The Holy Scriptures, Old and New Testaments, are the written Word of God, given by divine inspiration through holy men of God who spoke and wrote as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. In this Word, God has committed to man the knowledge necessary for salvation. The Holy Scriptures are the infallible revelation of His will. They are the
standard of character, the test of experience, the authoritative revealer of doctrines, and the trustworthy record of God's acts in history. (
2 Peter 1:20,21 [1];
2 Timothy 3:16,17 [2];
Psalm 119:105 [3];
Proverbs 30:5,6 [4];
Isaiah 8:20 [5];
John 17:17 [6];
1 Thessalonians 2:13 [7];
Hebrews 4:12 [8].
)
There is one God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
a unity of three co-eternal Persons. God is immortal, all-powerful, all-knowing,
above all, and ever present. He is infinite and beyond human comprehension,
yet known through His self-revelation. He is forever worthy of worship,
adoration, and service by the whole creation. (
Deuteronomy 6:4 [9];
Matthew 28:19 [10];
2 Corinthians 13:14 [11];
Ephesians 4:4-6 [12];
1 Peter 1:2 [13];
1 Timothy 1:17 [14];
Revelation 14:7 [15].
)
God the eternal Father is the Creator, Source,
Sustainer, and Sovereign of all creation. He is just and holy, merciful
and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
The qualities and powers exhibited in the Son and the Holy Spirit are also
revelations of the Father. (
Genesis 1:1 [16];
Revelation 4:11 [17];
1 Corinthians 15:28 [18];
John 3:16 [19];
1 John 4:8 [20];
1 Timothy 1:17 [14];
Exodus 34:6,7 [21];
John 14:9 [22].
)
God the eternal Son became incarnate in Jesus Christ.
Through Him all things were created, the character of God is revealed,
the salvation of humanity is accomplished, and the world is judged. Forever
truly God, He became also truly man, Jesus the Christ. He was conceived
of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He lived and experienced
temptation as a human being, but perfectly exemplified the righteousness
and love of God. By His miracles He manifested God's power and was attested
as God's promised Messiah. He suffered and died voluntarily on the cross
for our sins and in our place, was raised from the dead, and ascended to
minister in the heavenly sanctuary in our behalf. He will come again in
glory for the final deliverance of His people and the restoration of all
things. (
John 1:1-3,14 [23];
Colossians 1:15-19 [24];
John 10:30 [25];
John 14:9 [22];
Romans 6:23 [26];
2 Corinthians 5:17-19 [27];
John 5:22 [28];
Luke 1:35 [29];
Phillipians 2:5-11 [30];
Hebrews 2:9-18 [31];
1 Corinthians 15:3,4 [32];
Hebrews 8:1,2 [33];
John 14:1-3 [34].
)
God the eternal Spirit was active with the
Father and the Son in Creation, incarnation, and redemption. He inspired
the writers of Scripture. He filled Christ's life with power. He draws
and convicts human beings; and those who respond He renews and transforms
into the image of God. Sent by the Father and the Son to be always with
His children, He extends spiritual gifts to the church, empowers it to
bear witness to Christ, and in harmony with the Scriptures leads it into
all truth. (
Genesis 1:1,2 [35];
Luke 1:35 [29];
Luke 4:18 [36];
Acts 10:38 [37];
2 Peter 1:21 [38];
2 Corinthians 3:18 [39];
Ephesians 4:11,12 [40];
Acts 1:8 [41];
John 14:16-18,26 [42];
John 15:26,27 [43];
John 16:7-13 [44].
)
God is Creator of all things, and has revealed in
Scripture the authentic account of His creative activity. In six days the
Lord made "the heaven and the earth" and all living things upon
the earth, and rested on the seventh day of that first week. Thus He established
the Sabbath as a perpetual memorial of His completed creative work. The
first man and woman were made in the image of God as the crowning work
of Creation, given dominion over the world, and charged with responsibility
to care for it. When the world was finished it was ``very good,'' declaring
the glory of God. (
Genesis 1:2 [45];
Exodus 20:8-11 [46];
Psalms 19:1-6 [47];
Psalms 33:6,9 [48];
Psalms 104 [49];
Hebrews 11:3 [50].
)
Man and woman were made in the image of
God with individuality, the power and freedom to think and to do. Though
created free beings, each is an indivisible unity of body, mind, and spirit,
dependent upon God for life and breath and all else. When our first parents
disobeyed God, they denied their dependence upon Him and fell from their
high position under God. The image of God in them was marred and they became
subject to death. Their descendants share this fallen nature and its consequences.
