Behold the new Jerusalems! Catch 22s in the kingdom-building endeavors of new religious movements.

From: Sociology of Religion | Date: December 22, 1993| Author: | Copyright information

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, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain, for the former things are passed away. (Revelation 21: 1, 2, 4)

And once again the scene was chang'd, New Earth there seemed to be, I saw the Holy City Beside the tideless sea; ...

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