Our heavenly city

By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God. 1

We are foreigners and strangers as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow. 2 For here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for the city that is to come, 3 the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. 4 Our citizenship is in heaven. 5

We fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 6 Look on Zion, the city of our festivals; your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful abode, a tent that will not be moved; its stakes will never be pulled up, nor any of its ropes broken. 7

The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him. 8 No one living in Zion will say, “I am ill”; and the sins of those who dwell there will be forgiven. 9 On no day will its gates ever be shut, for there will be no night there. 10 And the name of the city will be: THE LORD IS THERE. 11

 

1 Heb 11.8-10 2 1Chr 29.15 3 Heb 13.14 4 Heb 12.22 5 Phil 3.20 6 2Cor 4.18 7 Isa 33.20 8 Rev 22.3 9 Isa 33.24 10 Rev 21.25 11 Ezek 48.35