By Beth Ann Phifer on Monday, 01 July 2024
Category: The Book of Revelation

Revelation - 3. Outline – Scene 4 - A High Mountain (21:9 - 22:21)

3. Outline - Scene 4 - A High Mountain (21:9 - 22:21)
The Messianic Kingdom
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The 4 scenes (or sections) of Revelation are separated by the author’s words I was in the Spirit.
Scene 4 transitions from the wilderness to a high mountain:

“Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues, came and spoke with me, saying, ‘Come here, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.’ And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God having the glory of God. Her brilliance was like…” (21:9-11a)

Take a moment to read Revelation 21:9-22:21. (The text is on Page 3 of the printable PDF for your convenience; you may access it at the link under the title). Isaiah 35 is a beautiful picture of our homegoing when we are caught up together with Him in the air! (The text is on Page 4 of the PDF.) Declare it and rejoice in its truth!

The New Jerusalem (His Messianic Kingdom of Shalom, the New Creation, our Home)

Characteristics

Charges

Comfort

Challenges

How did John challenge the first-century, Asia Minor Jewish Christians with the Apocalypse/Unveiling, and how are we challenged today? The Book of Revelation:

  1. Reorients our understanding of present appearances with a heavenly, cosmic perspective – the Heavenly Court reality.

  2. Asks us where our allegiance lies and what matters to us most.

  3. Questions claims of prosperity, peace, and security on the terms of the kingdoms of this world.

  4. Urges a pure kingdom simplicity and focus in the face of idolatrous, immoral luxury and pleasure.

  5. Gives us a glimpse of the resurrected Messiah, allowing us to see His true character as the Lamb.

  6. Takes the best of our human experience (the things that make us truly human) and gives us true worth as we live in the service of others and for the redemption of the world.

  7. Exposes the nuances of the nature of evil, so we can recognize it and live lives set apart from it.

  8. Fosters a global, universal hope for the coming Kingdom of Shalom.

  9. Renews our mind as we meditate on the New Jerusalem and its reality, praying with Yeshua, “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” (Matthew 6:10)

  10. Challenges us to live in the descriptions of a Faithful Witness, which is our part in God’s story.

  11. Encourages us to envision the Kingdom of Yahweh in this-world, real, physical terms with the promise of a Voice on the throne that says, “Behold, I make all things new.”

  12. Encourages us to make creative, imaginative, kingdom-inspired choices, decisions, and creations that build the Kingdom in the world around us.

  13. Reassures us to rest in His finished work, to fear not nor strive but trust that we are complete in Him!

Benediction

“HalleluYah! for the Lord our God, the Almighty reigns! Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready!” (Revelation 19:6b-7)

Creating bits of newness in my garden:

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Blessings and love in Him,
Beth Ann

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