Life in the City of God

What if heaven is less about where we are going and more about who we are going to be with? That question sits at the heart of this week’s exploration of Revelation 22, Genesis 2, and Ezekiel 47. Together, these passages paint a breathtaking portrait of life in the city of God as the complete restoration of everything God originally intended for creation. We are not simply escaping a broken world. We are being brought into the fullness of a world made entirely new. The river of life that flowed from Eden, watered the earth, and gave life to all creation is the same river Ezekiel saw flowing from the temple, turning even the toxic and lifeless Dead Sea into fresh, teeming water. That image alone should stop us in our tracks. Where the river flows, everything will live. That is the promise God has been keeping since the very beginning, and it changes how we see the suffering, loss, and hardship we carry right now.