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The New Earth, The New Heaven, and The New Jerusalem.
The New Earth, The New Heaven, and The New Jerusalem.
We are at the end of our journey in The Study of Eschatology or The Study of Last Things.
1,007 years have past since the Rapture and the events after.
The Rapture
Our Glorified Body
The Judgement Seat of Christ
The Marriage Supper of the Lamb
The First 3 1/2 Years Great Tribulation
The Final 3 1/2 Years of the Great Tribulation
The Second Coming
The Millennium or the 1,000 Year reign of Jesus Christ
Satan’s Last Stand
The Great White Throne Judgement
The New Earth, The New Heaven, and The New Jerusalem
After the Great White Throne Judgement.
John tells us that he saw a;
New Earth
New Heaven
This is the closing of a time period of this earth as we know it.
The beginning of a new eternal time period.
Also during this time we will be introduced to the New Jerusalem.
These places the believers will call home for all eternity.
I. The New Earth.
I. The New Earth.
Revelation
1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
2 Peter
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
I. The New Earth
We are told in the Bible that there will be a New Earth and the former Earth will pass away.
There may be some questions about this earth as we know it, being totally done away with.
Many theologians believe that this earth will be fire-washed old earth.
No sea.
This new earth has no sea.
This will allow the earth to have more surface.
This new earth will be a paradise.
A perfect place with a perfect climate.
No Hell.
At the present time, Hell is in the center of the earth.
At the Great White Throne Judgement, the occupants of Hell are delivered to the judgement.
They are cast into the Lake of Fire, which is the eternal Hell.
This is not located in the center of the earth.
It is located in some remote dark place in this universe.
30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
c. No traces of sin.
17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: And the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
Isaiah
II. The New Heaven.
The First Heaven
This is the Heaven where the birds fly
The clouds
Our atmosphere
12 The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.
25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, And all the birds of the heavens were fled.
2. The Second Heaven
This is where the sun, moon, and the stars are.
17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
Gen
Ps
1 The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament sheweth his handywork.
3. The Third Heaven
This is where God is.
2 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
b. Within this third heaven exists a glorious city called New Jerusalem.
This New Jerusalem is the center of God’s presence
It will be the home of the believers through eternity.
III. The New Jerusalem
III. The New Jerusalem
2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
What a beautiful city this is.
Before we take a look at the beauty,
Let us take a look at what the city will be missing.
A city of no tears
4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
Rele
17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: And the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
Isaiah
2. A city of no death
Revelation 21: 4
4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
3. A city of no more pain or sorrow
4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
Revelation
4. A city of no night
25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.
5. A city of tremendous size
16 And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
Revelation 21: 16
6. A city of unique foundations
Revelation 21
19 And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
7. A city of jasper walls
17 And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
18 And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.
Revelation
8. A city of pearly gates
12 And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
13 On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
Revelation
9. A city of golden streets
Revelation
21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
10. A city of very bright light
23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
Revelation
11. A city of pure river and the tree of life
1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
Revelation
12. A city with no temple
Revelation
22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
IV. The New Location
IV. The New Location
This Holy City, New Jerusalem is right now in the third heaven.
After the Great White Throne Judgement
This city will come down
2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
b. The city will be located just above the earth in space
God will inhabit this city in it’s new location.
c. The Saints
The believers will have full access to the earth and the holy city
This is the permanent location for all believers.