OUR HEAVENLY HOME

I. Background
   A. Largest city in the US is Juno AK 3000 square miles
   B. Cities is where most people live
   C. Abraham looked for a city built by God - Heb 11
   D. Heaven is the largest and most beautiful city imaginable - Rev 21 & 22
   E. The Lord went to prepare it for us - Jn 14
   F. There are 3 Heavens in the Bible
      i) the atmosphere around the Earth - Gen 1:20
      ii) where the planets and sun abide - Gen 1:14
      iii) where God lives - Ps 11:4 ; Rev 3:12

II. What Heaven Looks Like
   A. Size 1500 miles long and 1500 miles wide - Rev 21:15-16
      i) 2,250,000 square miles
      ii) the size of over half of the size of the United States
   B. Inside the city
      i) its a holy city because of who lives there ( trinity , angels and the pure people )  - Rev 21:3
      ii) no lies , no death , no sickness , the faithful of all ages
   C. Foundation - Rev 21 : 19-20
      i) Jasper , diamond , emerald , etc.
      ii) 12 layer foundation
   D. Streets of gold - Rev 21:18,21
      i) so pure we can see through it
      ii) it is a gleaming most wonderful - real place
   E. Lamb is the light - Rev 21:11,23
      i) the Lord will be the everlasting light - Isa 60:19
      ii) Heaven is the place God prepared for us - I Cor. 2:9
   F. Tree of Life vs. 2
      i) trees will have 12 fruits and the leaves will heal the nations
      ii) tree moved from Eden to Heaven
   G. River of Life vs. 1-2
      i) flows by the Throne of God
      ii) there is a river whose streams make glad the city of God - Ps 46:4

III. Take Homes
   A. Heaven is God's greatest creation - waiting for us
   B. City built by Jesus by his suffering
   C. We came from God and its his plan for us to return to our home
   D. Most will not go - only those whose names are in the Book of Life