Rev. 21:1 - a new heaven and a new earth
By Jimmy Lau
Rev 21:1 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.
“Sea” symbolises turmoil. The “first heaven and first earth” is the earth that we now lived. Peter in his epistle says this earth shall pass away (2 Peter 3:10). And he says we have a better home waiting for us: “Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness” (2 Peter 3:13).
Our hope is in heaven. Revelation 21 paints a beautiful picture of what heaven is like. It is the climax of the journey of faith: Heaven is surely worth it all. Here for the first time, after the close of the seven epistles of chapters 2 and 3, do we have the promise to him who overcomes: “He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son” (v.7).
Rev 21:1 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.
“Sea” symbolises turmoil. The “first heaven and first earth” is the earth that we now lived. Peter in his epistle says this earth shall pass away (2 Peter 3:10). And he says we have a better home waiting for us: “Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness” (2 Peter 3:13).
Our hope is in heaven. Revelation 21 paints a beautiful picture of what heaven is like. It is the climax of the journey of faith: Heaven is surely worth it all. Here for the first time, after the close of the seven epistles of chapters 2 and 3, do we have the promise to him who overcomes: “He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son” (v.7).
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