They are born with weaknesses and tendencies to evil. But God in Christ
reconciled the world to Himself and by His Spirit restores in penitent
mortals the image of their Maker. Created for the glory of God, they are
called to love Him and one another, and to care for their environment.
(
Genesis 1:26-28 [51];
Genesis 2:7 [52];
Psalms 8:4-8 [53];
Acts 17:24-28 [54];
Genesis 3 [55];
Psalms 51:5 [56];
Romans 5:12-17 [57];
2 Corinthians 5:19,20 [58];
Psalms 51:10 [59];
1 John 4:7,8,11,20 [60];
Genesis 2:15 [61].
)
All humanity is now involved in a great
controversy between Christ and Satan regarding the character of God, His
law, and His sovereignty over the universe. This conflict originated in
heaven when a created being, endowed with freedom of choice, in self-exaltation
became Satan, God's adversary, and led into rebellion a portion of the
angels. He introduced the spirit of rebellion into this world when he led
Adam and Eve into sin. This human sin resulted in the distortion of the
image of God in humanity, the disordering of the created world, and its
eventual devastation at the time of the worldwide flood. Observed by the
whole creation, this world became the arena of the universal conflict,
out of which the God of love will ultimately be vindicated. To assist His
people in this controversy, Christ sends the Holy Spirit and the loyal
angels to guide, protect, and sustain them in the way of salvation. (
Revelation 12:4-9 [62];
Isaiah 14:12-14 [63];
Ezekiel 28:12-18 [64];
Genesis 3 [55];
Romans 1:19-32 [65];
Romans 5:12-21 [66];
Romans 8:19-22 [67];
Genesis 6-8 [68];
2 Peter 3:6 [69];
1 Corinthians 4:9 [70];
Hebrews 1:14 [71].
)
In Christ's life
of perfect obedience to God's will, His suffering, death, and resurrection,
God provided the only means of atonement for human sin, so that those who
by faith accept this atonement may have eternal life, and the whole creation
may better understand the infinite and holy love of the Creator. This perfect
atonement vindicates the righteousness of God's law and the graciousness
of His character; for it both condemns our sin and provides for our forgiveness.
The death of Christ is substitutionary and expiatory, reconciling and transforming.
The resurrection of Christ proclaims God's triumph over the forces of evil,
and for those who accept the atonement assures their final victory over
sin and death. It declares the Lordship of Jesus Christ, before whom every
knee in heaven and on earth will bow. (
John 3:16 [72];
Isaiah 53 [73];
1 Peter 2:21-22 [74];
1 Corinthians 15:3-4,20-22 [75];
2 Corinthians 5:14-15,19-21 [76];
Romans 1:4 [77];
Romans 3:25 [78];
Romans 4:25 [79];
Romans 8:3-4 [80];
1 John 2:2 [81];
1 John 4:10 [82];
Colossians. 2:15 [83];
Phillipians 2:6-11 [84].
)
In infinite love and mercy God
made Christ, who knew no sin, to be sin for us, so that in Him we might
be made the righteousness of God. Led by the Holy Spirit we sense our need,
acknowledge our sinfulness, repent of our transgressions, and exercise
faith in Jesus as Lord and Christ, as Substitute and Example. This faith
which receives salvation comes through the divine power of the Word and
is the gift of God's grace. Through Christ we are justified, adopted as
God's sons and daughters, and delivered from the lordship of sin. Through
the Spirit we are born again and sanctified; the Spirit renews our minds,
writes God's law of love in our hearts, and we are given the power to live
a holy life. Abiding in Him we become partakers of the divine nature and
have the assurance of salvation now and in the judgment. (
2 Corinthians 5:17-21 [85];
John 3:16 [19];
Galatians 1:4 [86];
Galatians 4:4-7 [87];
Titus 3:3-7 [88];
John 16:8 [89];
Galatians 3:13-14 [90];
1 Peter 2:21-22 [91];
Romans 10:17 [92];
Luke 17:5 [93];
Mark 9:23-24 [94];
Ephesians 2:5-10 [95];
Romans 3:21-26 [96];
Colossians 1:13-14 [97];
Romans 8:14-17 [98];
Galatians 3:26 [99];
John 3:3-8 [100];
1 Peter 1:23 [101];
Romans 12:2 [102];
Hebrews 8:7-12 [103];
Ezekiel 36:25-27 [104];
2 Peter 1:3-4 [105];
Romans 8:1-4 [106];
Romans 5:6-10 [107].
