Revelation Chapter 21:1-8/Commentary

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Revelation Chapter 21:1-8 Revelation 21:1-10 “And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea. 2And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. 3And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He shall dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself shall be among them, 4and He shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there shall no longer be any death; there shall no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away. " 5And He who sits on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new." And He said, "Write, for these words are faithful and true." 6And He said to me, "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water of life without cost. 7"He who overcomes shall inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be My son. 8"But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death." 21:1 “And I saw a new heaven and a new earth�: Some commentators have interpreted this section as being a figurative vision of the church in her present glory rather than a picture of heaven. I would respond that this is a picture of a heaven, or the redeemed in heaven: 1. This follows the final judgment (20:1115). 2. All the problems of this earthly life have been removed (21:4). The curse that originated in Genesis has been completely eliminated (22:3). 3. What is being described is what the faithful Christian actually inherits (21:7). 4. While the church has from time to time unfaithful members (Revelation chapters 2-3), the city described in this vision is completely off limits to anyone who is unfaithful (21:27). Some take the descriptions in these chapters to refer to a brand new planet and universe, which will be supposedly created after the close of the Millennium (premillennialists and some postmillennialists). As noted above, others feel that the new heaven and new earth are the new covenant, and the new Jerusalem is the church as she presently exists on the earth. 1


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