The Sustaining Hope of Home

God's plan has always been to dwell with his people. The garden of Eden, the tabernacle, the temple, the holy city of Jerusalem, and the New Covenant indwelling of the Holy Spirit of all believers all show God's desire and intent to be with his people, and they all point to this final and ultimate reality in which God will fully dwell with his people in the new Jerusalem, the crown jewel of new creation the OT prophets foretold. All of the covenant promises of God's eternal presence with his people are ultimately fulfilled in the new Jerusalem, which is not just merely a place in the new creation, the new Jerusalem is the new creation and the eternal home of God's people where he will dwell with them in everlasting fullness. It is the completion of what God began in Eden. God longs to be with his people, but the question is do we long to be with him?