City of God The New Jerusalem

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The Lamb of God is the light of the city
City of God The New Jerusalem
Built by the Five-Fold Construction Company
Apostles Prophets
Jesus Christ
Rev 2212-16 "Behold, I am coming quickly, and
My reward is with Me, to render to every man
according to what he has done. (13) "I am the
Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the
beginning and the end." (14) Blessed are those
who wash their robes, so that they may have the
right to the tree of life, and may enter by the
gates into the city. (15) Outside are the dogs
and the sorcerers and the immoral persons and the
murderers and the idolaters, and everyone who
loves and practices lying. (16) "I, Jesus, have
sent My angel to testify to you these things for
the churches. I am the root and the descendant of
David, the bright morning star."
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The Ark of the Covenant is the Pattern for the
City of God
Psa 911-2 He that dwelleth in the secret place
of the most High shall abide under the shadow of
the Almighty. (2) I will say of the LORD, He is
my refuge and my fortress my God in him will I
trust.
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The Tabernacle in the Wilderness is the Figure of
the Corporate City of God
Now each individual tent charges up the atmosphere
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Living in the Presence of the Lord
Heb 912-14 and not through the blood of goats
and calves, but through His own blood, He entered
the holy place once for all, having obtained
eternal redemption. (13) For if the blood of
goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer
sprinkling those who have been defiled sanctify
for the cleansing of the flesh, (14) how much
more will the blood of Christ, who through the
eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to
God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to
serve the living God?
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Cleansed Conscience

• The key to having the presence of the Lord is to
  acknowledge the presence
• Conscience must be cleansed by faith in the
  blood of Jesus
• Not through dead works of the flesh
• We are promised that He will never leave nor
  forsake us (Hebrews 135)
• New meaning to do not grieve the Holy Ghost.

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Corporate Presence

• Cleansed conscience creates a heart of praise
• Each saint is an individual ark of the covenant
  and corporately the glory cloud grows
• The presence of the Lord is the key to a holy
  walk.
• Justification by faith alone is a very important
  element in a cleansed conscience

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The Apostles Teaching

• Concerning Scripture
• Concerning Obedience
• Concerning the Word of God the Word of Truth
• Concerning the presence of the Lord
• Concerning the New Covenant
• Concerning the destruction of the Temple
• Concerning the leaven of the Pharisees
• Concerning the strong delusion 2 Thess 211
• Concerning a One Fold Church for the Five Fold
  Ministry