)
The church is the community of believers who
confess Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour. In continuity with the people
of God in Old Testament times, we are called out from the world; and we
join together for worship, for fellowship, for instruction in the Word,
for the celebration of the Lord's Supper, for service to all mankind, and
for the worldwide proclamation of the gospel. The church derives its authority
from Christ, who is the incarnate Word, and from the Scriptures, which
are the written Word. The church is God's family; adopted by Him as children,
its members live on the basis of the new covenant. The church is the body
of Christ, a community of faith of which Christ Himself is the Head. The
church is the bride for whom Christ died that He might sanctify and cleanse
her. At His return in triumph, He will present her to Himself a glorious
church, the faithful of all the ages, the purchase of His blood, not having
spot or wrinkle, but holy and without blemish. (
Genesis 12:3 [108];
Acts 7:38 [109];
Ephesians 4:11-15 [110];
Ephesians 3:8-11 [111];
Matthew 28:19-20 [112];
Matthew 16:13-20 [113];
Matthew 18:18 [114];
Ephesians 2:19-22 [115];
Ephesians 1:22-23 [116];
Ephesians 5:23-27 [117];
Colossians 1:17-18 [118].
)
The universal church is composed
of all who truly believe in Christ, but in the last days, a time of widespread
apostasy, a remnant has been called out to keep the commandments of God
and the faith of Jesus. This remnant announces the arrival of the judgment
hour, proclaims salvation through Christ, and heralds the approach of His
second advent. This proclamation is symbolized by the three angels of Revelation
14; it coincides with the work of judgment in heaven and results in a work
of repentance and reform on earth. Every believer is called to have a personal
part in this worldwide witness. (
Revelation 12:17 [119];
Revelation 14:6-12 [120];
Revelation 18:1-4 [121];
2 Corinthians 5:10 [122];
Jude 3, 14 [123];
1 Peter 1:16-19 [124];
2 Peter 3:10-14 [125];
Revelation 21:1-14 [126].
)
The church is one body with
many members, called from every nation, kindred, tongue, and people. In
Christ we are a new creation; distinctions of race, culture, learning,
and nationality, and differences between high and low, rich and poor, male
and female, must not be divisive among us. We are all equal in Christ,
who by one Spirit has bonded us into one fellowship with Him and with one
another; we are to serve and be served without partiality or reservation.
Through the revelation of Jesus Christ in the Scriptures we share the same
faith and hope, and reach out in one witness to all. This unity has its
source in the oneness of the triune God, who has adopted us as His children.
(
Romans 12:4-5 [127];
1 Corinthians 12:12-14 [128];
Matthew 28:19-20 [112];
Psalms 133:1 [129];
2 Corinthians 5:16-17 [130];
Acts 17:26-27 [131];
Galatians 3:27-29 [132];
Colosians 3:10-15 [133];
Ephesians 4:14-16 [134];
Ephesians 4:1-6 [135];
John 17:20-23 [136].
)
By baptism we confess our faith in the death and
resurrection of Jesus Christ, and testify of our death to sin and of our
purpose to walk in newness of life. Thus we acknowledge Christ as Lord
and Saviour, become His people, and are received as members by His church.
Baptism is a symbol of our union with Christ, the forgiveness of our sins,
and our reception of the Holy Spirit. It is by immersion in water and is
contingent on an affirmation of faith in Jesus and evidence of repentance
of sin. It follows instruction in the Holy Scriptures and acceptance of
their teachings. (
Romans 6:1-6 [137];
Colossians 2:12, 13 [138];
Acts 16:30-33 [139];
Acts 22:16 [140];
Acts 2:38 [141];
Matthew 28:19, 20 [112].
)
The Lord's Supper is a participation in
the emblems of the body and blood of Jesus as an expression of faith in
Him, our Lord and Saviour. In this experience of communion Christ is present
to meet and strengthen His people. As we partake, we joyfully proclaim
the Lord's death until He comes again. Preparation for the Supper includes
self-examination, repentance, and confession. The Master ordained the service
of foot washing to signify renewed cleansing, to express a willingness
to serve one another in Christlike humility, and to unite our hearts in
love. The communion service is open to all believing Christians. (
1 Corinthians 10:16, 17 [142];
1 Corinthians 11:23-30 [143];
Matthew 26:17-30 [144];
Revelation 3:20 [145];
John 6:48-63 [146];
John 13:1-17 [147].
