Chapter 6 – The Heavenly Jerusalem And The Earthly Jerusalem Flashcards
As there is an earthly Jerusalem, there is also a heavenly Jerusalem in the Bible. Which verse shows this?
Galatians 4:22–27
“For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman. His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born as the result of a divine promise. These things are being taken figuratively: The women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children who are to be slaves: This is Hagar. Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present city of Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children. But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother. For it is written: “Be glad, barren woman, you who never bore a child; shout for joy and cry aloud, you who were never in labor; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.””
Galatians 4:22–27
Which verse shows that those in the new covenant worship God in the heavenly Jerusalem?
Hebrews 12:22–24
“But you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly, to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.”
Hebrews 12:22–24
“made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,”
Ephesians 2:5–6
“For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.”
Colossians 1:13–14
“Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads.”
Revelation 14:1
Mount Zion in Revelation 14:1 is referring to which Zion?
The heavenly Zion
The Old Testament prophet Zechariah wrote about the Jerusalem of which covenant?
The new covenant
On that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half to the eastern sea and half to the western sea, in summer and in winter.
Zachariah 14:8
The prophecy of Zachariah 14:8 is found in the book of Revelation. Which verse?
Revelation 22:1–2
“Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.
“Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.”
Revelation 22 1–2
“I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.”
Revelation 21:22
There is no temple because of what reason?
Because God and the lamb are the temple from which the water of life flows.
“Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.” They replied, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?” But the temple he had spoken of was his body.”
John 2:19–21
