12.
The new heaven and the new earth
21:1-8
a.
The first heaven and the first earth having passed away and the sea being no more
v.1
Rev. 21
:1
21:1
And I saw a
1anew heaven and a new earth; for the
2bfirst heaven and the first earth passed away, and the
3sea is no more.
b.
New Jerusalem coming down to the new earth
v.2
Rev. 21
:2
21:2
And I saw the
aholy city,
1bNew Jerusalem,
2coming down out of heaven from God,
cprepared as a
3dbride adorned for her
ehusband.
c.
The peoples on the new earth
vv. 3-4
Rev. 21
:3
21:3
And I heard a
aloud voice out of the throne, saying, Behold, the
1btabernacle of God is with men, and He will
ctabernacle with them, and
dthey will be His peoples, and God Himself will be with them
and be their God.
Rev. 21
:4
21:4
And He will
1awipe away every tear from their eyes; and
2bdeath will be no more, nor will there be
csorrow or crying or pain anymore; for the
3dformer things have passed away.
d.
The sons of God in eternity
vv. 5-7
Rev. 21
:5
21:5
And He
awho sits on the throne said, Behold, I make all things
bnew. And He said, Write, for these words are
cfaithful and true.
Rev. 21
:6
21:6
And He said to me,
1They have come to pass. I am the
aAlpha and the Omega, the
bBeginning and the End. I will give to him who
cthirsts from the
dspring of the
ewater of life freely.
Rev. 21
:7
21:7
He who
1aovercomes will inherit these things, and
bI will be God to him, and he will be a
2cson to Me.
e.
The perished in the lake of fire
v.8
Rev. 21
:8
21:8
But the cowardly and unbelieving and
aabominable and murderers and
bfornicators and sorcerers and idolaters and all the
1false, their part will be in the
2clake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the
dsecond death.
13.
New Jerusalem
21:9-27
a.
The bride, the wife of the Lamb
v.9
Rev. 21
:9
21:9
And 1one of the
aseven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and spoke with me, saying,
bCome here; I will show you the
2cbride, the
dwife of the Lamb.
b.
The holy city
v.10
Rev. 21
:10
21:10
And he
acarried me away
bin spirit onto a
1great and high mountain and showed me the
choly city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,
c.
Her glory and appearance
v.11
Rev. 21
:11
21:11
Having the
1aglory of God. Her
2blight was like a most
3cprecious stone, like a
4djasper stone, as clear as
ecrystal.
d.
Her structure and measurement
vv. 12-21
Rev. 21
:12
21:12
It had a
1great and high
awall and had
2btwelve cgates, and at the gates twelve
3angels, and names inscribed, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of
4Israel:
Rev. 21
:13
21:13
On the east three gates, and on the north three gates, and on the south three gates, and on the
1west three gates.
Rev. 21
:14
21:14
And the wall of the city had twelve
1afoundations, and on them the twelve names of the
btwelve 2apostles of the Lamb.
Rev. 21
:15
21:15
And he who spoke with me had a
1golden reed as a measure that he might
ameasure the city and its gates and its wall.
Rev. 21
:16
21:16
And the city lies
1asquare, and its length is as great as the breadth. And he measured the city with the reed to
a length of 2twelve thousand
3stadia; the
4length and the breadth and the height of it are
bequal.
Rev. 21
:17
21:17
And he measured its wall, a
1hundred and forty-four cubits,
according to the measure of a man, that is, of an
2aangel.
Rev. 21
:18
21:18
And the building work of its wall was
1ajasper; and the city was
2pure 3bgold, like
4clear glass.
Rev. 21
:19
21:19
The 1afoundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every
bprecious stone: the first foundation was
2jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;
Rev. 21
:20
21:20
The fifth,
asardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst.
Rev. 21
:21
21:21
And the
atwelve gates were twelve
1bpearls; each one of the gates was, respectively, of
2one pearl. And the
3street of the city was pure
cgold, like
4transparent glass.
e.
The enlarged temple
v.22
Rev. 21
:22
21:22
And I saw
1no 2atemple in it, for the
bLord God the Almighty and the
cLamb are its
2dtemple.
f.
Her light and lamp
v.23
Rev. 21
:23
21:23
And the city has
1ano need of the sun or of the moon that they should shine in it, for the
bglory of God illumined it, and its
2clamp is the Lamb.
g.
The nations around her
vv. 24-27
Rev. 21
:24
21:24
And the
1anations will walk by its
2light; and the
3bkings of the earth bring their
4glory into it.
Rev. 21
:25
21:25
And its gates shall by
1ano means be shut by day, for there will be no
2bnight there.
Rev. 21
:26
21:26
And they will bring the
1aglory and the
2honor of the nations into it.
Rev. 21
:27
21:27
And anything
acommon and he who makes an
babomination and a
clie shall by no means
denter into it, but only
1those who are
ewritten in the Lamb's
2book of life.
