Revelation 21:1

All Things Made New

1 Now ^aI saw a new heaven and a new earth, ^bfor the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea.

2 Then I,¹ John, saw ^athe holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared ^bas a bride adorned for her husband.

3 And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, ^athe tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God.

4 ^aAnd God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; ^bthere shall be no more death, ^cnor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.”

5 Then ^aHe who sat on the throne said, ^b“Behold, I make all things new.” And He said¹ to me, “Write, for ^cthese words are true and faithful.”

6 And He said to me, ^a“It is done! ^bI am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. ^cI will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts.

7 He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and ^aI will be his God and he shall be My son.

Commentaries:

John Wesley's Notes

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Revelation 21:1

And I saw - So it runs, Revelation 19:11, Revelation 20:1, Revelation 20:4, Revelation 20:11, in a succession. All these several representations follow one another in order: so the vision reaches into eternity. A new heaven and a new earth - After the resurrection and general judgment. St. John is not now describing a flourishing state of the church, but a new and eternal state of all things. For the first heaven and the first earth - Not only the lowest part of heaven, not only the solar system, but the whole ethereal heaven, with all its host, whether of planets or fixed stars, Isaiah 34:4; Matthew 24:29. All the former things will be done away, that all may become new, Revelation 20:4-5, II Peter 3:10, II Peter 3:12. Are passed away - But in the fourth verse it is said, "are gone away." There the stronger word is used; for death, mourning, and sorrow go away all together: the former heaven and earth only pass away, giving place to the new heaven and the new earth.

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