Revelation 21:1 NIV
Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,” for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away
2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!
“New Testament eschatology does not envisage the saved leaving the earth, to be with God in heaven, but awaiting with anticipation the bodily resurrection at the return of Jesus. This desire is expressed in the Lord’s Prayer: ‘your Kingdom come… on earth as it is in heaven’.” —Ian Paul, Commentary on Revelation
Revelation isn’t describing the of the world.
It’s describing the of the world as we’ve it.
Revelation 21:1-4 NIV
and there was no longer any sea. 2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. 4 ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”
Revelation 21:1b NIV
and there was no longer any sea.
Three “No Mores”
These images aren’t meant to tell us what everything will like.
They’re meant to tell us what everything will like.
Revelation 21:4 NIV
He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.
Revelation 21:3 NIV
Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.
Romans 8:18 NIV
I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.
Revelation 21:5 NIV
He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”
Revelation 21:6 NIV
He said to me: “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End.
It is finished = Τετέλεσται tetelestai.
It is done = Γέγοναν gegónan.
Revelation 21:6 NIV
To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life.
Revelation 21:7 NIV
Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children.
Revelation 21:8 NIV
But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.
1. Joy to the World is
2. Joy to the World is
3. Joy to the World is worth
4. Joy to the World is for my
Revelation 22:17 NIV
The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.
Revelation 22:20-21 NIV
He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.”
Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.
21 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God’s people. Amen.
Answer Key: end, end, known; sea; loss; distance, people; true; beautiful; living for; neighbor