Everything New Again Revelation 21 22 Revelation Striving

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Everything New Again Revelation 21 -22

Everything New Again Revelation 21 -22

Revelation Striving for adequate words Beautifully crafted poetry No picture could describe this A

Revelation Striving for adequate words Beautifully crafted poetry No picture could describe this A mirror to the creation story

The End of Evil In Genesis 3 • The serpent deceives • The result

The End of Evil In Genesis 3 • The serpent deceives • The result is pain, death and a curse In Revelation 20 • The serpent is bound, then dealt with • The result is no more pain, or death, or curse 21: 4 – 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. ” 22: 3 a – No longer will there be any curse.

The New Creation 21: 1 a – Then I saw “a new heaven and

The New Creation 21: 1 a – Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth, ” for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away • Compare Genesis 1: 1 21: 23 – The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. • Compare Genesis 1: 3, 4 21: 1 b – and there was no longer any sea. • Compare Genesis 1: 6, 9 and Revelation 4 A “resurrection” of creation – like the old but not like it

The New Bride 21: 9 – Come I will show you the bride, the

The New Bride 21: 9 – Come I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb The Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down from heaven 21: 11 a – it shone with the glory of God • 21: 11 b brilliant, like a jasper (see Rev 4: 3) • 21: 18 b pure, city of pure gold, as pure as glass • 21: 16 big, billions could live there Why all the twelves? – this is about God’s people Like a gigantic temple – gold, precious stones, cubic! 21: 22 – But this city has no temple, because God is the temple

The New Life 22: 1 – Then the angel showed me the river of

The New Life 22: 1 – 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 • Compare Genesis 2: 10 and Ezekiel 47: 1 22: 2 b – On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. • Compare Genesis 2: 9 21: 6 b – To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life. 7 Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children.

Who’s it all for? 21: 7 – Those who are victorious will inherit all

Who’s it all for? 21: 7 – Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children. 21: 8 – But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death. ” 21: 27 – Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

The Invitation 23: 17 b – Let the one who is thirsty come; and

The Invitation 23: 17 b – Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.