Revelation 21 & 22

New Heaven & New Earth
Pastor Brandon Ball
9/22/2021

What makes the new heaven and earth “new” is above all else the reality that now “the dwelling of God is with

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,…They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.” (Revelation 21:3)

John’s words should be taken mainly symbolic meaning that the New Jerusalem/Holy City will be absent from any influence of

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– he has been cast down!

This passage is not a picture of universal salvation, though it contains a universal

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for all who thirst to drink the water of life. (Revelation 21:6)

In John’s descriptions, this Holy City is always “coming down”. This could also be seen as “coming down from above” – as in this city is a

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from God. (see James 1:17)

The problem of the literalness of the city has received much attention. If the city is the bride and the bride the glorified community of God’s people in their eternal life, there is little question that John’s descriptions are primarily

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of that glorified life.

The process of measuring throughout the bible (especially in Ezekiel 43:12, Revelation 11)
implies the spiritual

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of and preparation to bless what is being measured. It further emphasizes the

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of what God prepares.

In both Testaments water is frequently associated with the

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of God and the lifeimparting and cleansing ministry of the Holy Spirit. (Isa 44:3; John 3:5; 4:13-14; 7:37-39; 13:10; 19:34; Titus 3:5)

The word “reign” however should incline us to believe that the redeemed will have

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and

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