Revelation 21:1-8 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.… I. IT WILL BE IN A SENSE A NEW STATE. 1. It may be physically new. 2. It may be dispensationally new. Christ will deliver up the kingdom to God the Father. 3. It may be relatively new. New in the estimation and feeling of the occupants. II. IT WILL BE A STATE WIDELY DIFFERING FROM ALL PRECEDING ONES. 1. The difference will arise from the absence of some things which were identified with all the preceding states. (1) All the elements of mental agitation — pride, ambition, avarice, revenge, doubt, fear, envy, guilt — will be excluded from heaven. (2) Death-beds, funeral processions, cemeteries, are not known there. (3) Suffering. 2. This difference will arise from the presence of some things which have not been in connection with any preceding states. (1) A full manifestation of God. (2) A perfect fellowship with God. (a) Direct. (b) Permanent. (D. Thomas, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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. |
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