THE STORY: FINDING OUR PLACE IN GOD S STORY

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2 Restoration

3 Matthew 6:19 21 (ESV) 19 Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

4 If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next.... It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this. C.S. Lewis

5 What is Restoration?

6 What is Restoration?

7 Revelation 21:1 8 (ESV) Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.

8 1. God s New Creation

9 Revelation 21:1 8 (ESV) 2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.

10 1. God s New Creation 2. God s Holy City

11 Revelation 21:1 8 (ESV) 4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.

12 1. God s New Creation 2. God s Holy City 3. God s True Comfort

13 Revelation 21:1 8 (ESV) 5 And he who was seated on the throne said, Behold, I am making all things new. Also he said, Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.

14 1. God s New Creation 2. God s Holy City 3. God s True Comfort 4. God s Eternal Throne

15 Revelation 21:1 8 (ESV) 6 And he said to me, It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment. 7 The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will be my son.

16 Revelation 21:1 8 (ESV) 8 But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.

17 1. God s New Creation 2. God s Holy City 3. God s True Comfort 4. God s Eternal Throne 5. God s Amazing Grace

18 Revelation 22:1 5 (ESV) Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month.

19 Revelation 22:1 5 (ESV) The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 3 No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him. 4 They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.

20 Revelation 22:1 5 (ESV) 5 And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.

21 1. God s New Creation 2. God s Holy City 3. God s True Comfort 4. God s Eternal Throne 5. God s Amazing Grace 6. God s New Eden

22 2 Peter 3:9 (ESV) 9 The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

23 1. God s New Creation 2. God s Holy City 3. God s True Comfort 4. God s Eternal Throne 5. God s Amazing Grace 6. God s New Eden 7. God s Temporary Mission