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JULY WEEK ONE The Holy Spirit and New Creation The certain hope of new creation is that, when Christ returns, Holy Spirit will raise the physical bodies of God’s people from the dead and transform them to be incorruptible (Rom. These new physical bodies will be empowered and sustained solely by the power of the Spirit of God. At the final resurrection, heaven and earth will also be reunited and creation renewed. God’s people will reign with him for eternity. THIS WEEK’S VIDEO FOR ADDITIONAL PRIESTHOOD OF THE BELIEVER RESOURCES CLICK HERE DAILY READING The Holy Spirit’s role is not simply limited to the past and present. The Spirit has a crucial role at the return of Christ and the consummation of the new heavens and new earth. In order for us to understand how the Holy Spirit will minister in the new creation, we must start by understanding how he provides life in the first place. Genesis 2 gives a detailed account of the creation of man and woman. Here, YHWH is described as having created Adam from the dust of the ground. After he formed this lifeless body, the Bible states that God breathed his Spirit into Adam and it was then that Adam was said to have been given life. The breath of life that brought humankind into existence was the life-giving, life-sustaining work of the Holy Spirit himself.[1] [1] K. A. Mathews, Genesis 1-11:26, vol. 1a, The New American Commentary(Nashville: B&H Publishers, 1996), 196. Genesis 2:1-24 (ESV) Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. 3 So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation. 4 These are the generationsof the heavens and the earth when they were created,in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens. 5 When no bush of the fieldwas yet in the landand no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground, 6 and a mist was going up from the land and was watering the whole face of the ground— 7 then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature. 8 And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed. 9 And out of the ground the Lord God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. 10 A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and there it divided and became four rivers. 11 The name of the first is the Pishon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. 12 And the gold of that land is good; bdellium and onyx stone are there. 13 The name of the second river is the Gihon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Cush. 14 And the name of the third river is the Tigris, which flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates. 15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eatof it you shall surely die.” 18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit forhim.” 19 Now out of the ground the Lord God had formedevery beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. 20 The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adamthere was not found a helper fit for him. 21 So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. 22 And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. 23 Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.” 24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. 25 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed. To read more about the Spirit of God in breath, see Ezek. 37, Gen. 1, and John 16. It is important to understand that the Spirit of God not only gavelife to humanity, but that he also sustains life in humanity. Ezekiel chapters 36-37 give insight into the relationship between the Holy Spirit and humankind’s capacity for life. The underlying principle in these two chapters is that the Spirit functions not only to sustain life but also to transform the lives of his people so that they might have abundantlife in God’s kingdom (John 10:10). This abundant life culminates in the Holy Spirit’s work in raising the dead and transforming the bodies of God’s people into incorruptible physical bodies at the final resurrection (cf. Rom. Ezekiel 36:22-38 (ESV) 22 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations to which you came. 23 And I will vindicate the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, and which you have profaned among them. And the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Lord God, when through you I vindicate my holiness before their eyes. 24 I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries and bring you into your own land. 25 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. 