)
God bestows upon all members
of His church in every age spiritual gifts which each member is to employ
in loving ministry for the common good of the church and of humanity. Given
by the agency of the Holy Spirit, who apportions to each member as He wills,
the gifts provide all abilities and ministries needed by the church to
fulfill its divinely ordained functions. According to the Scriptures, these
gifts include such ministries as faith, healing, prophecy, proclamation,
teaching, administration, reconciliation, compassion, and self-sacrificing
service and charity for the help and encouragement of people. Some members
are called of God and endowed by the Spirit for functions recognized by
the church in pastoral, evangelistic, apostolic, and teaching ministries
particularly needed to equip the members for service, to build up the church
to spiritual maturity, and to foster unity of the faith and knowledge of
God. When members employ these spiritual gifts as faithful stewards of
God's varied grace, the church is protected from the destructive influence
of false doctrine, grows with a growth that is from God, and is built up
in faith and love. (
Romans 12:4-8 [148];
1 Corinthians 12:9-11, 27, 28 [149];
Ephesians 4:8, 11-16 [150];
Acts 6:1-7 [151];
1 Timothy 3:1-13 [152];
1 Peter 4:10, 11 [153].
)
One of the gifts of the Holy Spirit
is prophecy. This gift is an identifying mark of the remnant church and
was manifested in the ministry of Ellen G. White. As the Lord's messenger,
her writings are a continuing and authoritative source of truth which provide
for the church comfort, guidance, instruction, and correction. They also
make clear that the Bible is the standard by which all teaching and experience
must be tested. (
Joel 2:28, 29 [154];
Acts 2:14-21 [155];
Hebrews 1:1-3 [156];
Revelation 12:17 [119];
Revelation 19:10 [157].
)
The great principles of God's law are embodied
in the Ten Commandments and exemplified in the life of Christ. They express
God's love, will, and purposes concerning human conduct and relationships
and are binding upon all people in every age. These precepts are the basis
of God's covenant with His people and the standard in God's judgment. Through
the agency of the Holy Spirit they point out sin and awaken a sense of
need for a Saviour. Salvation is all of grace and not of works, but its
fruitage is obedience to the Commandments. This obedience develops Christian
character and results in a sense of well-being. It is an evidence of our
love for the Lord and our concern for our fellow men. The obedience of
faith demonstrates the power of Christ to transform lives, and therefore
strengthens Christian witness. (
Exodus 20:1-17 [158];
Psalm 40:7, 8 [159];
Matthew 22:36-40 [160];
Deuteronomy 28:1-14 [161];
Matthew 5:17-20 [162];
Hebrews 8:8-10 [163];
John 15:7-10 [164];
Ephesians 2:8-10 [165];
1 John 5:3 [166];
Romans 8:3, 4 [167];
Psalm 19:7-14 [168].
)
The beneficent Creator, after the six days of
Creation, rested on the seventh day and instituted the Sabbath for all
people as a memorial of Creation. The fourth commandment of God's unchangeable
law requires the observance of this seventh-day Sabbath as the day of rest,
worship, and ministry in harmony with the teaching and practice of Jesus,
the Lord of the Sabbath. The Sabbath is a day of delightful communion with
God and one another. It is a symbol of our redemption in Christ, a sign
of our sanctification, a token of our allegiance, and a foretaste of our
eternal future in God's kingdom. The Sabbath is God's perpetual sign of
His eternal covenant between Him and His people. Joyful observance of this
holy time from evening to evening, sunset to sunset, is a celebration of
God's creative and redemptive acts. (
Genesis 2:1-3 [169];
Exodus 20:8-11 [46];
Luke 4:16 [170];
Isaiah 56:5, 6 [171];
Isaiah 58:13, 14 [172];
Matthew 12:1-12 [173];
Exodus 31:13-17 [174];
Ezekiel 20:12, 20 [175];
Deuteronomy 5:12-15 [176];
Hebrews 4:1-11 [177];
Leviticus 23:32 [178];
Mark 1:32 [179].
)
We are God's stewards, entrusted by Him with
time and opportunities, abilities and possessions, and the blessings of
the earth and its resources. We are responsible to Him for their proper
use. We acknowledge God's ownership by faithful service to Him and our
fellow men, and by returning tithes and giving offerings for the proclamation
of His gospel and the support and growth of His church. Stewardship is
a privilege given to us by God for nurture in love and the victory over
selfishness and covetousness. The steward rejoices in the blessings that
come to others as a result of his faithfulness. (
Genesis 1:26-28 [51];
Genesis 2:15 [61];
1 Chronicles 29:14 [180];
Haggai 1:3-11 [181];
Malachi 3:8-12 [182];
1 Corinthians 9:9-14 [183];
Matthew 23:23 [184];
2 Corinthians 8:1-15 [185];
Romans 15:26, 27 [186].
