Monday, November 9, 2009: Genesis 11:4
And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.”
Background: This is about the people who tried to build the Tower of Babel after the flood.
What were they trying to do? The people wanted to reach God in their own power.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009: Hebrews 11:9–10
By faith he (Abraham) dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; for he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
What did Abraham do? Abraham left his city, (Ur) lands and family and went where the Lord told him to go.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009: Hebrews 13:14
For here we have no continuing city, but we seek the one to come.
What would we do if we were nomads? We would travel light.
Thursday, November 12, 2009: Revelation 21:1–2
Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
What is the plan of God? God is building a city that will descend to the new earth, not rise like Babel’s Tower.
Friday, November 13, 2009: Revelation 21:27
But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
Who will inhabit the city? Only believers, purchased by the blood of the Lamb, will enter in.
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