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A 鮑維均 Sermon Summary  Many imagine heaven filled with things they love, such as wonderful entertainment, gourmet food, and vibrant health. But the Bible teaches otherwise. In Revelation’s new heaven and earth, the holy place, God lives with His people, as He did in the Garden of Eden[1]. Both Eden and the new heaven and earth have rivers and trees. The New Testament represents Christ as living water, continually quenching our thirst, and a true vine. We must be grafted to Him to bear fruit. He is the temple, the holy place[2]. Through Christ, God lives with us. Furthermore, God’s glory brightens the new heaven and earth. It is a place of purity, like clear-as-crystal jewel and pure-as-transparent-glass gold[3]. Humans there are sinless, purified by Christ’s blood[4]. The key activity in the holy place is to worship God[5]. Today, we tend to revere the rich and the famous. Caesar once had a powerful empire, yet Christians worshipped the invisible Christ as Lord, not Caesar. Earthly things are transient and can’t fulfill our real needs[6]. Today, we see good people suffer and evil people prosper[7]. Yet Christians should trust our sovereign God and His long-term plan to reward the good and punish the wicked[8]. To Christians, the real reality should be the invisible Lord, who created and rules over all things. And we should worship Him[9]. So, until that new heaven and earth are established, how should Christians live now? Our Holy God requires us to lead a pure life through Christ[10]. Among sins, one of the worst is lying[11]. John described Satan as the father of lies[12]. Liars’ actions and words don’t match. They may call God their Lord and friend, while walking in darkness[13]. Have we lied? Do we worship the invisible God, or the visible world? Do we love Christ?[14] Revelation ends with asking Christ to come[15]. Do we genuinely have the same wish? Summary of a sermon by 鮑維均, titled “Beyond the End of Time”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gWlq-OvVJU [1] Revelation 22:1-4, Genesis 2:15
[2] John 2:21, 4:10-14, 15:1-5 [3] Revelation 21:11, 21, 23-25; 22:5 [4] Revelation 4, 5 [5] Revelation 4:11, 5:14, 7:11 [6] Revelation 13, 18 [7] Psalm 73:3-5 [8] Psalm 1:3-6 [9] Revelation 4:11, 5:14, 7:11 [10] Revelation 2:5, 2:16, 3:11, 14:7, 16:15, 22:12 [11] Revelation 21:8, 21:27, 22:15 [12] John 8:44 [13] 1 John 1:6-8 [14] 1 Corinthians 16:22 [15] Revelation 22:20
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