN IN 2012

JANUARY

1st. Sunday – Genesis 1, 2, Matthew 1, Psalm 1
2nd. Monday – Genesis 3, 4, Matthew 2, Psalm 2
3rd. Tuesday – Genesis 5, 6, Matthew 3, Psalm 3
4th. Wednesday - Genesis 7, 8, Matthew 4, Proverbs 1:1-7
5th. Thursday - Genesis 9, 10, Matthew 5:1-26, Psalm 4
6th. Friday – Genesis 11, 12, Matthew 5:27-48, Psalm 5
7th. Saturday - Genesis 13, 14, 15, Matthew 6, Psalm 6
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THIS WEEK'S SCRIPTURE

“And, behold, I come quickly: and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.” Revelation 22:12

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