Extreme Destinies

Two extreme destinies are described in Revelation 21.

The new Jerusalem comes from heaven. Prepared as a bride for her husband. God's dwelling place with man. He will comfort them. No more death. No mourning. No crying. No pain. All things are new. The thirst will be satisfied. The victor will inherit.

The new Jerusalem radiates like crystal. 12 gates. 12 angels. Names of 12 tribes. 12 foundations with the names of 12 Apostles. Jasper walls. City of pure gold. Foundations of the wall adorned with jewels. 12 gates each made of one pearl. Streets of pure gold, transparent like glass. No temple, because God and the Lamb are there. No sun or moon, because God's glory illuminates it. No night. The kings of the nations bring their glory into it. Nothing unclean.

"But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters and liars, their portion shall be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death" (v 8).

What a contrast!

And the deciding factor is found at the end of the chapter. "Only those written in the Lamb's book of life" are allowed into the new Jerusalem (v 27).

The life goal of every person should be to figure out how to get written in that book. It has eternal consequences. Either eternity in the new Jerusalem with all its glory in the presence of God. Or all eternity in the lake of fire.

Every person should make it their goal to find out how to be written in the Lamb's book of life.

Every one who knows that answer should make it their goal to tell others.