Revelation 21:3

Revelation 21:3

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.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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The tabernacle of God is with men (h skhnh tou qeou meta twn anqrwpwn). It is one of the angels of the Presence (Revelation 16:17; Revelation 19:5) speaking.

And he shall dwell with them (kai skhnwsei met autwn). Future active of skhnow, already in Revelation 7:15 from Ezekiel 37:27; Zechariah 2:10; Zechariah 8:8 and used of the Incarnate Christ on earth by John (John 1:14), now a blessed reality of the Father. The metaphor stands for the Shekinah Glory of God in the old tabernacle (Revelation 7:15; Revelation 13:6; Revelation 15:5), the true tabernacle of which it was a picture (Hebrews 8:2; Hebrews 9:11). God is now Immanuel in fact, as was true of Christ (Matthew 1:23).

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Revelation 21:3:**

John 1:14
John 11:43
Revelation 7:15
Revelation 12:12
Revelation 13:6
Revelation 21:1
Revelation 21:5
Revelation 21:7
Revelation 21:8
Revelation 21:22
Revelation 21:23

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