A Vision of the Church Complete

Revelation 21:1-8

About the Sermon

With this sermon we close out our series, The Seven: Jesus’ Words to His Churches in Revelation. But this won’t be another one of Jesus’ letters. This is the conclusion of Jesus’ entire vision to John, a symbolic experience of the new creation itself from Revelation 21 and 22. Our text is Revelation 21:1–8, but we’ll be working through parts of these last two chapters together. Listen in for a taste of heaven in the text of Scripture. May our gracious Lord grant us to long for that day!

About the Series

Wouldn’t it be nice if we had a letter from Jesus Christ to a church like ours? Or, better, because no two churches or contexts are alike, how about seven letters to seven different churches? Then we’d have Jesus’ heart for his church on surround sound. We would know what he wants to change about us, and what he wants to guard. Seven such letters have been discovered, and they are found at the end of the Bible in the often-neglected book of Revelation. We need these letters: letters written to unique churches with unique challenges; letters of commendation and correction; letters concerned with the supernatural, not the superficial; every line reflecting the heart of Jesus for his churches, including ours.
Wouldn’t it be nice if we had a letter from Jesus Christ to a church like ours? Or, better, because no two churches or contexts are alike, how about seven letters to seven different churches? Then we’d have Jesus’ heart for his church on surround sound. We would know what he wants to change about us, and what he wants to guard. Seven such letters have been discovered, and they are found at the end of the Bible in the often-neglected book of Revelation. We need these letters: letters written to unique churches with unique challenges; letters of commendation and correction; letters concerned with the supernatural, not the superficial; every line reflecting the heart of Jesus for his churches, including ours.

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