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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]. 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. 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. 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”. 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”. 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]. The one overcoming will inherit these things, and I will be God to him and he will be a son to Me. 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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Footnotes

  1. 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.
  2. Revelation 21:3 Or, tent, tabernacle.
  3. Revelation 21:3 That is, people groups. Or, people.
  4. Revelation 21:4 Same phrase as in 7:17.
  5. Revelation 21:5 That is, the angel with John. Note the change of tense from “said.” Or, He says.
  6. Revelation 21:5 Or, faithful.
  7. Revelation 21:6 That is, all things in v 5.
  8. Revelation 21:6 Or, have taken place, have come to pass. These things stand as done from God’s point of view.
  9. Revelation 21:6 Or, freely.
  10. Revelation 21:8 Or, timid, afraid to act on what God has said.
  11. Revelation 21:8 Or, faithless.
  12. Revelation 21:8 Or, detestable, abhorrent, vile.
  13. Revelation 21:8 Or, share. That is, inheritance.

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