CHAPTER 21 - A NEW HEAVEN AND EARTH _ 1 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._ At the time of the second resurrection and the judgment, John also sees a new heaven and a new earth. This is still the same plane... [ Continue Reading ]
_2 AND I JOHN SAW THE HOLY CITY, NEW JERUSALEM, COMING DOWN FROM GOD OUT OF HEAVEN, PREPARED AS A BRIDE ADORNED FOR HER HUSBAND._ Many people get confused on this passage because they interpret the passage by the allegorical theology they have been taught. They seem to think that because New Jerus... [ Continue Reading ]
_3. AND I HEARD A GREAT VOICE OUT OF HEAVEN SAYING, BEHOLD, THE TABERNACLE OF GOD IS WITH MEN, AND HE WILL DWELL WITH THEM, AND THEY SHALL BE HIS PEOPLE, AND GOD HIMSELF SHALL BE WITH THEM, AND BE THEIR GOD._ Up until this point God had his own tabernacle in the third heaven but now it says the ta... [ Continue Reading ]
_4 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._ There will be no more death or sorrow on the new earth because the former things have passed away. The f... [ Continue Reading ]
_5 AND HE THAT SAT UPON THE THRONE SAID, BEHOLD, I MAKE ALL THINGS NEW. AND HE SAID UNTO ME, WRITE: FOR THESE WORDS ARE TRUE AND FAITHFUL._ The person that sits upon the throne and that makes all things new is Jesus. He is the creator. He did not make a mistake with His original creation. He will... [ Continue Reading ]
_6 AND HE SAID UNTO ME, IT IS DONE. I AM ALPHA AND OMEGA, THE BEGINNING AND THE END. I WILL GIVE UNTO HIM THAT IS ATHIRST OF THE FOUNTAIN OF THE WATER OF LIFE FREELY._ From prior passages in this book, we see that Jesus uses the title Alpha and Omega for Himself. Jesus makes it clear that the wate... [ Continue Reading ]
_7 HE THAT OVERCOMETH SHALL INHERIT ALL THINGS; AND I WILL BE HIS GOD, AND HE SHALL BE MY SON._ The scriptures make it clear that WE OVERCOME BY BEING WASHED IN THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB. All who accept the atoning sacrifice of Jesus on the cross for forgiveness of their sins and drink the living wa... [ Continue Reading ]
_8 BUT THE FEARFUL, AND UNBELIEVING, AND THE ABOMINABLE, AND MURDERERS, AND WHOREMONGERS, AND SORCERERS, AND IDOLATERS, AND ALL LIARS, SHALL HAVE THEIR PART IN THE LAKE WHICH BURNETH WITH FIRE AND BRIMSTONE: WHICH IS THE SECOND DEATH._ In other words, those who do not come to Jesus for forgiveness... [ Continue Reading ]
_9 AND THERE CAME UNTO ME ONE OF THE SEVEN ANGELS WHICH HAD THE SEVEN VIALS FULL OF THE SEVEN LAST PLAGUES, AND TALKED WITH ME, SAYING, COME HITHER, I WILL SHEW THEE THE BRIDE, THE LAMB’S WIFE._ One of the seven angels is about to take John to see the bride of Christ. Some are confused by this bec... [ Continue Reading ]
_10 AND HE CARRIED ME AWAY IN THE SPIRIT TO A GREAT AND HIGH MOUNTAIN, AND SHEWED ME THAT GREAT CITY, THE HOLY JERUSALEM, DESCENDING OUT OF HEAVEN FROM GOD,_ John is carried in the spirit to a great and high mountain he could have even been taken to the moon. He was probably somewhere in space so... [ Continue Reading ]
_11 HAVING THE GLORY OF GOD: AND HER LIGHT WAS LIKE UNTO A STONE MOST PRECIOUS, EVEN LIKE A JASPER STONE, CLEAR AS CRYSTAL;_ _ 12 AND HAD A WALL GREAT AND HIGH, AND HAD TWELVE GATES, AND AT THE GATES TWELVE ANGELS, AND NAMES WRITTEN THEREON, WHICH ARE THE NAMES OF THE TWELVE TRIBES OF THE CHILDRE... [ Continue Reading ]
_15 AND HE THAT TALKED WITH ME HAD A GOLDEN REED TO MEASURE THE CITY, AND THE GATES THEREOF, AND THE WALL THEREOF._ _ 16 AND THE CITY LIETH FOURSQUARE, AND THE LENGTH IS AS LARGE AS THE BREADTH: AND HE MEASURED THE CITY WITH THE REED, TWELVE THOUSAND FURLONGS. THE LENGTH AND THE BREADTH AND THE H... [ Continue Reading ]
_17 AND HE MEASURED THE WALL THEREOF, AN HUNDRED AND FORTY AND FOUR CUBITS, ACCORDING TO THE MEASURE OF A MAN, THAT IS, OF THE ANGEL._ _ 18 AND THE BUILDING OF THE WALL OF IT WAS OF JASPER: AND THE CITY WAS PURE GOLD, LIKE UNTO CLEAR GLASS._ _ 19 AND THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE WALL OF THE CITY WERE... [ Continue Reading ]
_22 AND I SAW NO TEMPLE THEREIN: FOR THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY AND THE LAMB ARE THE TEMPLE OF IT._ There will be no place of worship in the Holy City because God and the Lamb are visible to all and worshiped by all. The Spirit of God will indwell all who live there. All in the city will have direct ac... [ Continue Reading ]
_23 AND THE CITY HAD NO NEED OF THE SUN, NEITHER OF THE MOON, TO SHINE IN IT: FOR THE GLORY OF GOD DID LIGHTEN IT, AND THE LAMB IS THE LIGHT THEREOF._ The city itself is not the new earth. Scripture indicates that there will be sunshine, moonshine, and seasons on the earth forever (Psalms 72:5). T... [ Continue Reading ]
_24 AND THE NATIONS OF THEM WHICH ARE SAVED SHALL WALK IN THE LIGHT OF IT: AND THE KINGS OF THE EARTH DO BRING THEIR GLORY AND HONOUR INTO IT._ The nations really mean the different tribes of gentiles. All the saved will walk in the light of the Holy City. Notice that it says the kings of the eart... [ Continue Reading ]
_25 AND THE GATES OF IT SHALL NOT BE SHUT AT ALL BY DAY: FOR THERE SHALL BE NO NIGHT THERE._ _ 26 AND THEY SHALL BRING THE GLORY AND HONOUR OF THE NATIONS INTO IT._ The gates would not even exist if all saved make up the Holy City and the bride as some theologians teach. Someone besides just the... [ Continue Reading ]
_27 AND THERE SHALL IN NO WISE ENTER INTO IT ANY THING THAT DEFILETH, NEITHER WHATSOEVER WORKETH ABOMINATION, OR MAKETH A LIE: BUT THEY WHICH ARE WRITTEN IN THE LAMB’S BOOK OF LIFE._ Only those written in the Lamb’s book of life will be allowed to enter the gates to the Holy City. Those in the Lake... [ Continue Reading ]