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Revelation 21:1-5

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1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.

      

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A Brief Exposition of New Church Doctrine #97

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97. Altogether different, however, are the dogmas or doctrinals of the New Church. These are all essentials, in each of which there is heaven and the Church; and they look to this end, that man may be in the Lord, and the Lord in man, according to His own words in John 14:20; and John 15:4-6. Nothing else than this union constitutes the Christian Church. From these few observations it can be clearly seen what is meant by these words of the Lord's:

He that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And He said unto me, Write, for these words are true and faithful. Revelation 21:5.

  
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