26 And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules. 28 You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers, and you shall be my people, and I will be your God. 29 And I will deliver you from all your uncleannesses. And I will summon the grain and make it abundant and lay no famine upon you. 30 I will make the fruit of the tree and the increase of the field abundant, that you may never again suffer the disgrace of famine among the nations. 31 Then you will remember your evil ways, and your deeds that were not good, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and your abominations. 32 It is not for your sake that I will act, declares the Lord God; let that be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel. 33 “Thus says the Lord God: On the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste places shall be rebuilt.34 And the land that was desolate shall be tilled, instead of being the desolation that it was in the sight of all who passed by. 35 And they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden, and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are now fortified and inhabited.’ 36 Then the nations that are left all around you shall know that I am the Lord; I have rebuilt the ruined places and replanted that which was desolate. I am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will do it. 37 “Thus says the Lord God: This also I will let the house of Israel ask me to do for them: to increase their people like a flock. 38 Like the flock for sacrifices,like the flock at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the Lord.” To read more about the Holy Spirit in new creation, see Ezek. 36 and 2 Cor. 1 Corinthians 15 is one of the most theologically-significant chapters in all of the Bible. It begins by outlining the gospel message Paul preached in his ministry. In the second half of the chapter, Paul describes the role of the Holy Spirit in the final resurrection. To Paul and the early Christians, the resurrection of Jesus was the lynchpin of the Christian faith. Everything depended upon the bodily resurrection of Jesus (1 Cor. Many Western Christians wrongly assume that the resurrection is a “bodiless”, metaphorical resurrection. But eminent New Testament scholar N.T. Wright notes that, “if the Spirit of God, the Spirit of Jesus the Messiah, dwells in you, Paul says, then the One who raised the Messiah from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies as well… God will give life, not to a disembodied spirit, not to what many people have thought of as a spiritual body in the sense of a non-physical one, but to your mortal bodies.”[1] Wright notes that Paul’s discussion in 1 Corinthians 15:35-40 between a “heavenly” body and an “earthly” body does not refer to what the body is made of(whether a flesh and bone or disembodied existence) but rather what empowersthe body. Now, human bodies are powered by the earth––what we eat and drink, taken from the ground. At the resurrection, Christian bodies will be empowered from heaven, by the Holy Spirit himself. [1]N.T. Wright, Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and Mission of the Church(New York, NY: Harper One, 2008.), 149. 1 Corinthians 15:12-58 (ESV) 12 Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. 14 And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. 15 We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified about God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised. 17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. 18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19 If in Christ we have hopein this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied. 20 But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. 23 But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ. 24 Then comes the end, when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father after destroying every rule and every authority and power. 25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death. 27 For “God has put all things in subjection under his feet.” But when it says, “all things are put in subjection,” it is plain that he is excepted who put all things in subjection under him. 28 When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to him who put all things in subjection under him, that God may be all in all. 29 Otherwise, what do people mean by being baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized on their behalf? 30 Why are we in danger every hour? 31 I protest, brothers, by my pride in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die every day! 32 What do I gain if, humanly speaking, I fought with beasts at Ephesus? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.” 33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.” 34 Wake up from your drunken stupor, as is right, and do not go on sinning. For some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame. 35 But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?” 36 You foolish person! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. 37 And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare kernel, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain. 38 But God gives it a body as he has chosen, and to each kind of seed its own body. 39 For not all flesh is the same, but there is one kind for humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish. 40 There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is of one kind, and the glory of the earthly is of another. 41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory. 42 So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable. 43 It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. 44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 Thus it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit. 46 But it is not the spiritual that is first but the natural, and then the spiritual. 47 The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is from heaven. 48 As was the man of dust, so also are those who are of the dust, and as is the man of heaven, so also are those who are of heaven. 49 Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shallalso bear the image of the man of heaven. 50 I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. 53 For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. 54 When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.” 55 “O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” 56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain. To read more about the resurrected body, see Rom. 8 and Phil. Jesus’ recorded actions after his resurrection give us an understanding of the nature of the Spirit-empowered resurrected bodies that God’s people will have in new creation. John 20 describes Jesus’ interaction with his disciples in such a way that clearly demonstrates that his resurrected body was a physical one, not a mere apparition or disembodied spirit. The resurrected Jesus ate a meal (Luke 24:30-32) and also retained the ability to walk through walls and lock doors. He was not always recognized and was capable of disappearing between God’s supernatural realm and our natural one.[1]This sort of body, no longer subject to the disease of death and empowered by the Spirit of God, is the same sort of body God’s people will possess in new creation. [1]N.T. Wright, Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and Mission of the Church(New York, NY: Harper One, 2008.), 55. Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.2 So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!” 3 So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. 4 Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. 5 He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in. 6 Then Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, 7 as well as the cloth that had been wrapped around Jesus’ head. The cloth was still lying in its place, separate from the linen. 