)
We are called to be a godly people who
think, feel, and act in harmony with the principles of heaven. For the
Spirit to recreate in us the character of our Lord we involve ourselves
only in those things which will produce Christlike purity, health, and
joy in our lives. This means that our amusement and entertainment should
meet the highest standards of Christian taste and beauty. While recognizing
cultural differences, our dress is to be simple, modest, and neat, befitting
those whose true beauty does not consist of outward adornment but in the
imperishable ornament of a gentle and quiet spirit. It also means that
because our bodies are the temples of the Holy Spirit, we are to care for
them intelligently. Along with adequate exercise and rest, we are to adopt
the most healthful diet possible and abstain from the unclean foods identified
in the Scriptures. Since alcoholic beverages, tobacco, and the irresponsible
use of drugs and narcotics are harmful to our bodies, we are to abstain
from them as well. Instead, we are to engage in whatever brings our thoughts
and bodies into the discipline of Christ, who desires our wholesomeness,
joy, and goodness. (
Romans 12:1, 2 [187];
1 John 2:6 [188];
Ephesians 5:1-21 [189];
Philippians 4:8 [190];
2 Corinthians 10:5 [191];
2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1 [192];
1 Peter 3:1-4 [193];
1 Corinthians 6:19, 20 [194];
1 Corinthians 10:31 [195];
Leviticus 11:1-47 [196];
3 John 2 [197].
)
Marriage was divinely established
in Eden and affirmed by Jesus to be a lifelong union between a man and
a woman in loving companionship. For the Christian a marriage commitment
is to God as well as to the spouse, and should be entered into only between
partners who share a common faith. Mutual love, honor, respect, and responsibility
are the fabric of this relationship, which is to reflect the love, sanctity,
closeness, and permanence of the relationship between Christ and His church.
Regarding divorce, Jesus taught that the person who divorces a spouse,
except for fornication, and marries another, commits adultery. Although
some family relationships may fall short of the ideal, marriage partners
who fully commit themselves to each other in Christ may achieve loving
unity through the guidance of the Spirit and the nurture of the church.
God blesses the family and intends that its members shall assist each other
toward complete maturity. Parents are to bring up their children to love
and obey the Lord. By their example and their words they are to teach them
that Christ is a loving disciplinarian, ever tender and caring, who wants
them to become members of His body, the family of God. Increasing family
closeness is one of the earmarks of the final gospel message. (
Genesis 2:18-25 [198];
Matthew 19:3-9 [199];
John 2:1-11 [200];
2 Corinthians 6:14 [201];
Ephesians 5:21-33 [202];
Matthew 5:31, 32 [203];
Mark 10:11, 12 [204];
Luke 16:18 [205];
1 Corinthians 7:10, 11 [206];
Exodus 20:12 [207];
Ephesians 6:1-4 [208];
Deuteronomy 6:5-9 [209];
Proverbs 22:6 [210];
Malachi 4:5, 6 [211].
)
There is a sanctuary
in heaven, the true tabernacle which the Lord set up and not man. In it
Christ ministers on our behalf, making available to believers the benefits
of His atoning sacrifice offered once for all on the cross. He was inaugurated
as our great High Priest and began His intercessory ministry at the time
of His ascension. In 1844, at the end of the prophetic period of 2300 days,
He entered the second and last phase of His atoning ministry. It is a work
of investigative judgment which is part of the ultimate disposition of
all sin, typified by the cleansing of the ancient Hebrew sanctuary on the
Day of Atonement. In that typical service the sanctuary was cleansed with
the blood of animal sacrifices, but the heavenly things are purified with
the perfect sacrifice of the blood of Jesus. The investigative judgment
reveals to heavenly intelligences who among the dead are asleep in Christ
and therefore, in Him, are deemed worthy to have part in the first resurrection.
It also makes manifest who among the living are abiding in Christ, keeping
the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus, and in Him, therefore,
are ready for translation into His everlasting kingdom. This judgment vindicates
the justice of God in saving those who believe in Jesus. It declares that
those who have remained loyal to God shall receive the kingdom. The completion
of this ministry of Christ will mark the close of human probation before
the Second Advent. (
Hebrews 8:1-5 [212];
Hebrews 4:14-16 [213];
Hebrews 9:11-28 [214];
Hebrews 10:19-22 [215];
Hebrews 1:3 [216];
Hebrews 2:16, 17 [217];
Daniel 7:9-27 [218];
Daniel 8:13, 14 [219];
Daniel 9:24-27 [220];
Numbers 14:34 [221];
Ezekiel 4:6 [222];
Leviticus 16 [223];
Revelation 14:6, 7 [224];
Revelation 20:12 [225];
Revelation 14:12 [226];
Revelation 22:12 [227].
