OUR
ULTIMATE GOAL
[The
Book of Revelation, Chapters 21 and 22, KJV]
Chapter
21
1 And
I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth
were passed away; and there was no more sea.
2 And
I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven,
prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
3 And
I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is
with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God
himself shall be with them, and be their God.
4 And
God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more
death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for
the former things are passed away.
5 And
he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said
unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
6 And
he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I
will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
7 He
that overcomes shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be
my son.
8 But
the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and
whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their
part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second
death.
9 And
there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of
the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew
thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
10
And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed
me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
11
Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious,
even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
12
And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve
angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of
the children of Israel:
13 On
the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and
on the west three gates.
14
And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the
twelve apostles of the Lamb.
15
And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates
thereof, and the wall thereof.
16
And the city lies foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he
measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the
breadth and the height of it are equal.
17
And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits,
according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
18
And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold,
like unto clear glass.
19
And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of
precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the
third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
20
The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth,
beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth;
the twelfth, an amethyst.
21
And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: every several gate was of one pearl:
and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
22
And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the
temple of it.
23
And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for
the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
24
And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the
kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
25
And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no
night there.
26
And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.
27
And there shall in no wise enter into it anything that defiles, neither
whatsoever works abomination, or makes a lie: but they which are written in the
Lamb's book of life.
Chapter
22
1 And
he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of
the throne of God and of the Lamb.
2 In
the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the
tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every
month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
3 And
there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in
it; and his servants shall serve him:
4 And
they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
5 And
there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the
sun; for the Lord God gives them light: and they shall reign forever and ever.
6 And
he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the
holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must
shortly be done.
7
Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keeps the sayings of the prophecy of
this book.
8 And
I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell
down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.
9
Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellow servant, and of
thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book:
worship God.
10
And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for
the time is at hand.
11 He
that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be
filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that
is holy, let him be holy still.
12
And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man
according as his work shall be.
13 I
am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
14
Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree
of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
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