All Things Made New Revelation 22:1-15 there are the provisions of the Heavenly Jerusalem. The provisions are seven. 1. There is a pure river in the city, a river that has the very water of life (Rev. 22:1). Is there a real river in the heavenly Jerusalem or is this to be taken symbolically? Probably both. Certainly the New Jerusalem, being 1500 miles cubic, will have the beauty and refreshment of a running river and of many other bodies of water. We too often spiritualize when we think of heaven, imagining that we will be in some kind of dreamy, unreal world instead of a real world. We must always remember the teaching of Scripture: God is going to recreate this earth and the heavens of this universe. This is what He explicitly teaches in the Scripture (cp. 2 Peter 3:10-12; Rev. 21:1; etc.). A recreated world would certainly have the same features that this world has with one exception: it will be perfected. The Heavenly Jerusalem is said to have a particular river flowing through it, and the river has the water of life in it. What does this mean? The verse tells us. Note where the source of the river is: "the throne of God and of the Lamb."The water of life flows from God and Christ: they are the source of all life that lives in the city. There will be no life there, no person there, other than those who have drunk of the life that God and Christ give. Therefore, the river symbolizes the life that flows out from God and Christ.
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Coming from Arab, Alabama, and growing up in Tampa, Fla. I moved with my family to Georgia in 1969. I was saved by God’s marvelous Grace in September 1972 at Blue Springs Baptist Church located down the road from North Cobb High School in Acworth, Ga. Called to preach at 16...