)
The second coming of Christ
is the blessed hope of the church, the grand climax of the gospel. The
Saviour's coming will be literal, personal, visible, and worldwide. When
He returns, the righteous dead will be resurrected, and together with the
righteous living will be glorified and taken to heaven, but the unrighteous
will die. The almost complete fulfillment of most lines of prophecy, together
with the present condition of the world, indicates that Christ's coming
is imminent. The time of that event has not been revealed, and we are therefore
exhorted to be ready at all times. (
Titus 2:13 [228];
Hebrews 9:28 [229];
John 14:1-3 [34];
Acts 1:9-11 [230];
Matthew 24:14 [231];
Revelation 1:7 [232];
Matthew 24:43, 44 [233];
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 [234];
1 Corinthians 15:51-54 [235];
2 Thessalonians 1:7-10 [236];
2 Thessalonians 2:8 [237];
Revelation 14:14-20 [238];
Revelation 19:11-21 [239];
Matthew 24 [240];
Mark 13 [241];
Luke 21 [242];
2 Timothy 3:1-5 [243];
1 Thessalonians 5:1-6 [244].
)
The wages of sin is death. But God,
who alone is immortal, will grant eternal life to His redeemed. Until that
day death is an unconscious state for all people. When Christ, who is our
life, appears, the resurrected righteous and the living righteous will
be glorified and caught up to meet their Lord. The second resurrection,
the resurrection of the unrighteous, will take place a thousand years later.
(
Romans 6:23 [26];
1 Timothy 6:15, 16 [245];
Ecclesiastes 9:5, 6 [246];
Psalm 146:3, 4 [247];
John 11:11-14 [248];
Colossians 3:4 [249];
1 Corinthians 15:51-54 [235];
1 Thessalonians 4:13-17 [250];
John 5:28, 29 [251];
Revelation 20:1-10 [252].
)
The millennium is the
thousand-year reign of Christ with His saints in heaven between the first
and second resurrections. During this time the wicked dead will be judged;
the earth will be utterly desolate, without living human inhabitants, but
occupied by Satan and his angels. At its close Christ with His saints and
the Holy City will descend from heaven to earth. The unrighteous dead will
then be resurrected, and with Satan and his angels will surround the city;
but fire from God will consume them and cleanse the earth. The universe
will thus be freed of sin and sinners forever. (
Revelation 20 [253];
1 Corinthians 6:2, 3 [254];
Jeremiah 4:23-26 [255];
Revelation 21:1-5 [256];
Malachi 4:1 [257];
Ezekiel 28:18, 19 [258].
)
On the new earth, in which righteousness dwells,
God will provide an eternal home for the redeemed and a perfect environment
for everlasting life, love, joy, and learning in His presence. For here
God Himself will dwell with His people, and suffering and death will have
passed away. The great controversy will be ended, and sin will be no more.
All things, animate and inanimate, will declare that God is love; and He
shall reign forever. Amen. (
2 Peter 3:13 [259];
Isaiah 35 [260];
Isaiah 65:17-25 [261];
Matthew 5:5 [262];
Revelation 21:1-7 [263];
Revelation 22:1-5 [264];
Revelation 11:15 [265].
