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Glorification, Resurrection

New Jerusalem is a city “having the glory of God” (Rev. 21:11). New Jerusalem is also a city in resurrection, a city fully constituted with the resurrection life, having no element of the old creation.

The close relationship of glorification and resurrection is shown by two sentences spoken by the Lord Jesus, recorded in Luke 24:26, 46:
“Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and enter into His glory?”
“Thus it is written, that the Christ would suffer and rise up from the dead on the third day.”

New JerusalemThis relationship is also presented in two phrases spoken by Peter in Acts 3:13, 15:
“The God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His Servant Jesus…”
“The Author of life you killed, whom God has raised from the dead…”

New Jerusalem is a city with the expression of glory and a city with life fully in resurrection. The life brings forth the expression, the display of all that God is, and this divine appearance testifies that the resurrection life fills New Jerusalem.

A City in Resurrection
New Jerusalem is a City in Resurrection
We Come into Resurrection for New Jerusalem

Photo courtesy of pixabay.com.

Posted by Don on July 24, 2024

https://newjerusalem12.wordpress.com/2024/07/24/glorification-resurrection-3/

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