Revelation 21
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A New Heaven, a New Earth, the New Jerusalem
1Then in a vision I saw a new heaven and a new earth. The first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea no longer existed. 2I saw the Holy City, the New Jerusalem, descending out of the heavenly realm from the presence of God, like a pleasing # 21:2 As translated from the Aramaic. bride that had been prepared for her husband, adorned for her wedding. 3And I heard a thunderous voice from the throne, saying:
“Look! God’s tabernacle is with human beings.
And from now on he will tabernacle with them as their God.
Now God himself will have his home with them—
‘God-with-them’ will be their God! # 21:3 See Lev. 26:11–12; Isa. 7:14; 8:8–10; Jer. 31:33; Ezek. 37:27.
4He will wipe away # 21:4 Or “anoint.” every tear from their eyes
and eliminate death entirely.
No one will mourn or weep any longer.
The pain of wounds will no longer exist,
for the old order # 21:4 Or “the first things.” has ceased.”
5And God-Enthroned spoke to me and said, “Consider this! I am making everything to be new and fresh. Write down at once all that I have told you, because each word is trustworthy and dependable.”
6Then he said to me, “It has been accomplished! For I am the Aleph and the Tav, # 21:6 See footnote for Rev. 1:8. the beginning and the end. I will give water to all who are thirsty. As my gracious gift, they will continuously drink from the fountain of living water. 7The conquering ones will inherit these gifts from me. I will continue to be their God and they will continue being children for me. # 21:7 Or “in me.” 8But as for the cowardly, # 21:8 The Aramaic can be translated “fearmongers.” the faithless, the despicable, the murderers, the perverts, # 21:8 Or “fornicators” or “male prostitutes.” the sorcerers, the idolaters, and all deceivers, # 21:8 Or “pretenders.” they will find their place in the lake of fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”
The New Jerusalem
9Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the last seven plagues came to me and said, “Come. I will show you the beautiful bride, the wife of the Lamb.” 10He carried me away in the realm of the Spirit to the top of a great, high mountain. There he showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God. 11It was infused with the glory of God, and its radiance was like that of a very rare jewel, like a jasper, # 21:11 See the first footnote for Rev. 4:3. clear as crystal. 12It had a massive, high wall with twelve gates, and each gate had an angel. Each gate had written upon it a name of one of the twelve tribes of Israel—13three gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three gates on the west. 14The city wall had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
15The angel who spoke with me had a gold measuring rod to measure the city, its gates and walls. 16The city was laid out in a perfect square; # 21:16 Proportionately, the New Jerusalem is the same shape as the holy of holies. its length, width, and height were equal. So he measured the city with his rod, and it was 12,000 # 21:16 The number 12,000 (12 x 1,000) is found twenty-five times in the Bible. In Revelation, every measurement of the New Jerusalem is a multiple of twelve. We find twelve gates with twelve messengers, twelve tribes, twelve jewels, twelve foundations, and measuring 12,000 stadia. The walls of the “city” were 144 cubits (12 x 12). stadia, # 21:16 Or “race courses.” with equal dimensions for its width, length, and height. 17He also measured the wall at 144 cubits, according to the measure of a man, which is angelic.
18The city was pure gold, clear as crystal, # 21:18 Or “as pure glass.” and its wall was made of jasper. # 21:18 See the first footnote for Rev. 4:3. 19The twelve foundations of the wall # 21:19 That is, there were twelve layers of the foundation going all around the wall, or perhaps twelve sections of the wall were made of a corresponding precious stone. were adorned with every kind of precious stone—the first was jasper, # 21:19 See the first footnote for Rev. 4:3. the second sapphire, # 21:19 Or “lapis lazuli.” the third agate, # 21:19 Or “chalcedony.” the fourth emerald, 20the fifth onyx, # 21:20 Or “sardonyx.” the sixth carnelian, # 21:20 A bloodred gemstone. the seventh chrysolite, # 21:20 Or “a yellow quartz.” the eighth beryl, # 21:20 A semiprecious gemstone usually aqua (blue-green) in color. the ninth topaz, # 21:20 A transparent stone that is colored by its impurities, with many different possibilities in coloring. the tenth chrysoprase, # 21:20 A greenish quartz. the eleventh turquoise, # 21:20 Or “jacinth.” and the twelfth amethyst. # 21:20 A purple quartz. The Greek word literally means “not intoxicated.” This list of jewels matches the twelve stones on the breastplate of the high priest. What once was only on the breastplate is now a part of the new creation life (New Jerusalem) of the believer. 21The twelve gates are twelve pearls—each gate made of one pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, clear as crystal. # 21:21 Or “pure as glass.” Note that the city only has one street and it is pure gold, an obvious metaphor for the “highway of holiness” (pure gold). See Isa. 35:8.
