A New Heaven And Earth?

It will be a total surprise. No one but the Father knows the day or the hour. It will come like “thief in the night”, Peter warns us. There will be a great noise as the heavens pass away. I would imagine this describes a great explosion of sorts. There will be extreme heat associated with this event since Peter mentions that the “elements will melt with fervent heat.” We have a periodic chart that we all most likely had to study beginning in seventh grade or beyond. It included such elements as copper, hydrogen, oxygen, iron and several hundred more. These will all melt and/or burn up with fervent heat.

What exactly is meant with fervent heat? It is an extreme heat that glows as it burns. Imagine a “fire ball.” That I would imagine might describe the elements of His Heavens and His Earth as He destroys them. And not only will the earth be burned up, but all of its works as well. No one knows, except God, what is meant by the earth’s “works” but I can only imagine that it implies that there will be nothing left that remains— “the whole works” as the saying goes.

I am not sure how anyone who has read God’s Word can be confused at all about the fate of this planet and the heavens that surround it. Some of them question that the entire Bible is true and when I hear that, I remind them that if the entire Bible is not true then our God is a liar and I will defer that conversation to them and God but I strongly recommend that they refrain from such a conversation.

God has an entire sequence of events that deal with what His Word denotes as His Wrath. It can be found starting in Revelation 1:1. From the beginning, God has been patiently waiting to reveal His Son as the King of Kings and Lord of Lords and it shall be done in the “Last Days” as outlined in the book of Revelation; which is short for the “Revelation of Jesus Christ.”

John, the very same John, that was a disciple and apostle of Jesus Christ while He walked on this Earth, was exiled to the Island of Patmos, where this revelation, in its entirety, was given to him by none other than God in Christ.

It would take a series of sermons to cover all that is contained within the verses of this one book, but that we will reserve for another time. However, without any intended injustice, I will give a brief summary of His revelation and challenge each one of you to read it for yourselves. You will find that it does tell you as part of the opening of His revelation that those that read it will be blessed—and who wouldn’t want to be blessed. Amen.

It pretty much all starts out with these seven seals found on a scroll that no one in Heaven except Jesus Christ (the Lamb of God) can open. None of the first six seals bring serious devastation to this planet and are meant to be a warning from God. It seems that He is still anxious at this point to save as many as possible before “He lowers the proverbial boom” if you will.