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Revelation chapter 21 verse 3

and I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, behold, the dwelling place of God is with man.

He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.

This verse is so important when we think about heaven. So that's what Revelation 21 is, it is a vision of heaven.

And I think if we're not careful, when we think about heaven, we just immediately start

to think about all the stuff in heaven.

Like we even think about, okay, mansions in heaven and what will the streets be like?

What will life be like in this way or that way?

And we start to think about all those details that we really don't have a lot of details about.

But even if we did, the whole point here,

Revelation 21 verse 3, we can't miss it. What makes heaven heaven is that God will be with us perfectly. We will be in his perfect

presence. No more sin. That's what everything that comes after this like

revelation chapter 21 verse 4 he'll wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death

shall be no more and either shall be, mourning or crying or pain anymore.

All these things will be gone, why?

Because God is there in his perfect holiness,

his presence made totally perfect among his people.

That's what makes heaven.

So what we long for in heaven is not stuff,

not like this or that that we're going to look forward to.

Yes, God is going to grant us all kinds of good gifts,

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