8 Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed. 9 (They still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.) 10 Then the disciples went back to where they were staying. 11 Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb 12 and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot. 13 They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?”“They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.” 14 At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus. 15 He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?” Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.” 16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”).17 Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” 18 Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them that he had said these things to her.19 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” 20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord. 21 Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” 22 And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive anyone’s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.” 24 Now Thomas (also known as Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.” 26 A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” 27 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.” 28 Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!” 29 Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” 30 Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. 31 But these are written that you may believethat Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. To read more about Jesus’ glorified body, see Matt. 16 and Luke 24. The Scriptures describe the work of the Holy Spirit throughout every time in human history. At creation, the Holy Spirit created order out of chaos. The Holy Spirit spoke through men and women to guide and direct Israel in the Old Testament. He poured himself out upon the infant church at Pentecost and continues his work of guiding and empowering God’s people to participate in mission with God. In eternity, the Spirit will be the very means by which the dead saints will be raised to new life and will perform his transfiguring work on all of creation, establishing a “New Eden” in fulfillment of God’s original creation plan. Revelation 22 describes the end of the age where the re-creating work begun by Christ in his resurrection will be fulfilled in his second coming. Just as Jesus was raised by the Holy Spirit, so too the Spirit will raise God’s people from the dead (Rom. 8:11) and the call to bear Gods image will be brought to its highest expression in God’s new creation. The Spirit’s work will not be only to raise believers to new life but to renew all of creation, reuniting heaven and earth where we will reign with God for eternity. Revelation 22:1-21 (ESV) 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 2 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. 3 No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him. 4 They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 5 There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever. 6 The angel said to me, “These words are trustworthy and true. The Lord, the God who inspires the prophets, sent his angel to show his servants the things that must soon take place.” 7 “Look, I am coming soon! Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy written in this scroll.” 8 I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I had heard and seen them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who had been showing them to me. 9 But he said to me, “Don’t do that! I am a fellow servant with you and with your fellow prophets and with all who keep the words of this scroll. Worship God!” 10 Then he told me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this scroll, because the time is near. 11 Let the one who does wrong continue to do wrong; let the vile person continue to be vile; let the one who does right continue to do right; and let the holy person continue to be holy.” 12 “Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. 14 “Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city. 15 Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood. 16 “I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star.” 17 The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life. 18 I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this scroll. 19 And if anyone takes words away from this scroll of prophecy, God will take away from that person any share in the tree of life and in the Holy City, which are described in this scroll. 20 He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. 21 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God’s people. Amen. To read more about the Holy Spirit in eternity, see Ps. 139 and 1 Cor. VIDEO CONTENT COURTESY OF THE BIBLE PROJECT