22I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God, the Almighty, and the Lamb.
23The city has no need for the sun or moon to shine, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb. # 21:23 See Isa. 60:19–20.
24The people # 21:24 Or “nations.” will walk by its light and the kings of the earth will bring their wealth # 21:24 Or “glory.” into it.
25Its gates will never be shut by day—standing always open—because there is no night there.
26People will bring the glory and wealth of the nations into it.
27Evil # 21:27 Or “any unclean [defiling] thing.” will not enter, nor anyone who does what is abhorrent or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Book of the Life of the Lamb.
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1And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth did pass away, and the sea is not any more;
2and I, John, saw the holy city — new Jerusalem — coming down from God out of the heaven, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband;
3and I heard a great voice out of the heaven, saying, ‘Lo, the tabernacle of God [is] with men, and He will tabernacle with them, and they shall be His peoples, and God Himself shall be with them — their God,
4and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and the death shall not be any more, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor shall there be any more pain, because the first things did go away.’
5And He who is sitting upon the throne said, ‘Lo, new I make all things; and He saith to me, ‘Write, because these words are true and stedfast;’
6and He said to me, ‘It hath been done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End; I, to him who is thirsting, will give of the fountain of the water of the life freely;
7he who is overcoming shall inherit all things, and I will be to him — a God, and he shall be to me — the son,
8and to fearful, and unstedfast, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, their part [is] in the lake that is burning with fire and brimstone, which is a second death.’
9And there came unto me one of the seven messengers, who have the seven vials that are full of the seven last plagues, and he spake with me, saying, ‘Come, I will shew thee the bride of the Lamb — the wife,’
10and he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and did shew to me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, coming down out of the heaven from God,
11having the glory of God, and her light [is] like a stone most precious, as a jasper stone clear as crystal,
12having also a wall great and high, having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve messengers, and names written thereon, which are [those] of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel,
13at the east three gates, at the north three gates, at the south three gates, at the west three gates;
14and the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
15And he who is speaking with me had a golden reed, that he may measure the city, and its gates, and its wall;
16and the city lieth square, and the length of it is as great as the breadth; and he did measure the city with the reed — furlongs twelve thousand; the length, and the breadth, and the height, of it are equal;
17and he measured its wall, an hundred forty-four cubits, the measure of a man, that is, of the messenger;
18and the building of its wall was jasper, and the city [is] pure gold — like to pure glass;
19and the foundations of the wall of the city with every precious stone have been adorned; the first foundation jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;
20the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprasus; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst.
21And the twelve gates [are] twelve pearls, each several one of the gates was of one pearl; and the broad-place of the city [is] pure gold — as transparent glass.
22And a sanctuary I did not see in it, for the Lord God, the Almighty, is its sanctuary, and the Lamb,
23and the city hath no need of the sun, nor of the moon, that they may shine in it; for the glory of God did lighten it, and the lamp of it [is] the Lamb;
24and the nations of the saved in its light shall walk, and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it,
25and its gates shall not at all be shut by day, for night shall not be there;
26and they shall bring the glory and the honour of the nations into it;
27and there may not at all enter into it any thing defiling and doing abomination, and a lie, but — those written in the scroll of the life of the Lamb.
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