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Concerning Scripture Interpretation
Joh 539-40 "You search the Scriptures because
you think that in them you have eternal life it
is these that testify about Me (40) and you
are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have
life
Luk 2427 Then beginning with Moses and with all
the prophets, He explained to them the things
concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.
Luk 2444-45 Now He said to them, "These are My
words which I spoke to you while I was still with
you, that all things which are written about Me
in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the
Psalms must be fulfilled." (45) Then He opened
their minds to understand the Scriptures,
Rev 53-5 And no one in heaven or on the earth
or under the earth was able to open the book or
to look into it. (4) Then I began to weep
greatly because no one was found worthy to open
the book or to look into it (5) and one of the
elders said to me, "Stop weeping behold, the
Lion that is from the tribe of Judah, the Root of
David, has overcome so as to open the book and
its seven seals."
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Concerning Obedience
Rom 15 through whom we have received grace and
apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith
among all the Gentiles for His name's sake,
Rom 1626 but now is manifested, and by the
Scriptures of the prophets, according to the
commandment of the eternal God, has been made
known to all the nations, leading to obedience of
faith
G5218 hupakoe hoop-ak-o-ay' From G5219 attentive
hearkening, that is, (by implication) compliance
or submission - obedience, (make) obedient, obey
(-ing). The Hearing of faith
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Concerning the Word of God the Word of Truth
Luk 811 "Now the parable is this the seed is
the word of God.
Phi 114 and that most of the brethren, trusting
in the Lord because of my imprisonment, have far
more courage to speak the word of God without
fear.
Col 125 Of this church I was made a minister
according to the stewardship from God bestowed on
me for your benefit, so that I might fully carry
out the preaching of the word of God,
Eph 113 In Him, you also, after listening to
the word of truth, the gospel of your
salvation--having also believed, you were sealed
in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise,
Col 15 because of the hope laid up for you in
heaven, of which you previously heard in the word
of truth, the gospel
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Concerning The New Covenant
Mat 2628 for this is My blood of the covenant,
which is poured out for many for forgiveness of
sins.
Heb 917-18 For a covenant is valid only when
men are dead, for it is never in force while the
one who made it lives. (18) Therefore even the
first covenant was not inaugurated without blood.
Jer 3131-34 "Behold, days are coming," declares
the LORD, "when I will make a new covenant with
the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,
(32) not like the covenant which I made with
their fathers in the day I took them by the hand
to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My
covenant which they broke, although I was a
husband to them," declares the LORD. (33) "But
this is the covenant which I will make with the
house of Israel after those days," declares the
LORD, "I will put My law within them and on their
heart I will write it and I will be their God,
and they shall be My people. (34) "They will
not teach again, each man his neighbor and each
man his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' for
they will all know Me, from the least of them to
the greatest of them," declares the LORD, "for I
will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will
remember no more."
Heb 813 When He said, "A new covenant," He has
made the first obsolete. But whatever is becoming
obsolete and growing old is ready to disappear.
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Concerning the Destruction of the Temple
Mar 131-2 As He was going out of the temple,
one of His disciples said to Him, "Teacher,
behold what wonderful stones and what wonderful
buildings!" (2) And Jesus said to him, "Do you
see these great buildings? Not one stone will be
left upon another which will not be torn down."
Mat 241-2 Jesus came out from the temple and
was going away when His disciples came up to
point out the temple buildings to Him. (2) And
He said to them, "Do you not see all these
things? Truly I say to you, not one stone here
will be left upon another, which will not be torn
down."
Luk 215-6 And while some were talking about the
temple, that it was adorned with beautiful stones
and votive gifts, He said, (6) "As for these
things which you are looking at, the days will
come in which there will not be left one stone
upon another which will not be torn down."
Heb 98 The Holy Spirit is signifying this, that
the way into the holy place has not yet been
disclosed while the outer tabernacle is still
standing,
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Concerning the leaven of the Pharisees
Mat 166 And Jesus said to them, "Watch out and
beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and
Sadducees."
Mat 1612 Then they understood that He did not
say to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the
teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Mar 815 And He was giving orders to them,
saying, "Watch out! Beware of the leaven of the
Pharisees and the leaven of Herod."
Luk 121 Under these circumstances, after so
many thousands of people had gathered together
that they were stepping on one another, He began
saying to His disciples first of all, "Beware of
the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
Phi 32 Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil
workers, beware of the false circumcision
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Concerning the strong delusion 2 Thess 211
2Th 21-12 Now we request you, brethren, with
regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and
our gathering together to Him, (2) that you not
be quickly shaken from your composure or be
disturbed either by a spirit or a message or a
letter as if from us, to the effect that the day
of the Lord has come. (3) Let no one in any way
deceive you, for it will not come unless the
apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness
is revealed, the son of destruction, (4) who
opposes and exalts himself above every so-called
god or object of worship, so that he takes his
seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as
being God. (5) Do you not remember that while I
was still with you, I was telling you these
things? (6) And you know what restrains him
now, so that in his time he will be revealed.
(7) For the mystery of lawlessness is already at
work only he who now restrains will do so until
he is taken out of the way. (8) Then that
lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will
slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an
end by the appearance of His coming (9) that
is, the one whose coming is in accord with the
activity of Satan, with all power and signs and
false wonders, (10) and with all the deception
of wickedness for those who perish, because they
did not receive the love of the truth so as to be
saved. (11) For this reason God will send upon
them a deluding influence so that they will
believe what is false, (12) in order that they
all may be judged who did not believe the truth,
but took pleasure in wickedness.