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“अनि मैले एउटा नयाँ स्वर्ग र नयाँ पृथ्वी देखे: किनकि पहिलो स्वर्ग र पहिलो पृथ्वी बितिसकेका थिए। र त्यहाँ कुनै समुद्र थिएन। र मैले जोनले पवित्र सहर, नयाँ यरूशलेम, परमेश्वरबाट स्वर्गबाट तल ओर्लिरहेको देखेँ, आफ्नो पतिको लागि दुलहीको रूपमा तयार पारिएको। ~ प्रकाश २१:१-२ पहिलो स्वर्ग, पृथ्वी र समुद्र हटाउनु थियो: त्यसपछि जोनले नयाँ यरूशलेम, परमेश्वरको साँचो चर्च देख्न सक्थे! निश्चित रूपमा अन्तिम न्यायको दिन पछि, जब सबै नष्ट हुनेछन् र केवल परमेश्वरको स्वर्ग रहन्छ: तब स्वर्गमा केवल परमेश्वर र उहाँका साँचो मानिसहरू देख्नुहुनेछ। र परमेश्वरका साँचो मानिसहरू धार्मिक मण्डलीहरू, विभाजनहरू, गुटहरू वा समूहहरूमा विभाजित हुनेछैनन्। ती मानव संगठनात्मक समूहहरू मध्ये कुनै पनि परमेश्वरको मात्र उपासनाको लागि अवस्थित हुनेछैन, र सबै परमेश्वरको सिंहासनको वरिपरि उपासकहरूको एक समूह हुनेछन्। त्यसोभए के यो हुन सक्छ कि प्रकाशले हामीलाई स्वर्गमा कस्तो हुनेछ भन्ने अन्तिम दर्शन देखाउँदैछ ताकि हामीले हाम्रो आध्यात्मिक दर्शनबाट "धेरै मण्डलीहरू" को भ्रम हटाउन सकौं? सायद मण्डलीको शुरुवातदेखि नै यही उद्देश्य थियो? "हामीलाई उहाँको इच्छाको रहस्य प्रकट गरिदिनुभएको छ, उहाँको असल खुशी अनुसार जुन उहाँले आफैमा उद्देश्य राख्नुभएको छ: कि समयको पूर्णताको व्यवस्थामा उहाँले ख्रीष्टमा सबै चीजहरू एकसाथ भेला गर्नुहोस्, जुन स्वर्गमा छन् र पृथ्वीमा छन्। उहाँमा पनि: जसमा हामीले पनि उत्तराधिकार पाएका छौं, उहाँको उद्देश्यअनुसार पूर्वनिर्धारित भएर, जसले सबै कुरा आफ्नै इच्छाको सल्लाहअनुसार गर्छ।” ~ एफिसी १:९-११ तर के यो पृथ्वीमा उहाँका जनहरूले उहाँलाई त्यसरी नै पूजा गर्ने परमेश्वरको अभिप्राय होइन? परमेश्वरले कुनै पनि मानिसलाई अख्तियारको स्थानमा उचाल्नुभएन जहाँ तिनीहरूले आफ्ना मानिसहरूलाई विभाजित गर्न सक्छन्। “तर तिमीहरूलाई रब्बी नभन, किनकि तिमीहरूका मालिक एउटै हुनुहुन्छ, ख्रीष्ट पनि; अनि तिमीहरू सबै दाजुभाइ हौ। अनि पृथ्वीमा कसैलाई आफ्नो पिता नभन, किनकि स्वर्गमा हुनुहुने तिमीहरूका पिता एउटै हुनुहुन्छ। न त तिमीहरूलाई मालिक नभन्नुहोस्, किनकि तिमीहरूका मालिक एउटै हुनुहुन्छ, ख्रीष्ट पनि। तर तिमीहरूमध्ये जो सबैभन्दा ठूलो छ, त्यो तिमीहरूको सेवक हुनेछ। अनि जसले आफूलाई उच्च पार्छ, नीच हुनेछ। र जसले आफूलाई नम्र पार्छ ऊ उच्च पारिनेछ।” ~ मत्ती २३:८-१२ "र अब म संसारमा छैन, तर यी संसारमा छन्, र म तपाईंकहाँ आउँछु। पवित्र बुबा, तपाईंले मलाई दिनुभएकाहरूलाई तपाईंको आफ्नै नामद्वारा सुरक्षित राख्नुहोस्, हामी जस्तै तिनीहरू एक हुन सक्छन्... ... र तपाईंले मलाई दिनुभएको महिमा मैले तिनीहरूलाई दिएको छु; जसरी हामी एक छौं, तिनीहरू पनि एक हुन सक्छन्: म तिनीहरूमा, र तपाईं ममा, कि तिनीहरू एक मा सिद्ध हुन सक्छ; र संसारले थाहा पाऊन् कि तपाईंले मलाई पठाउनुभएको हो, र तिनीहरूलाई प्रेम गर्नुभयो, जसरी तपाईंले मलाई प्रेम गर्नुभयो।" ~ यूहन्ना १७:११ र २२-२३ त्यसोभए पक्कै पनि धर्मशास्त्रहरूले हामीलाई देखाउँछन् कि उहाँका जनहरूलाई उहाँको उपासना गर्ने एकतामा एक अविभाजित मण्डली होस् भन्ने परमेश्वरको अभिप्राय हो - जसरी येशूले यसलाई सुरुमा निर्माण गर्नुभयो। त्यसोभए प्रश्न यो छ: यदि हामी अब एउटै मण्डली बन्न सक्षम छैनौं भने, हामी स्वर्गमा पुग्दा कसरी हुनेछौं? यदि हामीले अहिले त्यसो गर्न सकेनौं भने स्वर्गमा कसरी मिल्ने? हामी कसरी पवित्र र स्वर्गमा परमेश्वरको सिंहासनको सामु निर्दोष रहनेछौं, यदि परमेश्वरको शक्तिद्वारा हामीसँग अहिले त्यो गर्ने विश्वास छैन भने? “यी ती हुन् जो नारीहरूसित अपवित्र भएका थिएनन्। किनभने तिनीहरू कुमारी हुन्। थुमा जहाँ गए पनि उहाँलाई पछ्याउनेहरू यिनीहरू हुन्। तिनीहरू परमेश्वर र थुमाको लागि पहिलो फल भएका कारण मानिसहरूबाट छुटकारा पाएका थिए। र तिनीहरूको मुखमा कुनै छल फेला परेन, किनकि तिनीहरू परमेश्वरको सिंहासनको सामु निर्दोष छन्।” ~ प्रकाश १४:४-५ यसैले प्रकाश अध्याय 4 र 5, र 21 र 22 मा, परमेश्वरले हामीलाई चर्च कस्तो हुनुपर्छ भनेर स्वर्गीय दर्शन दिनुहुन्छ। जब उनी पवित्र हुन्छिन् र सत्यलाई पछ्याउँछिन्, उनी यो पृथ्वीमा स्वर्गीय स्थान बन्नेछिन्। पुरुषहरूद्वारा