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Descriptions of the New Jerusalem
Promise to Abraham
”And Yahweh said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Now lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward; for all the land which you see, I will give it to you and to your seed forever.“ Genesis 13:14-15 LSB https://bible.com/bible/3345/gen.13.14-15.LSB
”On that day Yahweh cut a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your seed I have given this land, From the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates: the Kenite and the Kenizzite and the Kadmonite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Rephaim and the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Girgashite and the Jebusite.”“ Genesis 15:18-21 LSB https://bible.com/bible/3345/gen.15.18-21.LSB
”By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed by going out to a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was going. By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, fellow heirs of the same promise, for he was looking for the city which has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.“ Hebrews 11:8-10 LSB https://bible.com/bible/3345/heb.11.8-10.LSB
”For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own. And indeed if they had been remembering that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return. But now, they aspire to a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He prepared a city for them.“ Hebrews 11:14-16 LSB https://bible.com/bible/3345/heb.11.14-16.LSB
