The New Heaven & New Earth - Looking for hope by looking back before sin’s curse and looking ahead after sin’s curse.

I. The Stone Onyx (follow the stone) 1. The Garden of Eden - Genesis 2:11-12; Ezekiel 28:11-19 2. The Temple of Jerusalem - Exodus 28:9-12 3. The Foundation of the New Jerusalem (only NT use) - Revelation 21:10-21 4. The Place of innocence; Place of presence; Place of perfection – God dwelling with Man

II. The Tree of Life (follow the tree) 1. The Garden of Eden - Genesis 2:9-14 (access granted) 2. The Garden of Eden - Genesis 3:20-24(access denied) 3. The Church at Ephesus - Revelation 2:1-7 (promise of access revealed as tree is relocated) 4. The New Jerusalem - Revelation 22:1-5; Ezekiel 47:7-12*; Revelation 22:12-14; Revelation 22:17-21