WORSHIP IN THE NEW HEAVEN AND EARTH
We are the new and now dwelling place of God. We have the presence of the Lord in us by the power and presence of the Holy Spirit of God. As we worship in our ‘inner man’ we worship the inner Lord in our inner dwelling place. The Book of Hebrews 13:14-16 says, “For here we do not have a lasting city, but we are seeking the city which is to come. Through Him then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that give thanks to His name. And do not neglect doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.” This is our worship now in our present condition and place as we “seek the city which is to come.”
In the New Heaven and New Earth and the New Jerusalem something very spectacular happens. John writes, “I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb. The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it.” (Revelation 21:22-27)
There is no temple in the New Jerusalem! “I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb.” As we now have the Lord dwelling in us…we shall then be dwelling in the Lord as our only and last and forever temple. And here is what else happens in the temple: Besides no need for light (“it’s lamp is the Lamb”) “Its gates will never be shut by day—and there will be no night there. People will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations. But nothing unclean will enter it, nor anyone who practices abomination or falsehood, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.”
Make sure you get signed up if you are not already… get written into the Lamb’s Book of Life…this is really going to be a good deal and a mind-blowing experience of worship and existence. Whoo…Hoo!
“See, I am coming soon; my reward is with me, to repay according to everyone’s work.” Jesus