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Ephesians 2:19
So then you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with the saints, and members of God’s household,
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Colossians 3:1-3
So if you have been raised with the Messiah, seek what is above, where the Messiah is, seated at the right hand of God.Set your minds on what is above, not on what is on the earth.For you have died, and your life is hidden with the Messiah in God.
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Hebrews 12:22
Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God( the heavenly Jerusalem), to myriads of angels in festive gathering,
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2 Corinthians 4 18-2 Corinthians 5 1
So we do not focus on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.For we know that if our temporary, earthly dwelling is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal dwelling in the heavens, not made with hands.
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1 Peter 1 3-1 Peter 1 4
Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. According to His great mercy, He has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the deadand into an inheritance that is imperishable, uncorrupted, and unfading, kept in heaven for you.
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Colossians 1:5
because of the hope reserved for you in heaven. You have already heard about this hope in the message of truth, the gospel
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Ephesians 2:6
Together with Christ Jesus He also raised us up and seated us in the heavens,
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2 Peter 3 12-2 Peter 3 14
as you wait for and earnestly desire the coming of the day of God. The heavens will be on fire and be dissolved because of it, and the elements will melt with the heat.But based on His promise, we wait for the new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness will dwell.Therefore, dear friends, while you wait for these things, make every effort to be found at peace with Him without spot or blemish.
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Galatians 4:26
But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
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1 Corinthians 1 7
so that you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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2 Corinthians 5 8
and we are confident and satisfied to be out of the body and at home with the Lord.
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2 Timothy 4 8
There is reserved for me in the future the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on that day, and not only to me, but to all those who have loved His appearing.
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Hebrews 10:34-35
For you sympathized with the prisoners and accepted with joy the confiscation of your possessions, knowing that you yourselves have a better and enduring possession.So don’t throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.
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Matthew 19:21
“ If you want to be perfect,” Jesus said to him,“ go, sell your belongings and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
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1 Thessalonians 1 10
and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead— Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.
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Titus 2:13
while we wait for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.
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Hebrews 9:28
so also the Messiah, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for Him.
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Matthew 6:19-21
“ Don’t collect for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.But collect for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves don’t break in and steal.For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
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Luke 14:14
And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you; for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
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Luke 12:32-34
Don’t be afraid, little flock, because your Father delights to give you the kingdom.Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Make money-bags for yourselves that won’t grow old, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
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Proverbs 15:24
For the discerning the path of life leads upward, so that he may avoid going down to Sheol.
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Isaiah 26:1-2
On that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city. Salvation is established as walls and ramparts.Open the gates so a righteous nation can come in— one that remains faithful.
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Psalms 17:15
But I will see Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied with Your presence.
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Psalms 16:11
You reveal the path of life to me; in Your presence is abundant joy; in Your right hand are eternal pleasures.
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Psalms 73:24-26
You guide me with Your counsel, and afterward You will take me up in glory.Who do I have in heaven but You? And I desire nothing on earth but You.My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart, my portion forever.
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Acts 1:11
They said,“ Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up into heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come in the same way that you have seen Him going into heaven.”
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Philippians 1:10
so that you can approve the things that are superior and can be pure and blameless in the day of Christ,
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2 Thessalonians 1 7-2 Thessalonians 1 8
and to reward with rest you who are afflicted, along with us. This will take place at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with His powerful angels,taking vengeance with flaming fire on those who don’t know God and on those who don’t obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
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1 Thessalonians 4 16
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the archangel’s voice, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
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Revelation 21:10-27
He then carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,arrayed with God’s glory. Her radiance was like a very precious stone, like a jasper stone, bright as crystal.The city had a massive high wall, with 12 gates. Twelve angels were at the gates; the names of the 12 tribes of Israel’s sons were inscribed on the gates.There were three gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three gates on the west.The city wall had 12 foundations, and the 12 names of the Lamb’s 12 apostles were on the foundations.The one who spoke with me had a gold measuring rod to measure the city, its gates, and its wall.The city is laid out in a square; its length and width are the same. He measured the city with the rod at 12,000 stadia. Its length, width, and height are equal.Then he measured its wall, 144 cubits according to human measurement, which the angel used.The building material of its wall was jasper, and the city was pure gold like clear glass.The foundations of the city wall were adorned with every kind of precious stone: the first foundation jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst.The 12 gates are 12 pearls; each individual gate was made of a single pearl. The broad street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.I did not see a sanctuary in it, because the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are its sanctuary.The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, because God’s glory illuminates it, and its lamp is the Lamb.The nations will walk in its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it.Each day its gates will never close because it will never be night there.They will bring the glory and honor of the nations into it.Nothing profane will ever enter it: no one who does what is vile or false, but only those written in the Lamb’s book of life.
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Revelation 1:7
Look! He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, including those who pierced Him. And all the families of the earth will mourn over Him. This is certain. Amen.
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Philippians 1:18-21
What does it matter? Just that in every way, whether out of false motives or true, Christ is proclaimed. And in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will rejoicebecause I know this will lead to my deliverance through your prayers and help from the Spirit of Jesus Christ.My eager expectation and hope is that I will not be ashamed about anything, but that now as always, with all boldness, Christ will be highly honored in my body, whether by life or by death.For me, living is Christ and dying is gain.
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Luke 12:21
“ That’s how it is with the one who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”