)
Links:
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[2] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=2-Timothy+3:16-17
[3] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Psalm+119:105
[4] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Proverbs+30:5-6
[5] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Isaiah+8:20
[6] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=John+17:17
[7] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=1-Thessalonians+2:13
[8] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Hebrews+4:12
[9] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Deuteronomy+6:4
[10] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Matthew+28:19
[11] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=2-Corinthians+13:14
[12] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Ephesians+4:4-6
[13] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=1-Peter+1:2
[14] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=1-Timothy+1:17
[15] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Revelation+14:7
[16] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Genesis+1:1
[17] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Revelation+4:11
[18] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=1-Corinthians+15:28
[19] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=John+3:16
[20] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=1-John+4:8
[21] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Exodus+34:6-7
[22] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=John+14:9
[23] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=John+1:1-3,14
[24] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Colossians+1:15-19
[25] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=John+10:30
[26] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Romans+6:23
[27] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=2-Corinthians+5:17-19
[28] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=John+5:22
[29] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Luke+1:35
[30] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Phillipians+2:5-11
[31] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Hebrews+2:9-18
[32] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=1-Corinthians+15:3,4
[33] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Hebrews+8:1,2
[34] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=John+14:1-3
[35] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Genesis+1:1,2
[36] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Luke+4:18
[37] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Acts+10:38
[38] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=2-Peter+1:21
[39] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=2-Corinthians+3:18
[40] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Ephesians+4:11,12
[41] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Acts+1:8
[42] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=John+14:16-18,26
[43] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=John+15:26,27
[44] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=John+16:7-13
[45] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Genesis+1:2
[46] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Exodus+20:8-11
[47] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Psalms+19:1-6
[48] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Psalms+33:6,9
[49] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Psalms+104
[50] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Hebrews+11:3
[51] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Genesis+1:26-28
[52] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Genesis+2:7
[53] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Psalms+8:4-8
[54] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Acts+17:24-28
[55] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Genesis+3
[56] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Psalms+51:5
[57] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Romans+5:12-17
[58] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=2-Corinthians+5:19,20
[59] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Psalms+51:10
[60] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=1-John+4:7,8,11,20
[61] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Genesis+2:15
[62] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Revelation+12:4-9
[63] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Isaiah+14:12-14
[64] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Ezekiel+28:12-18
[65] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Romans+1:19-32
[66] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Romans+5:12-21
[67] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Romans+8:19-22
[68] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Genesis+6-8
[69] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=2-Peter+3:6
[70] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=1-Corinthians+4:9
[71] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Hebrews+1:14
[72] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=john+3:16
[73] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Isaiah+53
[74] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=1-peter+2:21-22
[75] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=1-corinthians+15:3-4,20-22
[76] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=2-corinthians+5:14-15,19-21
[77] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=romans+1:4
[78] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=romans+3:25
[79] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=romans+4:25
[80] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=romans+8:3-4
[81] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=1-john+2:2
[82] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=1-john+4:10
[83] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=colossians+2:15
[84] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=phillipians+2:6-11
[85] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=2-Corinthians+5:17-21
[86] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Galatians+1:4
[87] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Galatians+4:4-7
[88] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Titus+3:3-7
[89] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=John+16:8
[90] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Galatians+3:13-14
[91] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=1-Peter+2:21-22
[92] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Romans+10:17
[93] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Luke+17:5
[94] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Mark+9:23-24
[95] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Ephesians+2:5-10
[96] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Romans+3:21-26
[97] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Colossians+1:13-14
[98] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Romans+8:14-17
[99] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Galatians+3:26
[100] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=John+3:3-8
[101] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=1-Peter+1:23
[102] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Romans+12:2
[103] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Hebrews+8:7-12
[104] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Ezekiel+36:25-27
[105] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=2-Peter+1:3-4
[106] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Romans+8:1-4
[107] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Romans+5:6-10
[108] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Genesis+12:3
[109] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Acts+7:38
[110] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Ephesians+4:11-15
[111] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Ephesians+3:8-11
[112] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Matthew+28:19-20
[113] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Matthew+16:13-20
[114] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Matthew+18:18
[115] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Ephesians+2:19-22
[116] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Ephesians+1:22-23
[117] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Ephesians+5:23-27
[118] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Colossians+1:17-18
[119] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Revelation+12:17
[120] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Revelation+14:6-12
[121] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Revelation+18:1-4
[122] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=2-Corinthians+5:10
[123] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Jude+3-14
[124] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=1-Peter+1:16-19
[125] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=2-Peter+3:10-14
[126] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Revelation+21:1-14
[127] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Romans+12:4-5
[128] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=1-Corinthians+12:12-14
[129] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Psalms+133:1
[130] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=2-Corinthians+5:16-17
[131] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Acts+17:26-27
[132] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Galatians+3:27-29
[133] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Colosians+3:10-15
[134] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Ephesians+4:14-16
