From Babel to the City of God

# Scripture References from the Sermon

## Directly Cited References

**Hebrews 11:8-10**

Abraham's faith in leaving his homeland and seeking a city whose builder and maker is God

**Genesis 14:22-23**

Abraham's refusal of the wealth offered by the king of Sodom

**John 18:36**

Jesus declaring that his kingdom is not of this world

**Galatians 3:29**

Those who belong to Christ are Abraham's seed and heirs according to the promise

**Revelation 18:2**

The proclamation that Babylon the great has fallen

**Revelation 21:22-23**

The New Jerusalem having no temple, for God and the Lamb are its temple, and God's glory illuminates it

**Hebrews 11:10**

Abraham waited for the city whose builder and maker is God

**Genesis 11**

The tower of Babel narrative (alluded to throughout)

**Genesis 12:1**

God's call to Abraham to leave his country, family, and father's house

**Numbers 6:24-26**

The Aaronic blessing — the Lord bless you and keep you, make his face shine upon you

**1 Thessalonians 5:23-24**

May the God of peace sanctify you completely, spirit, soul, and body preserved blameless

**John 10:10**

The thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy

**2 Corinthians 3:17**

Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom

**1 Timothy 6:10**

The love of money is the root of all evil

**Malachi 3:8-10**

God rebuking Israel for robbing him of tithes and offerings

**Matthew 5:41**

If someone asks you to go one mile, go two

**Revelation 21:1-2**

The new heaven, new earth, and New Jerusalem coming down from God

**Ezra, Nehemiah, Malachi**

The corruption of temple worship following the Babylonian captivity

**Genesis 6:5**

Every inclination of the heart of man was evil continually

**1 Peter 2:5**

Believers as living stones being built into a spiritual house