Revelation Study Series 27 - God's Mysterious Plan Fulfilled (Chapter 21) Series

Revelation 21:1-3

1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the old heaven and the old earth had disappeared. And the sea was also gone.

2 And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven like a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.

3 I heard a loud shout from the throne, saying, “Look, God’s home is now among His people! He will live with them, and they will be His people. God Himself will be with them.

I like new things. I don’t like things that are old and broken. (That doesn’t mean I don’t have a lot of old and broken things…but, if I had my choice…I would like for them to be new.)

I like that new car smell…(you can buy it in an air freshener), but it doesn’t change an old and broken car.

I like a new book…I like the sound the binding makes as it creases when you open it.

New is usually better…it works…it’s not broken!

This old earth we live in is not new. It is broken.

It is broken with the curse of sin, and death.

The Bible says that our Heavenly Father is going to change all that!

He is going to change it, because He promised!

He is going to change it, because He loves us!

He is going to change it, because He has new for us!

2 Peter 3:10

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

Luke 21:33

Heaven and earth shall pass away: but My words shall not pass away.

Everything the Christian has lived for and been promised will one day be revealed as God creates a new heaven and a new earth.

Isaiah 65:17

For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.

Believer, You will live in a new heaven and new earth! You will forget about this old and broken world!

God can’t wait for you and I to see it! He gives us a glimpse of what it will be like!

The Bible tells us that there will be no more sea. The earth is presently covered by 3/4th’s water. That is going to change one day.

In our present world, the seas and oceans serve as borders, and barriers. There will be water in heaven. There will be a river of life there. But, the land surface will not be separated by water.

Revelation 21:2

And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven like a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.

What a beautiful picture John gives us here.

How great will it be? It will be like a bride all dressed up for her groom.

I remember the day I married my beautiful wife. I stood up on that platform and looked down that long aisle with flower petals thrown in the way.

The back doors of the church opened and my bride, there in her white wedding gown, her hair all fixed up, started walking down that aisle…and the best part was she was walking toward me!

Followed by the second best part when she said “I do”!

Revelation 21:3

I heard a loud shout from the throne, saying, “Look, God’s home is now among His people! He will live with them, and they will be His people. God Himself will be with them.

Right, now God the Father dwells in Heaven. When we are saved we are filled with the third person of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit…God resides within us.

Jesus Christ during His earthly ministry dwelt among us.

But, on that day when God creates a new heaven/new earth…we, in glorified bodies…will experience things which have never been experienced before by anyone! We will meet with God face to face and dwell with Him!

Revelation 21:4

He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these things are gone forever.”

What’s gone? Everything! Everything that you now know…will no longer be remembered…as you know it.

This old broken world…with its curse of sin and death will be no more!

There will be no more disease. There will be no more pain, no more fear, no more discomfort…no more sorrow, nor anguish! These things will not exist!

Some may laugh at Christians for believing what seems to be unbelievable.

John 14:2

In My Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.