For herewe do not havea lastingcity,but we are seeking[the city] which is to come.
"Ariseand go,For thisis noplaceof restBecauseof the uncleannessthat bringson destruction,A painfuldestruction.
But thisI say,brethren,the timehas beenshortened,sothat from nowon thosewho havewivesshould be as thoughthey hadnone;
For momentary,lightafflictionis producingfor us an eternalweightof gloryfarbeyondall comparison,
So thenyou are no longerstrangersand aliens,but you are fellow citizenswith the saints,and are of God'shousehold,
For our citizenshipis in heaven,from whichalsowe eagerly waitfor a Savior,the LordJesusChrist;
For you showed sympathyto the prisonersand acceptedjoyfullythe seizureof your property,knowingthat you havefor yourselvesa betterpossessionand a lastingone.
But you have cometo MountZionand to the cityof the livingGod,the heavenlyJerusalem,and to myriadsof angels,
This[expression], "Yetonce more,"denotesthe removingof thosethings which can be shaken,as of created things,sothat thosethings which cannotbe shakenmay remain.
For He did not subjectto angelsthe worldto come,concerningwhichwe are speaking.
Sothere remainsa Sabbath restfor the peopleof God.
But when Christappeared[as] a high priestof the good thingsto come,[He entered] throughthe greaterand more perfecttabernacle,not made with hands,that is to say, not of thiscreation;
The endof all thingsis near;therefore,be of sound judgmentand sober[spirit] for the purpose of prayer.
He who overcomes,I will makehim a pillarin the templeof My God,and he will not goout from it anymore;and I will writeon him the nameof My God,and the nameof the cityof My God,the newJerusalem,which comes downout of heavenfrom My God,and My newname.