शासित झूटा दुलही मण्डलीहरूद्वारा उनी अशुद्ध हुनेछैनन्। परमेश्वरका साँचो जनहरू “स्त्रीहरूसित अपवित्र भएका छैनन्” वा धार्मिक प्रणालीहरूद्वारा अशुद्ध छैनन्। तिनीहरू ख्रीष्टमा एउटै शरीर जस्तै शुद्ध र पवित्र छन्। तिनीहरू हुन्: "पवित्र सहर, नयाँ यरूशलेम, परमेश्वरबाट स्वर्गबाट ओर्लिएको, आफ्नो पतिको लागि दुलहीको रूपमा तयार पारिएको।" “अनि हामीलाई सँगै उठाउनुभयो, र हामीलाई सँगै बसाउनु भयो ख्रीष्ट येशूमा स्वर्गीय स्थानहरू: कि आउने युगहरूमा उहाँले ख्रीष्ट येशू मार्फत हामीप्रतिको उहाँको दयामा उहाँको अनुग्रहको अत्याधिक धन देखाउन सकोस्।” ~ एफिसी २:६-७ तर प्रकाशमा, जोनले पनि ख्रीष्टको साँचो दुलहीलाई स्पष्ट रूपमा देख्न सकेनन्, जबसम्म आत्मिक वेश्या बेबिलोन र मानिसहरूका पशु संगठनहरूलाई उहाँको दर्शनबाट हटाइएन। पार्थिव चीजहरू हटाउनु पर्छ जसले परमेश्वरको हाम्रो दर्शन र हामीमा उहाँको उद्देश्यलाई ढाक्छ, पूर्ण रूपमा हटाउन आवश्यक छ। चर्चको यो दर्शन हुनु अघि, प्रकाशले आध्यात्मिक दर्शनलाई बादल लगाएका अन्य धेरै चीजहरू हटाउनु परेको थियो: - सात टाउको भएको, दश सिङ भएको जनावर (यो पतित मानिसहरूको समुद्रबाट बाहिर आयो जो एक पटक इसाई थिए - क्याथोलिक चर्च मार्फत) - झूटा अगमवक्ता जनावर दुईवटा सिङ भएको भेडाको पाठो जस्तै – पतित प्रोटेस्टेन्टवाद (जो पार्थिव दिमाग भएका मानिसहरूको अथाह खाडलबाट बाहिर आयो) - जनावरको छवि, आठ जनावर (पृथ्वी मन भएका मानिसहरु मध्ये पनि) - महान आध्यात्मिक वेश्या बेबिलोन (समुद्रबाट माथि आएपछि, जनताको समुद्रमा पनि शासन गर्छ) - ड्र्यागन (पृथ्वी मानसिकताको अथाह खाडलको) त्यसोभए अब, यी जनावरहरू र वेश्या आत्माहरू मात्र हटाइनु पर्छ, तर तिनीहरू कहाँबाट आएका स्रोतहरू पनि हटाउनु पर्छ: मानिसहरूको पुरानो समुद्र र मानिसहरूको पार्थिव अवस्था। र यदि यी मध्ये कुनैले चर्च वरपरको आध्यात्मिक स्वर्गीय स्थानहरूमा प्रवेश गर्न खोज्छ भने, तिनीहरूलाई हटाउनको लागि त्यो पनि हल्लाइन्छ। “अनि मैले एउटा नयाँ स्वर्ग र नयाँ पृथ्वी देखे: किनकि पहिलो स्वर्ग र पहिलो पृथ्वी बितिसकेका थिए। र त्यहाँ कुनै समुद्र थिएन। र मैले जोनले पवित्र सहर, नयाँ यरूशलेम, परमेश्वरबाट स्वर्गबाट तल ओर्लिरहेको देखेँ, आफ्नो पतिको लागि दुलहीको रूपमा तयार पारिएको। ~ प्रकाश २१:१-२ हो, त्यहाँ साँचो मण्डली (स्वर्गीय स्थानहरू) वरिपरि पनि चीजहरू छन् जुन हल्लाउनुपर्छ! त्यसैले ख्रीष्ट येशूमा नयाँ साँचो स्वर्ग कस्तो देखिन्छ भनेर हामीले स्पष्ट रूपमा देख्न सक्छौं। पुरानो नियमको भविष्यवाणीले पनि यसबारे बताएको छ। "यसैकारण म आकाशलाई हल्लाइदिनेछु, र पृथ्वी आफ्नो स्थानबाट हट्नेछ, सेनाहरूका परमप्रभुको क्रोधमा, र उहाँको भयंकर क्रोधको दिनमा।" ~ यशैया १३:१३ “परमप्रभुले पनि सियोनबाट गर्जनु हुनेछ, र यरूशलेमबाट उहाँको आवाज बोल्नुहुनेछ। अनि आकाश र पृथ्वी हल्लिनेछ। तर परमप्रभु आफ्ना मानिसहरूको आशा र इस्राएलका मानिसहरूको शक्ति हुनुहुनेछ। यसरी तिमीहरूले जान्नेछौ कि म परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्वर मेरो पवित्र पर्वत सियोनमा बास गर्ने हुँ, तब यरूशलेम पवित्र हुनेछ, र त्यहाँबाट कुनै अपरिचितहरू फेरि जानेछैनन्।” ~ योएल ३:१६-१७ "यसकारण सेनाहरूका परमप्रभु भन्नुहुन्छ; अझै एक पटक, यो केहि समय छ, र म आकाश, पृथ्वी, समुद्र र सुख्खा जमिन हल्लाउनेछु। अनि म सबै राष्ट्रहरूलाई हल्लाइदिनेछु, र सबै राष्ट्रहरूको इच्छा आउनेछ: र म यस घरलाई महिमाले भरिदिनेछु, सेनाहरूका परमप्रभु भन्नुहुन्छ। चाँदी मेरो हो, र सुन मेरो हो, सेनाहरूका परमप्रभु भन्नुहुन्छ। यस पछिल्लो घरको महिमा पहिलेको भन्दा ठूलो हुनेछ, सेनाहरूका परमप्रभु भन्नुहुन्छ: र यस ठाउँमा म शान्ति दिनेछु, सेनाहरूका परमप्रभु भन्नुहुन्छ। ~ हाग्गै २:६-९ सुसमाचारहरूमा पनि येशूले हामीलाई यो आत्मिक रूपमा भइरहेको बताउनुभयो। "ती दिनको सङ्कष्टको तुरुन्तै पछि सूर्य अँध्यारो हुनेछ, र चन्द्रमाले आफ्नो उज्यालो दिनेछैन, र ताराहरू आकाशबाट खस्नेछन्, र आकाशका शक्तिहरू हल्लिनेछन्: अनि तब स्वर्गमा मानिसको पुत्रको चिन्ह देखा पर्नेछ: र तब पृथ्वीका सबै जनजातिहरूले शोक गर्नेछन्, र तिनीहरूले मानिसको पुत्रलाई स्वर्गको बादलमा शक्ति र ठूलो महिमाको साथ आउँदै गरेको देख्नेछन्। अनि उहाँले आफ्ना स्वर्गदूतहरूलाई तुरहीको ठूलो आवाजसहित पठाउनुहुनेछ, र तिनीहरूले उहाँका चुनिएकाहरूलाई चारै दिशाबाट स्वर्गको एक छेउदेखि अर्को छेउसम्म जम्मा गर्नेछन्।” ~ मत्ती २४:२९-३१ आध्यात्मिक हल्लाउने उद्देश्य भनेको केवल सत्य र पवित्र रहन सुनिश्चित गर्नु हो। किनभने परमेश्वरको साँचो राज्य, जुन भित्रको पवित्रताको राज्य हो, हटाउन सकिँदैन। यो एक अनन्त अपरिवर्तनीय राज्य हो! “जसको आवाजले त्यसबेला पृथ्वी हल्लायो: तर अब उहाँले प्रतिज्ञा गर्नुभएको छ, अझै एक पटक धर्ती मात्र होइन स्वर्ग पनि हल्लाउछु। र यो शब्द, अझै एक पटक, ती चीजहरू हटाउने संकेत गर्दछ जुन हल्लिएका छन्, बनाइएका चीजहरू जस्तै, कि ती चीजहरू जो हल्लाउन सकिँदैन। यसकारण हामीले सार्न