15 Bible Verses about Land, Spiritual Aspects Of

For the eager expectation of the creation is waiting for the revelation of the children of God. For the creation was made subject to vanity, not voluntarily, but by him who made it subject,

"After this will I return, and build again the tabernacle of David, that is fallen; and re-edify what hath been dug up from the foundation, and will set it upright again: that the residue of men may diligently seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles, among whom my name is invoked, even among them, saith the Lord, who doth all these things."

in hope that the same creation shall be emancipated from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

"Tell the daughter of Sion, Lo! thy King cometh to thee, meek, and sitting on an ass, even on a foal the ass's colt."

"Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on the foal of an ass."

But we expect according to his promise new heavens and a new earth in which dwelleth righteousness.

AND I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, descending from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, Behold the tabernacle of God is with men, and he shall pitch his tent with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, their own God.read more.
And God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more; nor shall mourning, nor crying, nor toil be any more: because the former things are passed away.

AND he shewed me a clear river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the midst of the street of it, even on this side, and on that of the river, grew the tree of life, producing twelve crops of fruit, and ripening its fruit in succession every month; and the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. And no accursed thing is there any more; and the throne of God and of the Lamb are in it, and his servants will pay divine worship to him.read more.
And they shall see his face; and his name shall be on their foreheads. And there shall be no night there, and they have no need of a lamp, or the light of the sun; because the Lord God illumines them: and they shall reign for ever and ever.

All these died in faith, not having received the promises, but beholding them at a great distance, though believing and embracing them, and confessing that they were strangers and sojourners in the land. Now they who speak thus, shew evidently that they are in earnest search of their native country. And if indeed they had fixed their minds on that from whence they had gone forth, they might have had opportunity to go back to it again.read more.
But now their longing desires are after a better country, that is, the heavenly one: wherefore God is not ashamed of them to be called their God: for he hath prepared a city for them.

Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

But if children, then heirs; heirs indeed of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be we suffer with him, that we may also together with him be glorified.

He that hath ears, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches, To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

He that overcometh shall inherit all things, and I will be to him a God, and he shall be to me a son.

And Jesus said to him. Verily I say unto thee, To-day thou shalt be with me in paradise.

IT is not expedient doubtless for me to boast. I will yet come to visions and revelations of the Lord. I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body I know not, or whether out of the body I know not: God knoweth;) such a one was caught up unto the third heavens. And I knew such a man, (whether in the body or out of the body I know not: God knoweth,)read more.
that he was caught up into paradise, and heard ineffable words, which it is not permitted to man to speak.