“Abraham was waiting for the city which God has designed and built, the city with permanent foundations” (Hebrews 11:10 GNT).
Today, we have come to that City of God with permanent foundations, as it is written: “But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels” (Hebrews 12:22).
When we come to the Bible we have come to the City of the living God, where God Himself dwells. God dwells in His Word, as John wrote: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1).
That’s why Jesus says, “Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works” (John 14:10).
The psalmist says, “Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in His holy mountain. Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion on the sides of the north, the city of the great King” (Psalm 48:1-2).
That elevated holy mountain is the Word of God, the Word we read in the Bible, God has highly elevated His Word and given Him a name, “that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow” (Philippians 2:10).
The Bible is the mountain of the Temple of God. Isaiah says, “In days to come the mountain where the Temple stands will be the highest one of all, towering above all the hills. Many nations will come streaming to it” (Isaiah 2:2 GNT).
Scripture is that highest One among us. God has put all things under the authority of the Scripture, and made the Bible the dwelling place of God. The Word is “that great city, the holy Jerusalem” (Revelation 21:10).
God wants us to come to the Bible and receive freedom. Scripture says, “For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be deliverance, As the Lord has said, among the remnant whom the Lord calls” (Joel 2:32).
Apostle Paul wrote that the children of God are “built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone” (Ephesians 2:20). Do you see the permanent foundation?
Paul says, “Built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets.” Jesus Christ Himself is the foundation, and the joyful gathering place of God’s children, which is that City designed and built by God (see Hebrews 12:23-24).
Every Word in the Bible came out from the Father. God Himself is the source of all Scripture. The Word is that great City that descended from God, the New Jerusalem, which is the Bride, the wife of the Lamb (see Revelation 21:2).
The Holy Bible is that Holy City, heavenly Jerusalem, which is God’s home among His people. Jesus says, “Do your best to go in through the narrow door; because many people will surely try to go in but will not be able” (Luke 13:24 GNT).
PRAYER
Lord Jesus, bring me to the Bible City so that I will dwell in your house forever. Amen.
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