Psalm 90:1-2
A prayer of Moses the man of God. 
1 Lord, you have been our dwelling place 
throughout all generations. 
2 Before the mountains were born 
or you brought forth the earth and the world, 
from everlasting to everlasting you are God.

Isaiah 65:17-25
New Heavens and a New Earth 
17 "Behold, I will create 
new heavens and a new earth. 
The former things will not be remembered, 
nor will they come to mind. 
18 But be glad and rejoice forever 
in what I will create, 
for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight 
and its people a joy. 

19 I will rejoice over Jerusalem 
and take delight in my people; 
the sound of weeping and of crying 
will be heard in it no more. 

20 "Never again will there be in it 
an infant who lives but a few days, 
or an old man who does not live out his years; 
he who dies at a hundred 
will be thought a mere youth; 
he who fails to reach a hundred 
will be considered accursed. 

21 They will build houses and dwell in them; 
they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit. 

22 No longer will they build houses and others live in them, 
or plant and others eat. 
For as the days of a tree, 
so will be the days of my people; 
my chosen ones will long enjoy 
the works of their hands. 

23 They will not toil in vain 
or bear children doomed to misfortune; 
for they will be a people blessed by the LORD, 
they and their descendants with them. 

24 Before they call I will answer; 
while they are still speaking I will hear. 

25 The wolf and the lamb will feed together, 
and the lion will eat straw like the ox, 
but dust will be the serpent's food. 
They will neither harm nor destroy 
on all my holy mountain," 
says the LORD.

Lamentations 3:19-24
19 I remember my affliction and my wandering, 
the bitterness and the gall. 

20 I well remember them, 
and my soul is downcast within me. 

21 Yet this I call to mind 
and therefore I have hope: 

22 Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, 
for his compassions never fail. 

23 They are new every morning; 
great is your faithfulness. 

24 I say to myself, "The LORD is my portion; 
therefore I will wait for him." 

Luke 9:57-62
The Cost of Following Jesus 
57 As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go." 
58 Jesus replied, "Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head." 

59 He said to another man, "Follow me." 
But the man replied, "Lord, first let me go and bury my father." 

60 Jesus said to him, "Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God." 

61 Still another said, "I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say good-by to my family." 

62 Jesus replied, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God."

Revelation 21:1-4
The New Jerusalem 
1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. 2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. 4 He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away."