Revelation 21
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The New Heaven and the New Earth
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Is 65.17; 66.22; 2 Pet 3.13 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth. The first heaven and the first earth disappeared, and the sea vanished. 2#Is 52.1; 61.10; Rev 3.12And I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared and ready, like a bride dressed to meet her husband. 3#Ezek 37.27; Lev 26.11, 12I heard a loud voice speaking from the throne: “Now God's home is with human beings! He will live with them, and they shall be his people. God himself will be with them, and he will be their God. 4#Is 25.8; 35.10; 65.19He will wipe away all tears from their eyes. There will be no more death, no more grief or crying or pain. The old things have disappeared.”
5Then the one who sits on the throne said, “And now I make all things new!” He also said to me, “Write this, because these words are true and can be trusted.” 6#Is 55.1And he said, “It is done! I am the first and the last, the beginning and the end. To anyone who is thirsty I will give the right to drink from the spring of the water of life without paying for it. 7#2 Sam 7.14; Ps 89.26–27Those who win the victory will receive this from me: I will be their God, and they will be my children. 8But cowards, traitors, perverts, murderers, the immoral, those who practise magic, those who worship idols, and all liars — the place for them is the lake burning with fire and sulphur, which is the second death.”
The New Jerusalem
9One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came to me and said, “Come, and I will show you the Bride, the wife of the Lamb.” 10#Ezek 40.2The Spirit took control of me, and the angel carried me to the top of a very high mountain. He showed me Jerusalem, the Holy City, coming down out of heaven from God 11and shining with the glory of God. The city shone like a precious stone, like a jasper, clear as crystal. 12#Ezek 48.30–35It had a great, high wall with twelve gates and with twelve angels in charge of the gates. On the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of the people of Israel. 13There were three gates on each side: three on the east, three on the south, three on the north, and three on the west. 14The city's wall was built on twelve foundation stones, on which were written the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. 15#Ezek 40.3The angel who spoke to me had a gold measuring rod to measure the city, its gates, and its wall. 16The city was perfectly square, as wide as it was long. The angel measured the city with his measuring rod: it was 2,400 kilometres long and was as wide and as high as it was long. 17The angel also measured the wall, and it was sixty metres high,#21.17 high; or thick. according to the standard unit of measure which he was using.#21.17 In verses 16 and 17 the Greek text speaks of “12,000 furlongs” and “144 cubits” which may have symbolic significance. 18#Is 54.11–12The wall was made of jasper, and the city itself was made of pure gold, as clear as glass. 19The foundation stones of the city wall were adorned with all kinds of precious stones. The first foundation stone was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, 20the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh yellow quartz, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chalcedony, the eleventh turquoise, the twelfth amethyst. 21The twelve gates were twelve pearls; each gate was made from a single pearl. The street of the city was of pure gold, transparent as glass.
22I did not see a temple in the city, because its temple is the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb. 23#Is 60.19–20The city has no need of the sun or the moon to shine on it, because the glory of God shines on it, and the Lamb is its lamp. 24#Is 60.3The peoples of the world will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their wealth into it. 25#Is 60.11The gates of the city will stand open all day; they will never be closed, because there will be no night there. 26The greatness and the wealth of the nations will be brought into the city. 27#Is 52.1; Ezek 44.9But nothing that is impure will enter the city, nor anyone who does shameful things or tells lies. Only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of the living will enter the city.
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Revelation 21
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The New Creation
1Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, # Is 65:17; 66:22; 2Pt 3:13 for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, # Lk 21:33; 1Co 7:31; 2Pt 3:10 and the sea no longer existed. # Is 57:20; Rv 13:1,6-7 2I also saw the Holy City, # Neh 11:1; Is 48:2; 52:1; Dn 9:24; Mt 4:5; 27:53; Rv 11:2; 22:19 new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, # Gl 4:26; Php 3:20; Heb 11:10; 12:22; 13:14; Rv 3:12 prepared like a bride adorned for her husband. # Is 61:10; Rv 19:7
3Then I heard a loud voice # Dt 5:22; Ezk 9:1; Mt 27:46,50; Jn 11:43; Rv 1:10; 11:12; 16:1 from the throne: # Mt 19:28 # Other mss read from heaven
Look! God’s dwelling # Or tent, or tabernacle is with humanity,
and He will live with them.
