Revelation 21:2

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Revelation 21:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.

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

3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God.

4 ‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”

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Revelation 1:4

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Revelation 1:9

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Revelation 3:12

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Psalms 48:1

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Psalms 48:2

Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.

Psalms 48:3

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Psalms 87:3

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Isaiah 1:21

See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!

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For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

Hebrews 12:22

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Hebrews 13:14

For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.

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And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,

Galatians 4:25

Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.

Galatians 4:26

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Revelation 19:7

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Revelation 19:8

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Psalms 45:10

Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,

Psalms 45:11

and the king will desire your beauty; bow to him, for he is your lord.

Psalms 45:12

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Psalms 45:13

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Psalms 45:14

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Ephesians 5:26

to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,

Ephesians 5:27

and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.

Ephesians 5:30

For we are members of His body.

Ephesians 5:31

“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”

Ephesians 5:32

This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.