I Preach the New Jerusalem: Embracing the Spiritual City of God
Discover the New Jerusalem not as a distant promise, but as a living spiritual reality — a city whose river is the Holy Spirit, whose fruit is kindness shown, and whose tree of life is the victory of the Cross.
What you'll learn
What you'll be able to do
- Articulate the New Jerusalem as a present spiritual reality — not merely a future eschatological event — grounded in Scripture and lived experience.
- Identify and interpret the core symbols of the spiritual city: the Holy Spirit as the river of life, the victory Cross as the tree of life, and kindness shown as its fruit.
- Explain how the river of the Holy Spirit flows through personal and communal spiritual life, and describe practical ways to remain in its current.
- Connect the imagery of the tree of life and the victory Cross to a deepened theology of redemption, hope, and resurrection living.
- Demonstrate acts of 'fruit-bearing' — intentional kindness, mercy, and grace — as tangible expressions of the New Jerusalem breaking into everyday life.
- Apply the vision of the New Jerusalem to inspire revival and renewal within their own church, small group, or community.
- Develop a personal spiritual framework — a 'city map' — that integrates the course's symbols into their ongoing prayer, preaching, writing, or ministry.
- Engage confidently with the Book of Revelation's city imagery, moving beyond fear or confusion to clarity, wonder, and hope.
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The curriculum
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6 modules · 18 lessons
Entering the City Gates — Seeing the New Jerusalem with New Eyes
Lay the theological and experiential foundation for the entire course. Students move from seeing the New Jerusalem as a distant, fearful, or purely future event to encountering it as a living spiritual reality breaking into the present. This module orients every learner — pastor, seeker, or layperson — at the gates of the city.
- 1.1Not a Blueprint, But a Vision — Reading Revelation 21–22 with WonderIncluded
- 1.2Already and Not Yet — The New Jerusalem as Present Spiritual RealityIncluded
- 1.3The Architecture of the Soul — Mapping the City's Core SymbolsIncluded
The River of the Holy Spirit — Living Water Through the City
The river of the New Jerusalem is identified as the Holy Spirit — the animating, purifying, life-giving flow through the spiritual city and through every believer. This module moves students from intellectual recognition of the Spirit to practical immersion in the Spirit's current, for personal renewal and communal revival.
- 2.1The River Has a Source — Throne, Lamb, and the Outpouring SpiritIncluded
- 2.2Swimming, Not Just Watching — Practical Ways to Stay in the CurrentIncluded
- 2.3The River and Revival — When the Spirit Flows Through a CongregationIncluded
The Tree of Life and the Victory Cross — Redemption at the Center of the City
The tree of life, lost in Eden, is restored at the center of the New Jerusalem — and in this course's framework, it is identified as the Victory Cross of Jesus Christ. This module builds a robust, hope-filled theology of redemption, resurrection living, and the Cross as the source of all healing for the nations.
- 3.1From Eden to the New Jerusalem — The Tree Lost and RestoredIncluded
- 3.2The Victory Cross as the Tree of Life — Theology of TriumphIncluded
- 3.3Resurrection Living — Bearing the Tree's Life in a Dying WorldIncluded
The Fruit of the City — Kindness Shown as the New Jerusalem Made Visible
The fruit of the New Jerusalem is not abstract virtue — it is kindness shown: mercy made tangible, grace enacted, love with skin on. This module moves students from theology to embodied practice, learning to bear the city's fruit in every relationship, encounter, and community they inhabit — making the invisible city visible.
- 4.1Fruit Is Always Shown — The Theology of Enacted KindnessIncluded
- 4.2Bearing Fruit in Every Season — Consistent Kindness Across Hard CircumstancesIncluded
- 4.3Kindness as Proclamation — Preaching the New Jerusalem Without WordsIncluded
Revival, Renewal, and the City Breaking In — Applying the Vision to Church and Community
Students now apply the full vision of the New Jerusalem — river, tree, and fruit — to the concrete task of igniting revival and renewal in their specific church, small group, or community context. This module is strategic and ministerial, equipping leaders to become agents of the city's breaking-in.
- 5.1What Revival Actually Looks Like — Moving Past Clichés to Genuine RenewalIncluded
- 5.2Becoming a City Builder — Practical Leadership for RenewalIncluded
- 5.3Preaching and Teaching the New Jerusalem — Equipping Others to See the CityIncluded
Drawing Your City Map — Integrating the Vision into a Personal Spiritual Framework
The final module brings everything together into a personal, integrated spiritual framework — the student's own 'city map.' This is the capstone of the course, synthesizing theology, practice, and personal calling into a living document each student can carry forward into prayer, preaching, writing, and ministry for the rest of their life.
- 6.1Reviewing the Whole City — Integration and SynthesisIncluded
- 6.2Drawing Your Personal City Map — A Framework for Life and MinistryIncluded
- 6.3Sent from the City — Living, Preaching, and Writing the New Jerusalem ForwardIncluded
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A note from your teacher
David Clilverd
I am the author of I Preach the New Jerusalem: Embracing the Spiritual City of God — Revival, Renewal, and Hope for Earth and Humanity, available on Amazon KDP. For years, I have been captivated by a vision that I believe the Church urgently needs to recover: the New Jerusalem is not simply a future destination — it is a spiritual city already pressing in on our present reality, calling us upward and outward at the same time.
The river running through this city is the Holy Spirit — alive, moving, and available to every believer today. The tree of life at its center is the victory Cross — the place where death was defeated and eternal hope was born. And the fruit of that tree? It is as close as the next act of genuine kindness you show to another human being.
I created this school because a book, however much it carries, can only go so far. I wanted a space where we could sit with these symbols together, ask the hard and beautiful questions, and walk away with not just new ideas but a new way of seeing — and living. Whether you are a preacher, a layperson, a writer, or someone simply hungry for a deeper encounter with God, I am honored to explore this city with you.
— David Clilverd
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