• THE WRITER EXHORTS THE PEOPLE TO FOLLOW THE LORD JESUS CHRIST OUT OF THE CITY
  • THERE IS NOT MUCH WE ARE LEAVING BEHIND, LEAVING THE CITY
  • WE ARE TO SEEK THE HEAVENLY CITY THAT IS COMING

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  • Seeking and finding Jesus (by becoming saved) has eternal impact

  • Hebrews 11:16: Those who have faith seek a "better country" today, just as those who had faith in Biblical times did
  • 2 Corinthians 4:18: What is seen by your eyes is temporal (earthly cities); what is unseen is eternal (the forthcoming Heavenly City of New Jerusalem)

  • We will live in The City where the sun never sets, with our friends and family and without pain and sadness, forever

  • As the last verse of "Amazing Grace" says: we'll be rejoicing in God's City just as much in the 10,000th year as on the first day!

  • The saved begin by roaming in a garden but will end in The New City; the ungodly start in a earthly city and will end up outside