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PART 5: Nations Access Into
The “New Jerusalem”
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the links below to explore Part 5 of 7 of the New Heaven And
Earth.
1.Nations
Access Into The “New Jerusalem”.
2.Nations
Access To View The Consequence Of Sin Against God.
Nations
Access Into The “New Jerusalem”.
In Revelation 21 verses 24 - 26, the gates of the “New Jerusalem” will
not be shut in order to allow continuous traffic of nations of natural human
beings through the city.
Firstly : This traffic is necessary to ensure that
nations can access the “Tree of Life” required to sustain their
immortality.
Secondly: This traffic is necessary for nations to
come and worship Jesus Christ, pledge their loyalty, presents Christ with their
gifts (similar to the present practice of
giving 10% tithe in the house of God) and learn about His laws. The phrase
“…one new moon to another” (i.e beginning of one
month to another) in Isaiah 66 verse
22 – 24 shows that this is a round the clock visit into the city. Due to
the large number of nations involved, this passage is not a suggestion the same
nations will be coming every month, but rather that when a group of nations
comes during a certain month, another set of nations might come in subsequent
months. The reason for saying this lies in the fact that God have always
instituted the practice of people coming to His house. In the old testament, God demanded a
similar visitations from the nation of Israel and Judah every quarter or once
in a year to the old city of Jerusalem. Read I Samuel 15 verse 21, 22, Deuteronomy 16 verse 16; 31 verse 11, I Kings
12 verse 27, Luke 2 verses 41 – 42, John 4 verse 20. In the New testament, God requires believers to come and fellowship
together in His house (or in the physical
church building). During this visit, people are required to give the first
fruits of all their personal gain to the House of God. So the visit of the
nations of the “New Heavens and Earth” into the “New Jerusalem” is a
continuation of this practice. This is because this is a principle established
by God right from the beginning of time and is an everlasting principle. God
always wants His creatures to appreciate Him through their physical presence
and presentation of their material substance (Malachi 3 verse 8 – 12)
Thirdly : This traffic is
necessary to show humanity the consequence of sin which characterised the
existence of natural human beings who lived during the first dispensation.
Hence the nations will be allowed to view the Lake of Fire burning all those who rejects God or disobeys His laws
during their life time. Click here to view topical
index
Nations
Access To View The Consequence Of Sin Against God.
According to Isaiah 66 verse 24, during this visit to the “New Jerusalem”, the
nations of the “New Heavens and Earth” will be allowed to see the Lake of fire. This would help to warn
them not to sin against God. These nations will be able to view the eternal
suffering of billions of their ancestors who existed during the first
dispensation of mankind (i.e from the creation of Adam and Eve to the end of the millennial
reign of Christ), but choose not to obey God’s law or accept His provision
of salvation for humanity through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
This will become an eternal deterrent to sin. And this is the reason why
created beings, whether angels, saints or human beings of this era will never
again sin against God. The Bible said that the suffering of these lost souls
will “….be an abhorring unto all flesh”.
In other words, these suffering will be repugnant to the natural human beings
of that era.
Please note that none of God’s
creatures are created as robot, but as free moral agent with a free will to
choose between doing good or evil. Unfortunately because this type of deterrent
did not exist in the past, some of the angels of God choose to rebel against
Him, and multitudes of Human beings have always chosen not to follow God
despite attempts by God to correct them through the Bible.
However the opening of the Lake of fire throughout eternity will prevent any of the new future creatures ever sinning against God. Click here to view topical index