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The Cities of the Bible

The Cities of the Bible: From Babel to the New Jerusalem

The story of the Bible is walked out in real cities: Ur that Abraham left, Bethlehem where the King was born, Jerusalem wept over and entered, Babylon the byword for pride, Antioch where they were first called Christians. Cities can be places of refuge or ruin, worship or rebellion. Each page below tells one city honestly and follows the long road that leads to the city yet to come, the New Jerusalem, whose builder and maker is God.

JerusalemPsalm 122:6BethlehemMicah 5:2NazarethMatthew 2:23CapernaumMatthew 4:13JerichoJoshua 6:20Ur of the ChaldeesGenesis 11:31SodomGenesis 19:24NinevehJonah 3:2BabylonRevelation 18:2DamascusActs 9:3AntiochActs 11:26EphesusActs 19:1RomeRomans 1:7The New JerusalemRevelation 21:2
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