What We Should Know About God

Revelation 21:1-8

To show through this Scripture the wonderful provision God has for us for eternity.

In Jesus’ great address to His disciples in which he announced His upcoming departure from Earth, He said in John 14:2, “I go to prepare a place for you.” John who recorded these words, also wrote our Scripture portion describing that place. This place the Lord is making ready is known as the Eternal Kingdom. It is the place God has provided as the eternal dwelling place of His people after the earth as we know it is destroyed.

• The place of God’s presence (Revelation 21:3)
  • In a new and different way
    • Today we have a sense of God’s presence by the inward work of the Holy Spirit
    • He says he will tabernacle with us or be at home with us
  • It will be reminiscent of His presence with His people in the desert wilderness
• The place of God’s provision (Revelation 21:4)
  • He will take away
    • Sorrow
    • Death
    • Affliction
    • Sickness
• The place of God’s production (Revelation 21:5)
  • All things new!
    • The splendor of it all (Revelation 21:10-22:5)
  • Look, I am coming soon! Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy written in this scroll. (Revelation 22:7)
  • Peter also reminds us in II Peter 3:3-13

These are the things we know about God.

• He will provide
• He is changeless in a changing world
• His Majesty
• His grace
• His love
• His mercy
• He is hope
• His goodness
• He adopted us
• He has a wonderful future plan
• He is a judge

Each of these things and all of them together remind us we have a great God who does great things for His people and has demonstrated the breadth and height of His love to us every day.

Let’s be true to Him; following His ways as He shows us the way.