SCRIPTURE: Revelation 21:1-22:5 (Page 1472); Ezekiel 40:1-5; 43:1-5;  48:30-35 (Page 1037)
SERMON: The City of God								        13 May 2001

  I. ONE OF THE SEVEN ANGELS (9-17; see 17:1)

A. INTRODUCTION (9)
1. the seven bowl plagues (9; see 15:1; 16:1f; see 5:1f; 8:2f; 16:1f / Gen1:1-2:3; Ex.7-12 & Ps78:43f; 105:27f; Am4:6f)
2. the last (9; 15:1; 16:1f; see 15:1; 16:17; 21:6; see seals(c.5-8),trumpets(c.8-14),bowls(c.15-22a); see Dt.19:15,etc)

B. SHOWING THE CITY (9-14; see 17:1; 4:1)
1. a striking contrast (9,10; see 17:1,3; see Dt.11:26f)
2. a prophetic connection (10; see Ezk.40:2; see 1:1f; 10:18f; 11:22f; 43:2f; see c.40-48 with Rev.21:11-22:5)
3. great and high mountain (10,12; see 14:1; see Ezk.40:2; Heb.12:22; Is.57:15; see Mt.4:8)
4. the city of God (10,2; see 17:1,3,5; see Dt.12:11)
5. the glory of God: splendor like a gleaming jewel (11,2; 23; see 3,7; see Is.60:1,2,19,20; see Ex.40:34,35; 1Kngs.8:10,11; Ezek. 10:3,4)
6. wall: great and high (12,10; see Dt.3:5; 28:52; Prov.18:11; see Ps.122:7; 51:18; see Song 4:12-5:1)
7. gates: twelve, angels, names of tribes of Israel, universal (12,13; see Ezk.48:30-35; see Ex.28:21; see Rev.21:21f; Is.60:3,5; 16; 19,20)
8. foundations: twelve, names of apostles of Lamb (14; see 7:9(4); 15:3; see 7:4; 14:1-5; see Jn.10:16)

C. MEASURING THE CITY (15-17)
1. gold (15,18,21; see Ex.25:3,11f; 1Kngs.6:20f)
2. measure (15; see 11:1,2; 2Sam.8:2; Is.28:16,17; 2Kngs.21:13; Mic.2:5; see Is.34:11, Am.7:7,8, Zech.4:10)
3. city (16,17)
a. square (16; see Ex.27:1; 28:16; 30:2; 37:25; 38:1; 39:9; 1Kngs.7:31; Ezk.40:47; 41:21; 43:16; 45:2; 48:20)
b. twelve (16; see 7:4; 14:1,3)
c. cube (16; see 1Kngs.6:20)
d. wall (17; see 7:4; 14:1,3; see Dt.3:5; 28:52; Prov.18:11; Ps.122:7; 51:18)
4. of men and angels (17; see 21:1f; see Ps.78:25)

 II. PICTURES OF SALVATION PERFECTED

A. THE GLORY OF GOD: DEPARTED & RETURNED (9f; see Ezk.10:18f; 11:22f; 43:2f; see Jn.1:14; Acts 1:11; Mt.16:27; 25:31)

B. THE CITY OF GOD: DESTROYED & REBUILT (2,9f; Ezk.48:30f; see 2Chr.36:19; Ezk.33:21: 40:1 and Neh.1:3; 2:13f; 12:27)

C. THE GARDEN OF GOD: EXPELLED & BROUGHT BACK (22:1f; Song 4:12-5:1; Gen.3:24(Rev.22:2,14,19; 2:7); Heb.9:11f; 10:19; see 1Kngs.6:29f)

D. THE WIFE OF GOD: DIVORCED & REMARRIED (2,3; see Is.54:7,8; see v.11f; see Hosea)

E. THE SONS OF GOD: DISOWNED & ADOPTED (7; see Lk.1:38; Gen.3:24; Eph.1:3-6; see Rom.8:14,19)

III. HERE IS THE PROMISE OF HIS COMING! (2Pt.3:4f; 13,14; Rev.21,22)
A. FOUR QUESTIONS
1. where is your glory? (2,11; see Col.3:1-4; Jn.5:41,44; 1Th.2:6; Mt.25:21,23)
2. where is your citizenship? (2,10f; see Phil.3:20,21; Eph.2:19; see Acts 21:39; 22:38)
3. what city are you seeking? (2,10f; see Heb.11:8-16; 12:22f)
4. where are you sowing your seed? (22:1f; see Mt.6:19f; 13:3f,21,22; Gal.6:7f; 2Pt.3:13,14)

B. TWO TESTS
1. how do you treat your wife? (2,9f; 19:7,9; see Eph.5:25f; 22f; see 1Pt.3:3f; 1Tm.2:9)
2. how do you treat your children? (7; Lk.15:31; 2Cor.12:14(1Tm.5:4); 1Cor.9:11; Dt.6:4f; Eph.6:4)