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*“Apocalypse Now”*
Lesson 6 – “*The things which will take place: Rev. 21-22*”
! 1. Introduction: What are you looking forward to?
* Abraham?
(Heb 11:8-10; 13-16) _________________________________________________
* Moses?
(Heb 11:23-26) ________________________________________________________
* Paul? (Rom 8:16-19) __________________________________________________________
* Peter?
(2 Pet 3:10-13) _________________________________________________________
* Other heroes of the Faith?
(Heb 11:32-39) _________________________________________
QUESTION: If this world is not worthy of them then what world were they looking forward to that is worthy of them?
ANSWER: The same world looked forward to by (All Christians that have gone before us and the same one that everyone in this room should be looking forward to).
And it is *precisely* the world that God has graciously allowed us to get a glimpse of in Revelation chapter 21!
! 2. The New Heaven & New Earth (21:1-2)
- “the first heaven and the first earth passed away” – Where did they go?
(Rev 20:11-15 à 2 Pet 3:7,10-12 à 13)
- “I saw a new heaven and a new earth” - How did the new heaven and earth come into existence?
(21:5a à just like in Gen 1:1)
- QUESTION: I wonder what that will look like and will we be able to watch it happen?
- QUESTION: What will this new earth be like (i.e.
no more sea)?
- Isaiah and Jesus prophesied about this new city thousands of years ago (Isa 65:18 à Jn 14:2-3)
! 3. The New Life (21:3-7)
- *(vs.
3a)* “Loud” + “Behold” indicates a very important announcement is going to be made
- *(vs.
3b)* Incredible emphasis on God living with us…
o “tabernacle”, “dwell”, “be”, “God himself”, “among men… among them… among them”
o QUESTION: Have you ever wondered what it would have been like…
§ To walk and talk with God like Adam
§ To walk and talk with Jesus (Immanuel)
o QUESTION: And how did the disciples feel about Jesus leaving them?
(Jn 14:1-5)
o Consider the promises of comfort given earlier in Rev 3:12 & 7:15
o How awesome will that be - To live with the same God that Moses, Israel, Isaiah & John…
o Robert Thomas says it this way: “This new relationship is the supreme and immeasurable reward far surpassing all the other benefits that the New Jerusalem will afford.”
- *(vs.
4)* The curse is gone – Sin and its effects are gone
o “tears”, “death”, “mourning”, “crying”, “pain”
o Rev 22:3a - “there will no longer be any curse”
o 2 Pet 3:13 – “new heaven and new earth, which righteousness dwells”
o What will this be like?
The perfect application of Gal 5:16-25 every day
o Let’s make it more personal: Think about one of your best days…
o QUESTION: How can it be this way?
ANSWER: verse 5
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- *(vs.5a)*
“all things are going to be new” à clearly things will be different
- QUESTION: How certain can we be of these things?
- *(vs.5b)*
“faithful & true” à we can count on them more than we can count on anything
- QUESTION: Who are all of these amazing things for?
- *(vs.6-7)*
“the one who thirsts”, “the one who overcomes”, those who are sons of God
- This is our inheritance à IT’S WHAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING FORWARD TO!
NOTE: But what about the others “the non-thirsty”, “those who fall short”, “those who are sons of the devil”?
QUESTION: Are these promises for them?
Is this what they have to look forward to?
We know that *most* *people* think.
They think - YES!
But God, in His graciousness, reminds them otherwise while there is still time: in vs.8
! 4. The 2nd Death (21:8)
- *(vs.8a)*
This is a very similar statement to what Paul writes in (1 Cor 6:9-10)
- Notice that Paul emphasizes this by saying twice “will not inherit the Kingdom of God”
- In Rev 21:8 we see that it is the same thing: the unbeliever will not inherit all that is being described in this new world.
- QUESTION: So, if this is not their inheritance then what happens to them?
- *(vs.8b)
*”their part” à “The second death”
- As it is described previously in Rev 20:12-15
- This is the picture of hell that the Bible tells us about
o In Mark 9:43-48 - three times “where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched”
o And in Rev 14:11 - “and the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever; they have no rest day and night”
- So, not only are they unable have the truly AWESOME experience of being in God’s new world, but they instead must endure the endless wrath of the one and only Holy God.
- Let the UNBELIEVER consider his worst day on this earth…
- COMMENT: One looks forward to ultimate “JOY”; the other looks forward to ultimate “SUFFERING”
- QUESTION: Which one are you looking forward to?
How can we know… (1 Cor 6:11)
NOTE: But those of us who have been justified have much to look forward to – and God has chosen to give us just a glimpse of this amazing new home à vs.10.
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5. The New Jerusalem (21:9-22:6)
! a. Vision of the Bride (v.
9)
- A contrasting invitation to the one describing the judgment of the “great harlot” (Rev 17:1)
- “I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb” à CONTEMPLATE the scene from v.2 and here in v.9
o “the bride” is typically understood in the NT as the “church” (Eph 5:22-32)
o The term “wife” is used because the marriage has already taken place (*Rev 19:7-9*)
o So in context, it is reasonable to see that the New Jerusalem is called the bride and the wife because that is who occupies her (21:3,6,7,27; 22:3-5)
o (Beckwith agrees) – “As in common practice the name of the material city stands for the community composed of its inhabitants.
The bride is both the people of God and the seat of their abode, the New Jerusalem.”
o It also seems that the bride has been expanded to include the redeemed of all ages (21:27)
NOTE: A picture of the bride-city in which the redeemed are forever joined together with God and he Lamb
! b. Physical Features of the City (21:10-21)
- The Destiny of the Bride (v.10-11)
o What a scene!
“the holy city” à A scene of worship & beauty: consider (*Psa 48:1-2*)
o Look at the terms: “glory of God”, “brilliance”, “crystal clear jasper” à Diamonds!
o QUESTION: What did this look like?
(MacArthur: a giant light bulb)
o Scripture is filled with prophecy that looked forward to this day: (*Rom 8:18*; *1 Thess 2:10-12*; *2 Thess 2:14*; *Heb 2:10*; *1 Pet 5:1,10*)
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