TRUTH LESSONS—LEVEL ONE

LESSON TWENTY-FOUR

A KEY VIEW OF THE NEW TESTAMENT

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THE NEW JERUSALEM

OUTLINE

1. The conclusion of the whole Bible and of the entire divine revelation:
   1. The conclusion of the whole Bible.
   2. The conclusion of the entire divine revelation.
2. God’s work of the new creation in the old creation:
   1. Using the dispensation of the Patriarchs.
   2. Using the dispensation of law.
   3. Using the dispensation of grace.
   4. Using the dispensation of righteousness.
3. God’s work of restoration in the old creation:
   1. Using a short period of insertion.
   2. Through His eternal gospel.
4. The results of God’s work of the new creation and of restoration in the old creation:
   1. Producing the redeemed.
   2. Obtaining the overcomers.
   3. Constituting the New Jerusalem in the millennium.
   4. Producing the priests in the millennium.
   5. Producing the citizens in the millennium.
   6. Perfecting the immature believers.
   7. Purging to produce the people in the new heaven and new earth.
   8. Terminating all the rebellious creatures of the old creation—a secondary result.
   9. Constituting the New Jerusalem in the new heaven and new earth.
5. The new heaven and new earth:
   1. The renewed new universe.
   2. With the new earth as the focus.
6. The New Jerusalem:
   1. Not a physical city.
   2. The crystallized product and masterpiece of God’s work of the new creation throughout the generations.
   3. A composition of the redeemed saints throughout the generations:
      1. The Old Testament saints.
      2. The New Testament believers.
   4. The bride of the Lamb.
   5. The tabernacle of God among men:
      1. The city proper being of pure gold.
      2. The gates being of pearl.
      3. The wall and foundation being of precious stones:
         1. Jasper for the wall.
         2. Precious stones for the foundation.
      4. The Triune God being the temple and the light of the city:
         1. The temple of the city.
         2. The light of the city.
      5. The throne of the Triune God being the center.
      6. The flow of the Triune God being the supply:
         1. Flowing in the middle of the street of pure gold.
         2. Becoming the river of water of life as the saturation.
         3. With the tree of life as the supply.
   6. The mingling of the Triune God with the redeemed tripartite man.
   7. The kings in the holy city and the people around it:
      1. The kings in the holy city.
      2. The people around it.
7. Conclusion.