This lesson deals with the glorious New Jerusalem, the city that the faithful will one day soon be citizens of!  Praise God for that!

1.  What did John say would not be in the “new heaven and new earth”?  See chapter 21, verse 1.

Answer: There will be no more .

With no more huge oceans to separate peoples and take up vast amounts of the earth’s surface, there will be plenty of room for all the redeemed of all ages!

2.  What did John see coming down from God out of heaven?  See verse 2.

Answer: the .

This glorious city will be the capital of the new earth!

3.  Who will dwell with the inhabitants of the new earth?  See verse 3.

Answer: .

The Lord’s throne will be moved to the New Jerusalem!  This will make the new earth the center of the universe!  Imagine seeing the Father and the Lord Jesus face to face!

4.  Besides wiping away all of our tears, what four other things will the Lord NOT allow in the new earth?  See verse 4.

Answer: No more , and , and , and .

No more funeral trains, no more weeping at the coffin of a loved one!  Nothing to cause us pain or sorrow!  Let us all make plans to be there.  The ticket for that incredible journey has been paid for in blood -- the blood of the Lamb!

5.  According to these faithful and true words, what will the Lord make?  See verse 5.

Answer: All .

“The eye has not seen, neither has the ear heard, neither has it entered into the mind of man the things God has prepared for those who love Him”!  See 1 Corinthians 2:9.

6.  Who can receive the water of life, and how much does it cost?  Verse 6.

Answer: All those who for it may receive it !

Heaven is cheap enough for us, but it cost the Lord of Glory everything to gain us a place there!  Are you thirsty for the living water?  If you are, you will be filled!  See Matthew 5:6.

7.  What will the “overcomers” inherit?  See verse 7.

Answer: .

8.  Who are some of the people that suffer the second death in the Lake of Fire?  See verse 8.

Answer: The , and , and the , and , and , and , and , and all .

This verse ought to make it clear that no one who is not an overcomer will enter heaven! Immoral people, liars, thieves, illegal drug users and dealers (this is what the word translated sorcerers means), or idolaters or murderers will Not enter the better land!

9.  What is the new Jerusalem called?  See verses 9-10.

Answer: the , the Lamb’s .

10.  What did the city have?  Verse 11.

Answer: The of .

11.  How many gates does this city have?  See verse 12.

Answer: .

12. What is written on each gate?  See verse 12 again.

Answer: The name of one of the of .

Regardless of what gate one enters, whether it be Simeon’s gate, or Joseph’s gate, or Judah’s gate, all who enter there will have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb!  See chapter 7, verse 14 again.

13.  What did the city rest upon?  See verses 13-14.

Answer: .

14.  What was written on the name of each of these twelve foundations?  See verse 14.

Answer: The of the of the .

The church was built upon Jesus, and the twelve disciples were the first stones!  Upon their written gospels, and upon their work, the church was built and has grown!

15.  What is the size of this great city?  See verses 15-16.

Answer: .

The city is “foursquare.”  This means that the 12,000 furlongs is equal to about 1500 square miles!  That would be three hundred and seventy-five miles on each side!  And the Bible says that it is as high as it is wide.  A city this large would take in several states and be many miles high!  It will be, as the young people say “awesome”!

16.  How high is the wall of this great city?  See verse 17.

Answer: and cubits.

Since a Bible cubit is approximately 18 inches, then this wall would be about 216 feet high, and sitting on twelve glorious foundations of precious stones!  From a distance it will appear that the city is a jewel sitting on a rainbow!

17.  What is this great wall made of?  See verse 18.

Answer: .

A 216 foot high wall of pure jasper!  And the city was made of “pure gold!”  So pure is the gold of the city, that it appeared to John to be "like unto clear glass"!

18.  What was each of the massive gates made out of?  See verses 19 through 21.

Answer: A single .

Here’s where the expression the “pearly gates” comes from.  But this is no imaginary scene!  This is the sure word of God!  Jesus said, “these words are faithful and true”!  See verse 5 again.

19.  Did John see a temple in the New Jerusalem?  See verse 22.

Answer: .

