1And 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. 2And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3And 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. 4And 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 (Revelation 21: 1-4).
The book of Revelation was written by the apostle John based on a vision he had while in exile on the Island of Patmos. The final book of the scripture reveals the consummation of all-things. The Paradise that was lost because of the Fall of Man in Genesis 3 is regained in Revelation 21. There will be a new heaven and a new earth. There will be no more sorrow or death. The dwelling place of God will be with Man. We see in verse 3 the form of the covenant that we have discussed several times over the past few months; we shall be His people and He shall be our God.
As we have studied the Creator throughout all 66 books of scripture, there is an unmistaken pattern that has emerged. The pattern is that God is systematically restoring His people and creation to the correct relationship to Himself. While we do not know the reasons that God has sovereignly elected to have such a plan. That this plan exists and is being carryout in human history should not be denied. We are God’s creation and He is restoring us too Himself. There is one other obvious point to be made from examining all 66 books of the bible in relation to God as Creator and that is that the whole of scripture testifies about Christ. As a result, in the coming weeks we will examine the prophecies of Christ in the Old Testament and their fulfillment in the New Testament. The Creator is the beginning and the end, the first and the last (Revelation 1:8).
The book of Revelation was written by the apostle John based on a vision he had while in exile on the Island of Patmos. The final book of the scripture reveals the consummation of all-things. The Paradise that was lost because of the Fall of Man in Genesis 3 is regained in Revelation 21. There will be a new heaven and a new earth. There will be no more sorrow or death. The dwelling place of God will be with Man. We see in verse 3 the form of the covenant that we have discussed several times over the past few months; we shall be His people and He shall be our God.
As we have studied the Creator throughout all 66 books of scripture, there is an unmistaken pattern that has emerged. The pattern is that God is systematically restoring His people and creation to the correct relationship to Himself. While we do not know the reasons that God has sovereignly elected to have such a plan. That this plan exists and is being carryout in human history should not be denied. We are God’s creation and He is restoring us too Himself. There is one other obvious point to be made from examining all 66 books of the bible in relation to God as Creator and that is that the whole of scripture testifies about Christ. As a result, in the coming weeks we will examine the prophecies of Christ in the Old Testament and their fulfillment in the New Testament. The Creator is the beginning and the end, the first and the last (Revelation 1:8).
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