12/31/07 - Life Journal - New Jerusalem Now!

I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp.

Revelation 21:22,23

How absolutely awesome! The New Jerusalem! Heaven on earth! The Lord God and the Lamb living with His people. John's looking at all these riches and beauty but still realizes, "Hey, there's not temples here! Oh yea, duh, the Father and the Son are with us, they are the Temple. And man that sun is bright.....wait a second there is no sun... I am basking in the neverending glory of the Lord. Brilliant!" If we were there we might notice that there is no churches, duh, we are His church.

I, we, can live life like that now! He is always with us. We should never walk in darkness if His glory is showing through us and the "buildings" that are temples and churches are nothing more than that....buildings! The Father and the Son are the temple, we are His church and we walk in the brilliance of His light. How absolutely awesome!

Father, if we could all live this way what an awesome place it could be and how incredible would our witness for You be.

9/16/07 - Life Journal - The New Jerusalem

I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it. On no day will its gates ever be shut, for there will be no night there. The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it. Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life.
Revelation 21:22-27

What an awesome picture of The Holy City, The New Jerusalem. No temple, God and His son were there. No sun, the glory of God and the Lamb were all the light necessary. Gates always open, no one shut out, no stereotypes, no bigotry. Completely pure.

Wouldn't it be awesome if we didn't need a different church on every corner because He was here with us? Or we didn't need the rat's nest of our legal system because there was no darkness, only light? How about everyone living together, no doors shut because of differences in race, religion, politics, social status, etc.......We can all have this one day if we perservere. But unfortunately not on the earth ruled by man and the deceiver.

Lord keep this vision burned in my heart so I can strive to make it happen now though I know it's an impossible task.