CHAPTER XXII. THE GLORIES OF THE NEW JERUSALEM

1. What seven questions did the Lord ask Job? When did all things in the universe obey divine law? What did God do at that time? How did it affect other worlds?SSP 407.9

2. In what condition was man when God first created him? What did God say? What one thing was to be accomplished by man himself? What was the effect of man’s fall? What took place at the time of the flood? How was the earth watered until the time of the flood? How has it been since?SSP 407.10

3. What did God do when sin filled the earth? Of what was the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah an object lesson? What has there been in the earth since then?SSP 407.11

4. What will take place at the end of the one thousand years? What will the righteous then see? With what people has the name “Jerusalem” been interwoven? What does the name mean? What promise was given? When was the city raised to its highest pinnacle of fame? How has it been degraded?SSP 407.12

5. In whose hands is the city, and what happened there? What will the Lord finally do? What was God’s original plan with the garden of Eden?SSP 408.1

6. What was the privilege of the Jews? What was one reason for Christ ascending to heaven? Where will the New Jerusalem be located? What was Christ’s mission on earth?SSP 408.2

7. What robbed man of the beauties of Eden, and defeated the plan for the Jews? In spite of the delay caused by sin, how will be the final triumph? What does this show?SSP 408.3

8. What, and for how long will be the lesson of the story of Jerusalem? To whom will it be proclaimed? When Jerusalem descends from heaven, how will it be received?SSP 408.4

9. What is proclaimed by Jehovah from heaven? How did God tabernacle with man? How was divinity veiled? How will it be in the New Jerusalem?SSP 408.5

10. How was the story of sin written? What will those who have passed through these experiences sing? Why will there be no more sorrow nor weeping? What can words not express? By whom, and when will this be partially understood?SSP 408.6

11. Who sits as King of kings, and what has been accomplished by Him? Who can better appreciate the kingdom because of sin? In this how is the love and the character of God shown? Who will inherit all these things?SSP 408.7

12. In what way is the earth given to man? Who opened the springs of heaven? What has been a token of this promise, and when will it be fulfilled? What kind of life will the fountains in the new earth give? Who has a pledge that they will drink in the kingdom of God? How was this typified?SSP 408.8

13. What was the Saviour’s promise to the disciples? When was John prepared to appreciate this city? Describe the city. Where were these precious stones at the creation? How did men use them, and what was the result? What story will they tell in their arrangement in the New Jerusalem?SSP 408.9

14. Relate the description of the stones as imagined by some. Of what is the foundation composed, and how is it ornamented? What story will these stones tell? When the glory of Christ and the Father shines upon them, how will they meet the eye of the saints?SSP 408.10

15. What with man partook of the nature of the curse of sin? How will the foundation of the city of God shin What is written on the twelve foundations? How is the difference between human and divine judgment shown? How does the light of Christ’s countenance affect the streets of the city?SSP 408.11

16. How does the city compare with earthly edifices? How many gates to the city? Whose names are written on the gates? Compare the earthly and heavenly pearl. In what order are the redeemed arranged as they enter the city?SSP 408.12

17. What is revealed in the blessings pronounced upon Jacob? When will the undimmed glory of the Father break forth? In what two ways was this typified in the earthly sanctuary? Why? What will be the light of the New Jerusalem?SSP 408.13

18. How is the veiling of God’s glory typified by the sun and moon? What will hide their light in the new earth? What will be caused by the celestial light? Will the light be confined to the city? Why not? Describe the new earth. Who will bring the glory and honor into the city? Why was Christ manifested?SSP 408.14

19. What was the original plan of God, and what has sin done? What is the best the human mind can do? What can the ear of man catch and his eye see? How has God described the other world? What can be said of the glories beyond?SSP 409.1

20. What will those whose names are in the Lamb’s Book of Life receive in the kingdom? When will it be fully known that Christ is the way, the truth, and the life?SSP 409.2