Philippians 3:20
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20 For (A)our citizenship is in heaven, (B)from which we also (C)eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
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Ephesians 2:19
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Christ Our Cornerstone
19 Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,
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Colossians 3:1-3
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Not Carnality but Christ
3 If then you were (A)raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, (B)where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the (C)earth. 3 (D)For you died, (E)and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
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2 Corinthians 4:18-5:1
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18 (A)while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Assurance of the Resurrection
5 For we know that if (B)our earthly [a]house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house (C)not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
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- 2 Corinthians 5:1 Physical body
Hebrews 12:22
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22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels,
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1 Peter 1:3-4
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A Heavenly Inheritance
3 (A)Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who (B)according to His abundant mercy (C)has begotten us again to a living hope (D)through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an inheritance [a]incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, (E)reserved in heaven for you,
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- 1 Peter 1:4 imperishable
2 Peter 3:12-14
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12 (A)looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will (B)be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will (C)melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for (D)new heavens and a (E)new earth in which righteousness dwells.
Be Steadfast
14 Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent (F)to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless;
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Colossians 1:5
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5 because of the hope (A)which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,
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Ephesians 2:6
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6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together (A)in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
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2 Timothy 4:8
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8 Finally, there is laid up for me (A)the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous (B)Judge, will give to me (C)on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.
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2 Corinthians 5:8
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8 We are confident, yes, (A)well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.
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1 Thessalonians 1:10
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10 and (A)to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivers us (B)from the wrath to come.
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Hebrews 10:34-35
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34 for you had compassion on [a]me (A)in my chains, and (B)joyfully accepted the plundering of your [b]goods, knowing that (C)you have a better and an enduring possession for yourselves [c]in heaven. 35 Therefore do not cast away your confidence, (D)which has great reward.
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- Hebrews 10:34 NU the prisoners instead of me in my chains
- Hebrews 10:34 possessions
- Hebrews 10:34 NU omits in heaven
Hebrews 9:28
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28 so (A)Christ was (B)offered once to bear the sins (C)of many. To those who (D)eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.
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Galatians 4:26
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26 but the (A)Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all.
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Titus 2:13
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13 (A)looking for the blessed (B)hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,
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1 Corinthians 1:7
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7 so that you come short in no gift, eagerly (A)waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,
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2 Thessalonians 1:7-8
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7 and to give you who are troubled (A)rest with us when (B)the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, 8 in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Acts 1:11
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11 who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, (A)will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.”
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Matthew 19:21
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21 Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, (A)go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”
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1 Thessalonians 4:16
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16 For (A)the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with (B)the trumpet of God. (C)And the dead in Christ will rise first.
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Luke 14:14
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14 And you will be (A)blessed, because they cannot repay you; for you shall be repaid at the resurrection of the just.”
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Luke 12:32-34
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32 “Do not fear, little flock, for (A)it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. 33 (B)Sell what you have and give (C)alms; (D)provide yourselves money bags which do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches nor moth destroys. 34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
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Matthew 6:19-21
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Lay Up Treasures in Heaven(A)
19 (B)“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; 20 (C)but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
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Isaiah 26:1-2
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A Song of Salvation
26 In (A)that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:
“We have a strong city;
(B)God will appoint salvation for walls and bulwarks.
2 (C)Open the gates,
That the righteous nation which [a]keeps the truth may enter in.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 26:2 Or remains faithful
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