[135] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Ephesians+4:1-6
[136] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=John+17:20-23
[137] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Romans+6:1-6
[138] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Colossians+2:12-13
[139] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Acts+16:30-33
[140] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Acts+22:16
[141] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Acts+2:38
[142] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=1-Corinthians+10:16-17
[143] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=1-Corinthians+11:23-30
[144] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Matthew+26:17-30
[145] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Revelation+3:20
[146] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=John+6:48-63
[147] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=John+13:1-17
[148] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Romans+12:4-8
[149] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=1-Corinthians+12:9-11,27,28
[150] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Ephesians+4:8-16
[151] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Acts+6:1-7
[152] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=1-Timothy+3:1-13
[153] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=1-Peter+4:10-11
[154] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Joel+2:28-29
[155] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Acts+2:14-21
[156] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Hebrews+1:1-3
[157] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Revelation+19:10
[158] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Exodus+20:1-17
[159] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Psalm+40:7-8
[160] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Matthew+22:36-40
[161] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Deuteronomy+28:1-14
[162] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Matthew+5:17-20
[163] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Hebrews+8:8-10
[164] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=John+15:7-10
[165] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Ephesians+2:8-10
[166] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=1-John+5:3
[167] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Romans+8:3-4
[168] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Psalm+19:7-14
[169] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Genesis+2:1-3
[170] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Luke+4:16
[171] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Isaiah+56:5, 6
[172] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Isaiah+58:13-14
[173] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Matthew+12:1-12
[174] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Exodus+31:13-17
[175] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Ezekiel+20:12,20
[176] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Deuteronomy+5:12-15
[177] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Hebrews+4:1-11
[178] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Leviticus+23:32
[179] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Mark+1:32
[180] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=1-Chronicles+29:14
[181] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Haggai+1:3-11
[182] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Malachi+3:8-12
[183] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=1-Corinthians+9:9-14
[184] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Matthew+23:23
[185] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=2-Corinthians+8:1-15
[186] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Romans+15:26-27
[187] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Romans+12:1-2
[188] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=1-John+2:6
[189] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Ephesians+5:1-21
[190] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Philippians+4:8
[191] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=2-Corinthians+10:5
[192] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=2-Corinthians+6:14-7:1
[193] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=1-Peter+3:1-4
[194] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=1-Corinthians+6:19, 20
[195] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=1-Corinthians+10:31
[196] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Leviticus+11:1-47
[197] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=3-John+2
[198] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Genesis+2:18-25
[199] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Matthew+19:3-9
[200] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=John+2:1-11
[201] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=2-Corinthians+6:14
[202] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Ephesians+5:21-33
[203] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Matthew+5:31-32
[204] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Mark+10:11-12
[205] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Luke+16:18
[206] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=1-Corinthians+7:10, 11
[207] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Exodus+20:12
[208] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Ephesians+6:1-4
[209] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Deuteronomy+6:5-9
[210] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Proverbs+22:6
[211] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Malachi+4:5-6
[212] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Hebrews+8:1-5
[213] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Hebrews+4:14-16
[214] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Hebrews+9:11-28
[215] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Hebrews+10:19-22
[216] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Hebrews+1:3
[217] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Hebrews+2:16, 17
[218] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Daniel+7:9-27
[219] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Daniel+8:13, 14
[220] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Daniel+9:24-27
[221] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Numbers+14:34
[222] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Ezekiel+4:6
[223] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Leviticus+16
[224] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Revelation+14:6, 7
[225] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Revelation+20:12
[226] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Revelation+14:12
[227] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Revelation+22:12
[228] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Titus+2:13
[229] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Hebrews+9:28
[230] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Acts+1:9-11
[231] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Matthew+24:14
[232] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Revelation+1:7
[233] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Matthew+24:43-44
[234] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=1-Thessalonians+4:13-18
[235] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=1-Corinthians+15:51-54
[236] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=2-Thessalonians+1:7-10
[237] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=2-Thessalonians+2:8
[238] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Revelation+14:14-20
[239] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Revelation+19:11-21
[240] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Matthew+24
[241] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Mark+13
[242] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Luke+21
[243] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=2-Timothy+3:1-5
[244] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=1-Thessalonians+5:1-6
[245] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=1-Timothy+6:15, 16
[246] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Ecclesiastes+9:5, 6
[247] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Psalm+146:3-4
[248] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=John+11:11-14
[249] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Colossians+3:4
[250] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=1-Thessalonians+4:13-17
[251] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=John+5:28-29
[252] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Revelation+20:1-10
[253] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Revelation+20
[254] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=1-Corinthians+6:2-3
[255] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Jeremiah+4:23-26
[256] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Revelation+21:1-5
[257] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Malachi+4:1
[258] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Ezekiel+28:18-19
[259] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=2-Peter+3:13
[260] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Isaiah+35
[261] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Isaiah+65:17-25
[262] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Matthew+5:5
[263] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Revelation+21:1-7
[264] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Revelation+22:1-5
[265] http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Revelation+11:15