On that day, man will be able to see God face to face!  There will be no need for a temple.  The temple was built so that God could dwell with sinful man and meet with man while man was in a sinful state.  See Exodus 29:42.   To sin, God is a consuming fire. See Hebrews 12:29.   But after sin has been destroyed, we will be able to see the Lord face to face, with no need of a veil between!  We will be able to walk with the Lord in the cool of the day as Adam and Eve did before sin entered the world!  See Genesis 3:8.

20.  Will there be any need for the sun to light up the New Jerusalem?  See verse 23.

Answer: .

It does not say there is no sun, it only says there is no NEED of the sun because the bright light of God’s glory will make it a perpetual, glorious day in the city!  Verse 25 says the gates never shut and "there is no night THERE, in the city"!  Talk about a city that never sleeps, this one will be it!

21.  Will there be kings set up by God in different parts of the earth to rule with Him?  See verse 24.

Answer: .

These are the “nations of the saved”!  The kings that have authority take no glory or pride in themselves, rather, “they bring their glory and honor” into God’s city!

22.  Will anything that defiles enter that glorious city?  See verse 27.

Answer: .

Bonus Study On What Seventh-day Adventists Believe

1.  Seventh-day Adventists believe in the Godhead of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (the Trinity).  They believe that there are Three eternal Persons in the one Godhead.  Matthew 28:18-19.

2.  Seventh-day Adventists believe that the Bible is God’s inspired Word, and the only rule of faith and practice for the Christian.  Matthew 4:4 & 2 Timothy 3:16.

3.  Seventh-day Adventists believe that the only way we can be saved from sin and its penalty is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ.  His righteousness must be received by faith.  By grace we are saved through faith.  Ephesians 2:8-9, and Philippians 3:7-9.

4.  Seventh-day Adventists believe that the response to God’s saving grace should be loving obedience to His Word and His moral law embodied in the Ten Commandments.  Sin is the transgression of God’s law.  John 14:15, 1 John 2:4,3:4, 1 John 2:6, and Revelation 22:14.

5.  Seventh-day Adventists believe that the observance of the seventh-day Sabbath, the fourth of the Ten Commandments, is still valid.  Failure to observe this commandment is just as much a sin as disobeying any of the other nine.  The sabbath is a memorial of creation, and was not done away at the cross like the ceremonial sabbaths, and the ceremonial laws.  The Seventh-day Sabbath was made before sin entered the world, and it will be observed even in the earth made new.  See Exodus 20:8-11, Isaiah 66:22-23, and James 2:10-12.

6.  Seventh-day Adventists believe that God’s health laws which forbid the eating of unclean animals is reasonable, and still valid for the Christian.  They do not believe a Christian should willfully destroy their body temple by smoking or drinking alcoholic beverages.  They also believe that Christians should be clean, neat, and dress in a modest way, avoiding outward adornments and jewelry.  Leviticus 11, Deut. 14, and 1 Peter 3:1-4.

7.  Seventh-day Adventists believe in the resurrection of the righteous that will take place when Jesus returns the second time.  They believe the words of Jesus that the dead are "asleep," and “know not anything.”  They believe that the wicked will suffer eternal “death” (the second death) which is what the wages of sin are.  See 1 Cor. 15:51-53, John, chapter 11, Ecclesiastes 9:6, Romans 6:23, and 2 Thess. 1:9-11.

8.  Seventh-day Adventists believe that a Christian is to return a “tithe” (one tenth of his income) to the Lord.  To fail to do this is to rob God of what is His.  A cheerful giver and supporter of His work the Lord loves!  See Malachi 3:8-12, 2 Cor. 9:6-7, and 1 Cor. 9:13-14.

9.  Seventh-day Adventists believe that the Lord raised up the Adventist movement in these last days of history to proclaim the truths that have been forgotten through compromise and false teachings.  They believe that God is calling true believers out of those churches that teach error, and fail to teach the Word and law of God.  Revelation 12:17, Revelation 14:12, and Revelation 18:1-4.

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