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"You have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect, to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things ... " Hebrews 12:22-24 NKJV "This heavenly Jerusalem is the Church, that is to say the number of all believers throughout the world, having one and the same Gospel, one and the same faith in Christ, one and the same Holy Ghost, and the same sacraments." ~ Martin Luther, Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians (verse 4:26)

"He takes away the First, that He may establish the Second" ~ Hebrews 10:9

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Destruction of Old Jerusalem

David Roberts painting of the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70.

"He takes away the First that He may establish the Second." ~ Hebrews 10:9 NKJV

"But you have come to Mount Zion and to the City of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem" ~ Hebrews 12:21-22 NKJV