Revelation Chapter 21
Introduction:
Chapter 21:1-22:5 is about the New Heaven (there is no sun
or moon), the New Earth (there are no seas), the New Jerusalem (The Bride Of
The Lamb), the River of Life and the Tree of Life, The Father and The Son are the
Light. This is the Eternal Home of The Saints (John 14:1-6)!
:1 Now, I saw a New Heaven and a
New Earth. For the first heaven and the first earth had passed away; also there
was no more sea (2 Peter 3:10-13; Revelation 20:11; Isaiah 65:17-19).
:2 Then I, John, saw The Holy
City, New Jerusalem, coming down out of Heaven from GOD prepared as a Bride*,
adorned for her Husband (Revelation 19:7-9, 21:9-10 vs. 11-27 describes The New
Jerusalem).
:3 I heard a loud voice from
Heaven saying, “Behold, The 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.” That has been GOD’s plan from the creation, but sin always got in
the way. That is why JESUS was crucified before the foundation of the world.
:4 “GOD will wipe away every tear
from their eyes (Isaiah 25:8; Revelation 7:17); there shall be no more death (1
Corinthians 15:24-26, 53-55), nor sorrow (Isaiah 35:10), nor crying (Isaiah 65:19);
there shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away (Isaiah 43:18-21).”
This is the promise that we endure all the temptations, tribulations and
persecutions to receive.
:5-7 Then He Who sat on The Throne
said, “Behold, I make all things new.” He said to me, “Write, for these things
are True and Faithful (2 Timothy 3:16-17).” He said to me, “It is done (John
19:30; Revelation 10:6-7)! I Am The Alpha and Omega, The Beginning and The End.
I will give of the Fountain of Water of Life freely to him who thirsts (John
4:10). He who overcomes shall inherit all things and I will be his GOD and He
shall be My Child (Philippians 3:8-11; Romans 8:16-17).”
:8 “But the cowardly, unbelieving,
abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall
have their part in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the
second death (1 Corinthians 6:8-11; Revelation 19:20, 20:10, 14-15).”
:9 Then one of the seven angels who
had the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues came and talked to me,
saying, “Come, I will show you The Bride, The Lamb’s Wife.” This is causing
much controversy in The Church because we have been taught that The Church is
The Bride of The Lamb.*
:10-11a He carried me away in The
SPIRIT to a great and high mountain and showed me The Holy City Jerusalem,
descending out of Heaven from GOD, having The Glory of GOD (meaning the
physical presence of GOD; Ezekiel 48:30-35 (YEHOVAH Shammah).
:11b-14 Her Light was like a most
precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal. Also she had a great
high wall with twelve gates and twelve angels at the gates and names written on
them which are of the twelve tribes of The Children of Israel: three gates on
the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south and three gates on
the west. Now the wall of the City had twelve foundations and on them were the
names of the twelves apostles of The Lamb (Ephesians 2:19-22).
:15-18 He who talked with me had a
gold reed to measure The City, its gates and its wall. The City is laid out in
a square; its length is as great as it breath. He measured The city with the
reed: twelve thousand furlongs**. Its length, breath and height are equal. Then
he measured its wall: one hundred and forty-four cubits, according to the
measure of a man, that is, of an angel**. The construction of its wall was of Jasper
and The City was pure gold, like clear glass.
:19-20 The foundations of the wall
of The City were adorned with all kinds of precious stones: the first
foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,
the fifth sardonyx, the sixth sardius, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth
beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth and the twelfth amethyst
(Isaiah 54:11-12).
:21 The twelve gates were twelve
pearls: each individual gate was of one pearl. The street of The city was pure
gold, like transparent glass.
:22 But I saw no temple in it, For
JEHOVAH ELOHIM Almighty and The Lamb are its Temple. In the present Believers
are the Temple of The HOLY SPIRIT (1 Corinthians 3:16-17); but in The New
Jerusalem, GOD is The Temple (John 4:21-24).
:23-26 But I saw no Temple in it,
For JEHOVAH ELOHIM Almighty and YESHUA are its Temple. The City has no need of
the sun or the moon to shine in it for The Very Glory of ELOHIM illuminated it
(Isaiah 24:23); YESHUA is its Light (Isaiah 60:19-20). The nations shall walk
in its Light and the rulers of the earth bring their tribute and honor into it.
Its gates shall not be shut at all by day (there shall be no night). They shall
bring the tribute and honor of the nations into it (Isaiah 60:10-18).
:27 But there shall by no means
enter it anything that defiles or causes an abomination or a lie (Joel 3:17-18);
but only those who are written in The Lamb’s Book of Life.
Daniel 7:13-14
*Isaiah 54:4-8 The LORD calls
Israel His wife; Jeremiah 3:11-15 The LORD calls Israel his wife; Hosea 2:2, 7,16,
19-20 JEHOVAH and Israel as husband and wife; 2 Corinthians 11:2 Paul implies
that The Church is The Bride of YESHUA, but John sees The New Jerusalem as The
Bride of YESHUA!
**Twelve thousand furlongs (Literally
stadia) equals about 1,380 miles.
A cubit equals about 18 inches: one
hundred forty-four cubits equals about 216 feet.
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