Listen to what God says to our world and this generation.
“Look! God’s dwelling place will be 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. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”
And, in keeping with his promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells. He will make her deserts like Eden, her wastelands like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the sound of singing.
He carried me away and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. It shone with the glory of God, and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. It had a great, high wall with twelve gates, each made of a single pearl. And the city has no need of sun or moon, for the glory of God illuminates the city.
Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
herefore, “What kind of people ought we to be? We ought to live holy and godly lives as we look forward to the day of God and speed its coming.
“Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done.
Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children.