Revelation 21:1-5

(Revelation 21:1-5)

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.  And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.

 

Regarding the new heaven and the new earth, many church people simply think that this world in which humans live after the creation of the heavens and earth has been polluted and corrupted, so it is no longer a place to live. . There is no problem if the perfect God says that he will make it perfect even in this polluted world. It is entirely human thought to think that the world is corrupted and polluted that it needs a new heaven and a new earth.

 

In the Bible, there are two places in the book of Isaiah and Revelation about the new heaven and the new earth. We need to know the difference between the new heaven and the new earth, which are said in two places. The new heavens and new earth in Isaiah 65:17 mean this earth like the kingdom of God, not a world that is recreated. It is a country related to the sovereignty of who governs. It means the millennial kingdom in the book of Revelation ruled by the Messiah, not the country ruled by Satan. The kingdom ruled by the Messiah is a kingdom of perfection. And the new heaven and new earth in Revelation 21:1 refers to the eternal kingdom of God in 2 Peter 3:10, where this world is burned out by fire and appears anew. But, why did the prophet Isaiah use the words of a new heaven and a new earth?

 

In Isaiah 61:1-2, it is said that Christ is trying to preach the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God. The acceptable year of the LORD means the period of preaching the Gospel to the Gentiles (the period between the start of 69 and 70 weeks). The day of vengeance of our God means the period of the great tribulation (a period of one week, 70 weeks). In this way, speaking of the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God, the Bible is said to be a new heaven and a new earth in the sense of trying to explain what will happen through the coming first advent of Jesus Christ, not the distant future.

 

However, the new heaven and new earth that Peter describes in 2 Peter 3:10-13 describes what will happen after Jesus' Second Coming. Old Testament prophets are focused on Jesus' first coming, and Jesus' disciples are focused on Jesus' second coming.

 

Regarding the new heaven and the new earth, which is said in the book of Revelation, we cannot understand without knowing the meaning of Genesis 1:1. While Jesus is praying, in John 17:11-23, there is a message saying, "Let them be one like us, just as the Father and I are one." Ephesians 1:10 says, "That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: 』. The reason to make men God's children by receiving forgiveness of sins and salvation in Jesus Christ is to make all things in heaven and on earth become one.

 

The word “become one” does not mean that the body becomes one, but that it is one in the way the spirits exist. How can you understand the phrase “in God there is Jesus Christ, and in Jesus Christ there is God”? All beings with flesh cannot be understood, but only in the Holy Spirit. Being one in the work of the Holy Spirit is that the human spirit works in Christ (God) and Christ (God) works in the human spirit. When we become one in the Holy Spirit, we can understand the way God exists.

 

This is how God, Jesus Christ, and humans who are sealed by the Holy Spirit become one through the work of the Holy Spirit. This means that when the Holy Spirit completely enters humans, it completely enters into God's rule. Likewise, the reason that the new heaven and the new earth become one (to be unified) is because they were originally one. In Genesis 1:1, "In the beginning, heaven and earth were created", the heavens are the kingdom of God, and the earth is the material world separated from the kingdom of God in order to confine the angels who have sinned from the kingdom of God. At the end of the end, the land of the finite material world disappears and becomes the land of the complete kingdom of God. The new earth becomes the kingdom of God in which perfect communion with God occurs.

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