The authorship of the Gospels is a topic that is interesting. There has been much work done on the topic and modern scholarship, at least since the 19th
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There are many cities in the Bible which receive attention. You’ve probably heard of Jericho. The cities connected to Jesus’ birth you’ve also likely heard about. But there is a city which seems to get the most ink, that is the city of Jerusalem. In fact, we see that the Bible ends in a New Jerusalem. What are we to make of this? Is the New Jerusalem better than the old one? How might they be similar?
God’s Blessing to the Church
In the “new heaven” and “new earth,” God will give the blessing of his presence to all those who have faithfully followed the Lamb despite the hardship this has entailed (Rev. 21:1–8; cf. Isa. 65:17; 66:22).
John’s description of this new universe recalls the accounts of creation and of life in the garden in Genesis 1–3, where God spoke directly with the first man and woman (Gen. 2:16–17; Gen. 3:9–19), walked among them (Gen. 3:8), and provided for their every need (Gen. 2:9, 16, 18–25; Gen. 3:21).
1 The most important blessing of the church’s new existence will be its similar experience of the immediate, palpable presence of God. John communicates this reality by describing the new creation in a kaleidoscope of three images: a city, a bride, and God’s “dwelling,” the temple: