Revelation 21:1-8
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
Vision 7: The New Heaven And New Earth And New Jerusalem
21 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 a sea[a]. 2 And I saw the holy city— the new Jerusalem— coming down out of heaven from God, having been prepared like a bride having been adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying “Behold— the dwelling[b] of God is with mankind. And He will dwell with them. And they themselves will be His peoples[c]. And God Himself with them will be their God. 4 And He will wipe-away every tear from their eyes[d]. And there will no longer be death, nor will there be mourning nor crying nor pain any longer, because the first things passed away”. 5 And the One sitting on the throne said, “Behold— I am making all things new”. And he[e] says, “Write, because these words are trustworthy[f] and true”. 6 And He said to me, “They[g] are done[h]. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the one thirsting, I will give from the spring of the water of life as-a-gift[i]. 7 The one overcoming will inherit these things, and I will be God to him and he will be a son to Me. 8 But for the cowardly[j] ones, and unbelieving[k] ones, and ones having been abominable[l], and murderers, and sexually-immoral ones, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars— their part[m] will be in the lake burning with fire and sulphur, which is the second death”.
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- Revelation 21:1 This may refer to the sea on the ‘first’ earth, completing that idea (passed-away, and...); or it may be referring to the state of things on the new earth.
- Revelation 21:3 Or, tent, tabernacle.
- Revelation 21:3 That is, people groups. Or, people.
- Revelation 21:4 Same phrase as in 7:17.
- Revelation 21:5 That is, the angel with John. Note the change of tense from “said.” Or, He says.
- Revelation 21:5 Or, faithful.
- Revelation 21:6 That is, all things in v 5.
- Revelation 21:6 Or, have taken place, have come to pass. These things stand as done from God’s point of view.
- Revelation 21:6 Or, freely.
- Revelation 21:8 Or, timid, afraid to act on what God has said.
- Revelation 21:8 Or, faithless.
- Revelation 21:8 Or, detestable, abhorrent, vile.
- Revelation 21:8 Or, share. That is, inheritance.
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