They will be His people, # Lv 26:11-12; Jr 7:23; 30:22; 31:33; Ezk 37:27; Hs 2:23; Zch 8:8
and God Himself will be with them
and be their God. # Other mss omit and be their God
4He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. # Is 25:8 30:19; 35:10; 51:11; 65:19; Rv 7:16-17
Death will no longer exist; # Hs 13:14; 1Co 15:54
grief, crying, and pain will exist no longer, # Is 60:20
because the previous things # Or the first things have passed away. # Is 42:9; 2Co 5:17
5Then the One seated on the throne said, “Look! I am making everything new.” He also said, “Write, because these words # Other mss add of God are faithful and true.” # Rv 3:14; 19:11; 22:6 6And He said to me, “It is done! # Rv 16:17 I am the Alpha and the Omega, # Rv 1:8; 22:13 the Beginning and the End. # Is 44:6; 48:12 I will give water as a gift to the thirsty # Ps 42:1-2; Is 41:17; 44:3; 55:1; Jn 4:14; 7:37 from the spring of life. # Ps 36:9; Jr 2:13; Jn 4:14 7The victor # Rv 2:7 will inherit these things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son. # 2Sm 7:14 8But the cowards, unbelievers, # Other mss add the sinful vile, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars # Rm 1:28-32; 1Co 6:9-10; Rv 22:15 — their share will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, # Rv 19:20 which is the second death.” # Rv 20:6
The New Jerusalem
9Then one of the seven angels, who had held the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues, # Rv 16:1 came and spoke with me: “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.” 10He then carried me away in the Spirit # Or in spirit # Rv 1:10; 4:2; 17:3 to a great and high mountain # Ezk 40:2 and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, 11arrayed with God’s glory. # Is 60:1-2 Her radiance was like a very precious stone, like a jasper stone, bright as crystal. 12The city had a massive high wall, with 12 gates. Twelve angels were at the gates; the names of the 12 tribes of Israel’s sons were inscribed on the gates. 13There were three gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three gates on the west. # Ezk 48:30-34 14The city wall had 12 foundations, and the 12 names of the Lamb’s 12 apostles were on the foundations.
15The one who spoke with me had a gold measuring rod # Rv 11:1 to measure the city, its gates, and its wall. # Ezk 40:3 16The city is laid out in a square; its length and width are the same. He measured the city with the rod at 12,000 stadia. # A stadion (sg) = about 600 feet; 12,000 stadia = 1,400 miles. Its length, width, and height are equal. 17Then he measured its wall, 144 cubits according to human measurement, which the angel used. 18The building material of its wall was jasper, and the city was pure gold like clear glass.
19The foundations of the city wall were adorned with every kind of precious stone: # Ex 28:15-21; Is 54:11
the first foundation jasper,
the second sapphire,
the third chalcedony,
the fourth emerald,
20the fifth sardonyx,
the sixth carnelian,
the seventh chrysolite,
the eighth beryl,
the ninth topaz,
the tenth chrysoprase,
the eleventh jacinth,
the twelfth amethyst.
21The 12 gates are 12 pearls; each individual gate was made of a single pearl. The broad street # Or The public square of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.
22I did not see a sanctuary in it, because the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are its sanctuary. 23The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, because God’s glory illuminates it, and its lamp is the Lamb. # Is 24:23; 30:26; 60:19-20; Zch 14:6-7; Rv 22:5 24The nations # Other mss add of those who are saved will walk in its light, # Is 42:6; 49:6; 60:3,5 and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it. # Other mss read will bring to Him the nations’ glory and honor # Is 49:7,23; 60:10 25Each day its gates will never close because it will never be night there. # Neh 7:3 26They will bring the glory and honor of the nations into it. # Other mss add in order that they might go in # Is 60:11 27Nothing profane will ever enter it: # Is 35:8; 52:1 no one who does what is vile or false, but only those written in the Lamb’s book of life. # Rv 3:5; 13:8; 17:8; 20:12,15
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