The Promised Land is the New Jerusalem, a HEAVENLY Homeland for God’s people.
John 18:36
“Jesus answered, “MY KINGDOM IS NOT AN EARTHLY KINGDOM. If it were, my followers would fight to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish leaders. But MY KINGDOM IS NOT OF THIS WORLD.”
- John 12:25-26 “Those who love their life in this world will lose it. Those who care nothing for their life in this world will keep it for eternity. Anyone who wants to serve me must follow me, because my servants must be where I am. And the Father will honor anyone who serves me.”
Hebrews 11:13-16
“All these people died still believing what God had promised them. They did not receive what was promised, but they saw it all from a distance and welcomed it. They agreed that they were foreigners and nomads here on earth. Obviously people who say such things are looking forward to a country they can call their own. If they had longed for the country they came from, they could have gone back. BUT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A BETTER PLACE, A HEAVENLY HOMELAND. That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.”
Revelation 3:12
“All who are victorious will become pillars in the Temple of my God, and they will never have to leave it. And I will write on them the name of my God, and they will be citizens in THE CITY OF MY GOD—THE NEW JERUSALEM THAT COMES DOWN FROM HEAVEN FROM MY GOD. And I will also write on them my new name.”
- Philippians 3:20-21 “BUT WE ARE CITIZENS OF HEAVEN, WHERE THE LORD JESUS CHRIST LIVES. And we are eagerly waiting for him to return as our Savior. He will take our weak mortal bodies and change them into glorious bodies like his own, using the same power with which he will bring everything under his control.”
John 8:21-24
The Unbelieving People Warned
“Later Jesus said to them again, “I am going away. You will search for me but will die in your sin. you cannot come where i am going.”
The people asked, “Is he planning to commit suicide? What does he mean, ‘You cannot come where I am going’?”
Jesus continued, “You are from below; I AM FROM ABOVE. You belong to this world; I DO NOT. That is why I said that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am who I claim to be, you will die in your sins.”