नसकिने राज्य पाएका छौं, हामी अनुग्रह गरौं, जसद्वारा हामी आदर र ईश्वरीय भयका साथ स्वीकार्य रूपमा परमेश्वरको सेवा गर्न सक्छौं: "~ हिब्रू १२:२६-२८ र त्यसकारण, यसले हामीलाई अचम्म मान्नुपर्दैन कि प्रकाशको आध्यात्मिक पुस्तकमा, हामीले केही आत्मिक भूकम्पहरू भइरहेको देख्नुपर्छ। प्रकाश पार्थिव मन भएका धार्मिक राज्यहरू र धर्मको पार्थिव शिक्षाहरूलाई हल्लाउन डिजाइन गरिएको हो। र पतित सेवकाईको प्रतिनिधित्व गर्ने ताराहरू पनि, चर्चमा आध्यात्मिक स्वर्गीय स्थानहरूबाट खसे। “अनि मैले हेरें जब उसले छैटौं मोहर खोलेको थियो, र हेर, त्यहाँ ठूलो भूकम्प आयो। सूर्य कपालको भाङ्रा जस्तै कालो भयो, र चन्द्रमा रगत जस्तै भयो। अनि आकाशका ताराहरू पृथ्वीमा खसे, जसरी एउटा नेभाराको रूखले आफ्नो अकालको नेभाराहरू फ्याँक्छ, जब उसलाई शक्तिशाली बतासले हल्लायो। अनि स्वर्ग एक मुट्ठो जस्तै गयो जब यो एक साथ गुडाइन्छ। र हरेक पहाड र टापुहरू आ-आफ्नो ठाउँबाट बाहिर सारिए। अनि पृथ्वीका राजाहरू, ठूला मानिसहरू, धनीहरू, र प्रमुख कप्तानहरू, र शक्तिशाली मानिसहरू, र प्रत्येक दास र प्रत्येक स्वतन्त्र मानिसले आफूलाई पहाडका चट्टानहरूमा लुकेका थिए। अनि पहाडहरू र चट्टानहरूलाई भने, हामीमाथि खस, र सिंहासनमा विराजमान हुनुहुने उहाँको अनुहारबाट र थुमाको क्रोधबाट हामीलाई लुकाउनुहोस्: उहाँको क्रोधको महान् दिन आएको छ। र कसले उभिन सक्छ?" ~ प्रकाश ६:१२-१७ प्रकाशमा, पार्थिव चीजहरूले दुष्ट मानिसहरूको हृदयबाट दुष्ट चीजहरूलाई प्रतिनिधित्व गर्दछ: - "उहाँ जो माथिबाट आउनुहुन्छ सबै भन्दा माथि हुनुहुन्छ: जो पृथ्वीको हो ऊ पार्थिव होर पृथ्वीको बारेमा बोल्छ: स्वर्गबाट आउनुहुने सबै भन्दा माथि हुनुहुन्छ।" ~ यूहन्ना ३:३१ - "(धेरै हिँड्नका लागि, जसको बारेमा मैले तपाईलाई बारम्बार भनेको छु, र अब तपाईलाई रोएर पनि भन्छु, कि तिनीहरू ख्रीष्टको क्रुसका शत्रुहरू हुन्: जसको अन्त विनाश हो, जसको परमेश्वर तिनीहरूको पेट हो, र जसको महिमा तिनीहरूको लाजमा छ। , जो पार्थिव चीजहरूमा ध्यान दिन्छन्~ फिलिप्पी ३:१८-१९ - “तर यदि तिमीहरूको हृदयमा तीतो ईर्ष्या र कलह छ भने, घमण्ड नगर्नुहोस्, र सत्यको विरुद्धमा झूट नबोल्नुहोस्। यो बुद्धि माथिबाट आएको होइन, तर पार्थिव, कामुक, शैतानी छ।" ~ याकूब ३:१४-१५ स्वर्गबाट तल आएको मण्डलीमा तीतो ईर्ष्या र कलह हुँदैन। यी चीजहरू मानिसहरूबाट आउँछन् जो समस्याग्रस्त समुद्रहरू जस्तै छन्: उछाल्नुहोस् र घुमाउनुहोस् र समस्यालाई मन्थन गर्नुहोस्। त्यसैले यो समुद्र आध्यात्मिक रूपमा पनि हटाइनुपर्छ: “धेरै मानिसहरूको भीडलाई धिक्कार, जसले समुद्रको कोलाहल जस्तै आवाज निकाल्छ। र राष्ट्रहरूको हतारमा, जसले शक्तिशाली पानीको हडताल जस्तै हतार गर्छ। जातिहरू धेरै पानीको दौडिएझैँ दौडनेछन्, तर परमेश्वरले तिनीहरूलाई हप्काउनुहुनेछ, र तिनीहरू टाढा भाग्नेछन्, र बतासको अगाडि पहाडको भुसझैँ र आँधीबेहरीको अघि लड्ने वस्तुझैँ खेद्नेछन्।” ~ यशैया १७:१२-१३ "अनि उहाँले मलाई भन्नुभयो, तपाईंले देखेको पानी, जहाँ वेश्या बस्छ, मानिसहरू, भीडहरू, राष्ट्रहरू र भाषाहरू हुन्।" ~ प्रकाश १७:१५ यसैले सुसमाचार "पुरानोसँग र नयाँसँग मिल्छ।" र नयाँ आत्मिक स्वर्ग र पृथ्वी संग, तब जोनले परमेश्वरको साँचो मण्डली देख्न सक्थे। "र मैले जोनले पवित्र सहर, नयाँ यरूशलेम, परमेश्वरबाट स्वर्गबाट तल ओर्लिरहेको देखेँ, आफ्नो पतिको लागि दुलहीको रूपमा तयार पारिएको।" ~ प्रकाश २१:२ "किनकि म ईश्वरीय ईर्ष्याको साथ तपाईलाई ईर्ष्या गर्छु: किनकि मैले तिमीलाई एउटै पतिसँग सम्बद्ध गरेको छु, कि म तिमीलाई ख्रीष्टमा एक पवित्र कन्याको रूपमा प्रस्तुत गर्न सक्छु। तर मलाई डर छ, कि जसरी सर्पले आफ्नो चतुरताले हव्वालाई बहकायो, त्यसरी नै ख्रीष्टमा भएको सरलताबाट तिमीहरूको दिमाग भ्रष्ट होस्। किनकि यदि आउनेले अर्को येशूलाई प्रचार गर्छ, जसलाई हामीले प्रचार गरेका छैनौं, वा यदि तपाईंले अर्को आत्मा प्राप्त गर्नुभयो, जुन तपाईंले प्राप्त गर्नुभएको छैन, वा अर्को सुसमाचार, जुन तपाईंले स्वीकार गर्नुभएको छैन, तपाईंले उहाँलाई सहनु हुनेछ।” ~ २ कोरिन्थी ११:२-४ “पति हो, आफ्ना पत्नीहरूलाई प्रेम गर, जसरी ख्रीष्टले पनि मण्डलीलाई प्रेम गर्नुभयो, र त्यसको लागि आफूलाई अर्पण गर्नुभयो; उसले वचनद्वारा पानीको धुलाईले यसलाई पवित्र र सफा गर्न सक्छ, कि उसले यसलाई आफैंमा एउटा महिमित मण्डली प्रस्तुत गर्न सक्छ, दाग, वा चाउरी वा त्यस्तो कुनै चीज नभएको; तर त्यो पवित्र र दोषरहित हुनुपर्छ। यस कारणले गर्दा मानिसले आफ्नो बुबा र आमालाई छोड्नेछ, र आफ्नी पत्नीसँग जोडिनेछ, र तिनीहरू दुई एउटै शरीर हुनेछन्। यो एउटा ठूलो रहस्य हो: तर म ख्रीष्ट र मण्डलीको बारेमा बोल्छु। ~ एफिसी ५:२५-२७,३१-३२ र अब एक पटक चर्च ख्रीष्टमा साँचो र विश्वासयोग्य प्रस्तुत भयो, तब हामी पनि चर्चमा सर्वशक्तिमान परमेश्वरको उपस्थिति देख्न सक्षम छौं! “अनि मैले स्वर्गबाट एउटा ठूलो आवाज यसो भनेको सुनें, हेर, परमेश्वरको बासस्थान मानिसहरूसँग छ, र उहाँ तिनीहरूसँग वास गर्नुहुनेछ, र तिनीहरू