Then I saw a new sky (heaven) and a new earth, for the former sky and the former earth had passed away (vanished), and there no longer existed any sea.
- Here we are shown when everything changes, this is after Judgment Day. The world does not change completely right when Jesus returns, it changes after Judgment Day.
- The old earth, the worldly divisions, the death, and the sickness will be done away with after Judgment Day, they will be thrown into the Lake of Fire and they never will return.
- Satan with his deception and evil will be thrown into the Lake of Fire and they never will return. There will no longer have to be a sky, or Heaven, that separates us from our Father.
- The sea, or the small groups of people that were not part of the Truth will no longer exist. Everyone will be fully aware of and part of the Truth that sets us all free.
- Over the years I have heard many who teach that the Lake of Fire is the earth and Heaven being burned up, but remember that the anti-christ and the false prophet will be cast into the Lake of Fire a thousand years before Judgment Day! So the Lake of Fire has to be another thing that exists in another place.
2 And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, all arrayed like a bride beautified and adorned for her husband;
- Our Father will bring down a new Jerusalem, a new holy city. Later on in this Chapter we will see that the new Jerusalem is a place where people will be refreshed and invigorated. This may very well be a physical place or it may represent an entire new way for people who are not the Bride to be refreshed by the Truth, either way, it will be a place that serves the needs of mankind.
- So I want you to start thinking of something here, if we will be changed to be just like Jesus when He returns, 1 John 3:2, who will need refreshed?
3 Then I heard a mighty voice from the throne and I perceived its distinct words, saying, See! The abode of God is with men, and He will live (encamp, tent) among them; and they shall be His people, and God shall personally be with them and be their God.
- We are told that when this all occurs that the abode of God will be amongst men. Think about the word men, not saints, not the Bride, not the saved, but men.
- Beloved, we are [even here and] now God’s children; it is not yet disclosed (made clear) what we shall be [hereafter], but we know that when He comes and is manifested, we shall [as God’s children] resemble and be like Him, for we shall see Him just as He [really] is. 1 John 3:2
- Neither for these alone do I pray [it is not for their sake only that I make this request], but also for all those who will ever come to believe in (trust in, cling to, rely on) Me through their word and teaching, That they all may be one, [just] as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be one in Us, so that the world may believe and be convinced that You have sent Me. I have given to them the glory and honor which You have given Me, that they may be one [even] as We are one: I in them and You in Me, in order that they may become one and perfectly united, that the world may know and [definitely] recognize that You sent Me and that You have loved them [even] as You have loved Me. Father, I desire that they also whom You have entrusted to Me [as Your gift to Me] may be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory, which You have given Me [Your love gift to Me]; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world. John 17:22-24
- In this [union and communion with Him] love is brought to completion and attains perfection with us, that we may have confidence for the day of judgment [with assurance and boldness to face Him], because as He is, so are we in this world. 1 John 4:17
- For we are members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones. Ephesians 5:30
- Therefore if any person is [ingrafted] in Christ (the Messiah) he is a new creation (a new creature altogether); the old [previous moral and spiritual condition] has passed away. Behold, the fresh and new has come! 2 Corinthians 5:17
- The Truth is that believers are now new creatures in Christ. According to our Father’s Word we are no longer men. Just as Jesus is no longer a man.
- So here again we are shown that there are going to be other people in eternity, we will have guests who will still be men.
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