Now let’s take a look at the city that is going to be a part of the Kingdom of God. God is going to turn the heavens and the earth into new ones. Then He is going to put His own city in the midst of it. The name of the city is going to be the New Jerusalem. This is going to be incredible.

Rev 21:1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. The sea (ocean) has served as a killer that has taken a lot of lives. The storms and waves of the sea won’t drown people. Its salt water and vast distances have also served as a great separator of continents, nations, people, and relationships. It won’t take long plane or boat trips to finally get to the other continents. This barrier will be taken away because we will want to all be together.

This new heaven and new earth are not going to have the current problems. There will be no rotting, decay, deterioration, rusting, aging, or falling apart. No earth quakes, no areas too hot or too cold, no high winds, and no constant land erosion. There won’t be any weeds, thorns, poisonous plants, or barren deserts. The fruit and nut trees will naturally grow; the vegetables and flowers will automatically flourish. And all this will last forever.

Rev 21:2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. Because we have all yielded to Jesus and allowed Him to cure us of sin, we will have His attitudes, character, and love for each other. And, since there will be no lack of any good thing, we won’t need to try to steal, cheat, lie, or mislead anyone. We will all have more than enough of everything we need. No one will be left out, poor, hungry, homeless, or naked.

We will get a better look at this city a little bit later. The most awesome aspect of it is the fact that this is a special place for the presence of God. God, of course, is bigger and more vast than any special city. Since He is everywhere, it won’t contain Him. However, this is where we will experience His presence in a very special way. Since we are learning how wonderful God is, this is helping us want to live where He is.

Right now we have a certain amount of contaminates even if we have done what it takes to have them dealt with. These contaminates keeps us from fully experiencing the presence of God. But, then we will be able to get as close as we want and experience it all. We won’t have confusion, misunderstandings, feelings of loneliness, helplessness, hopelessness, fear, depression, or anger.

Rev 21:3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Now the dwelling of God is with men, and He will live with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them and be their God.” If we didn’t learn how wonderful Jesus and our heavenly Father are, this wouldn’t mean much to us. If we hadn’t experienced the evil of this world, we wouldn’t have anything to compare God with. But, Jesus has shown us a way of life that is far superior to the way of this world of sin.

No one has been able to love and care for us like God. No matter what system we have come up with, it has always had major flaws. No one has been able to help us get along with one another. No one has been able to cure us of these spiritual diseases that create hatred, anger, jealousy, envy, strife, murder, and all the other relational, financial, emotional, and physical problems we face. We were healed so we could live with God and appreciate His way of life.