उहाँका मानिसहरू हुनेछन्। भगवान स्वयं तिनीहरूसँगै हुनेछन्, र तिनीहरूका परमेश्वर हुनेछन्।” ~ प्रकाश २१:३ साँचो ख्रीष्टियनहरू, व्यक्तिगत रूपमा र सामूहिक रूपमा, परमेश्वरको नयाँ नियमको मन्दिर हो, जहाँ परमेश्वर हामीसँग भेट्न पृथ्वीमा आउनुहुन्छ। “तिमीहरू परमेश्वरको मन्दिर हौ र परमेश्वरका आत्मा तिमीहरूमा वास गर्नुहुन्छ भनी के तिमीहरूलाई थाहा छैन? यदि कसैले परमेश्वरको मन्दिरलाई अशुद्ध पार्छ भने, परमेश्वरले उसलाई नष्ट गर्नुहुनेछ। किनकि परमेश्वरको मन्दिर पवित्र छ, जुन मन्दिर तिमी हौ।" ~ १ कोरिन्थी ३:१६-१७ “किनकि उहाँद्वारा हामी दुवैको एउटै आत्माद्वारा पितासम्म पहुँच हुन्छ। यसकारण अब तिमीहरू विदेशी र विदेशी होइनौ, तर सन्तहरू र परमेश्वरको घरानाका सहनागरिकहरू हौ। र प्रेरितहरू र अगमवक्ताहरूको जगमा निर्माण गरिएका छन्, येशू ख्रीष्ट आफैं मुख्य कुने ढुङ्गा हुनुहुन्थ्यो; जसमा सबै भवनहरू एकसाथ मिलाएर प्रभुको पवित्र मन्दिरमा बढ्छ: जसमा तिमीहरू पनि आत्माद्वारा परमेश्वरको बासस्थानको लागि एकसाथ निर्माण गरिएको छ। ~ एफिसी २:१८-२२ अब जब परमेश्वर उपस्थित हुनुहुन्छ, तब सुसमाचारको लागि परीक्षा र कष्टको गहिराइमा पनि, हामी अझै पनि पवित्र आत्मा, सान्त्वना दिने प्रतिज्ञाबाट सान्त्वना पाउन सक्छौं (यूहन्ना 14:16, 14:26, 15:26)। “र परमेश्वरले तिनीहरूका आँखाबाट सबै आँसु पुछिदिनुहुनेछ। र त्यहाँ फेरि मृत्यु हुनेछैन, न शोक, न रुनेछ, न त त्यहाँ कुनै पीडा हुनेछ: किनकि पहिलेका कुराहरू बितिसकेका छन्।" ~ प्रकाश २१:४ - “उसले मृत्युलाई विजयमा निल्नेछ। अनि परमप्रभु परमेश्वरले सबैको अनुहारबाट आँसु पुछिदिनुहुनेछ। अनि उहाँले आफ्ना मानिसहरूको हप्कालाई सारा पृथ्वीबाट हटाउनुहुनेछ, किनभने परमप्रभुले यो भन्नुभएको छ। अनि त्यस दिन भनिनेछ, हेर, यो हाम्रा परमेश्वर हुनुहुन्छ। हामी उहाँलाई पर्खिरहेका छौं, र उहाँले हामीलाई बचाउनुहुनेछ: उहाँ परमप्रभु हुनुहुन्छ। हामीले उहाँको पर्खाइमा छौं, उहाँको उद्धारमा हामी हर्षित र आनन्दित हुनेछौं।” ~ यशैया २५:८-९ - "त्यसोभए जब यो भ्रष्टले अविनाशी धारण गर्नेछ, र यो नश्वरले अमरता धारण गर्नेछ, तब लेखिएको भनाइलाई पूरा गरिनेछ, मृत्यु विजयमा निलिएको छ। हे मृत्यु, तिम्रो डंक कहाँ छ? हे चिहान, तिम्रो विजय कहाँ छ? मृत्युको डंक पाप हो; र पापको बल व्यवस्था हो। तर परमेश्वरलाई धन्यवाद होस्, जसले हामीलाई हाम्रा प्रभु येशू ख्रीष्टद्वारा विजय दिनुहुन्छ।” ~ १ कोरिन्थी १५:५४-५७ हो यो सान्त्वना पृथ्वी छोडेर ईश्वरको अनन्त स्वर्गमा प्रवेश गर्दा पूर्ण रूपमा प्राप्त हुनेछ। तर अहिले पनि "मृत्युको डंक" जुन पाप हो, हाम्रो जीवनबाट हटाउन सकिन्छ। यो पवित्र आत्माको भरि संगै सम्पन्न भएकोले हामीलाई अहिले धेरै आवश्यक अनुग्रह र सान्त्वना दिन्छ! "अनि सिंहासनमा विराजमान हुनुहुनेले भने, हेर, म सबै कुरा नयाँ बनाउँछु। अनि उहाँले मलाई भन्नुभयो, लेख: यी शब्दहरू सत्य र विश्वासयोग्य छन्। प्रकाश 21:5 हो, उहाँले अहिले नै सबै आध्यात्मिक कुराहरू नयाँ बनाउन सक्नुहुन्छ! यो पनि उहाँको साँचो र विश्वासयोग्य वचनको अंश हो। "यसैकारण यदि कोही मानिस ख्रीष्टमा छ भने, त्यो नयाँ सृष्टि हो: पुराना कुराहरू बितिसकेका छन्; हेर, सबै चीजहरू नयाँ हुन्छन्।" ~ २ कोरिन्थी ५:१७ "अनि उसले मलाई भन्यो, यो गरिएको छ। म अल्फा र ओमेगा हुँ, सुरु र अन्त्य। म तिर्खाउनेलाई जीवनको पानीको मुहान सित्तैमा दिनेछु।” ~ प्रकाश २१:६ यो सकियो! हो अहिले पनि: यो सकियो! जब येशू क्रुसमा मर्नुभयो, उहाँले हामीलाई अन्तिम शब्दहरू भन्नुभयो: "यो समाप्त भयो।" येशूको बलिदानले पूर्ण काम गर्छ र आज पनि सबै चीजहरू नयाँ बनाउनेछ। "यसकारण जब येशूले सिरका पाउनु भयो, उहाँले भन्नुभयो, यो सकियो: र उसले आफ्नो शिर झुकाएर भूत त्याग्यो। ~ यूहन्ना १९:३० के तपाईं सार्न नसकिने यो राज्य प्राप्त गर्न सक्षम हुनुहुन्छ? के तपाईं ख्रीष्टको साँचो दुलहीको भाग हुनुहुन्छ? के तपाईंसँग हेर्ने आध्यात्मिक आँखा र सुन्न कान छ? "जसले जित्छ उसले सबै चीजहरू पाउनेछ; म उसको परमेश्वर हुनेछु, र ऊ मेरो छोरा हुनेछ। तर डराउने, अविश्वासी, घिनलाग्दो, हत्याराहरू, व्यभिचारीहरू, जादूगरहरू, मूर्तिपूजकहरू, र सबै झूट बोल्नेहरू, आगो र गन्धकले जलेको तालमा तिनीहरूको भाग हुनेछ: जुन दोस्रो मृत्यु हो।” ~ प्रकाश २१:७-८ पहिलो मृत्यु, आत्माको मृत्यु हो जुन पाप गर्दा हुन्छ। "मृत्युको डंक" तब हुन्छ जब तपाईं पापमा फर्किनुहुन्छ, वा पापको कहिल्यै क्षमा गरिएको छैन, र तपाईं त्यसरी मर्नुहुन्छ। यदि तपाईं आफ्नो पापमा मर्नुभयो भने येशूले भन्नुभयो, "जहाँ म छु, तपाईं आउन सक्नुहुन्न।" यो दोस्रो मृत्यु हो, जुन अनन्तकालको लागि ईश्वरबाट स्थायी अलगाव हो। नोट: तलको यो रेखाचित्रले एक्काइसौं अध्याय पूर्ण प्रकाश सन्देश भित्र कहाँ छ भनेर देखाउँछ। पहिले कपटको छललाई नष्ट गरिसकेपछि, प्रकाश अध्याय 21 ले ख्रीष्टको साँचो दुलही, साँचो मण्डलीलाई प्रकट गर्दछ। प्रकाशको उच्च स्तरको दृष्टिकोणलाई अझ राम्रोसँग बुझ्नको लागि, तपाईंले "प्रकाश को रोडमैप।"