Mike Sadler • New Heaven & New Earth • November 19, 2023
Behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind. (Isaiah 65:17)
Our
home will be
- “Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.” (2 Cor. 5:1)
Our
home will be filled with
– “But be glad and rejoice forever in what I will create, for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight and its people a joy. I will rejoice over Jerusalem and take delight in my people…” (Isaiah 65:18-19a)
Our
home will have no more
or
- “…the sound of weeping and of crying will be heard in it no more. Never again will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not live out his years…for they will be a people blessed by the Lord, they and their descendants with them.” (Isaiah 65: 19b-20a, 23b)
A
of the eternal
: – “Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away…” (Rev. 21:1)
• What happened to the ‘
’
‘
’
? “By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire…but in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth…” (2 Peter 3:7, 12a-13)
• We will have a new
: - “I saw the Holy City, the New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God…And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, ‘Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be His people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.’” (Rev. 21:2-3)
• No more need for
or
: - “He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away. He who was seated on the throne said, ‘I am making everything new!’” (Rev. 21:4-5a)
• A new
will rise out of the
- “Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed… In the middle of the garden were the tree of life…” (Gen. 2:8, 9b)
“He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever. So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden…” (Gen. 3:22b-23a)
“Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river, stood the tree of life…” (Rev. 22:1-2a)
