My Sheep Hear My Voice- Rev. 21:1

My Sheep Hear My Voice- Rev. 21:1

Before Jesus was crucified He told the disciples to watch and pray, something so simple, but they let their physical bodies take over and they fell back asleep. In these last hours of time you need to hear His voice. When He tells you something, it is very important, but most ignore my voice or just discuss it and go on with what they were doing. You will see many things start to happen shortly and if you do not hear and obey His voice,... it will mean death for some of you....Jesus has only your best interest in mind. Christ knows you heart, and if you are truly His you will hear His voice. He awakes many of you at 3am on the dot, but most will roll over and go back to sleep. There are a few who will get up and pray. Your day is filled with so many things and Jesus is the last thing many of you give your time to. But Christ needs to talk to you,... to fellowship with you and only when you are still and quite (3am) can you hear Him,... the rest of your day is so busy you do not have time for Him,... but you need to make time, for time is short and the Lord has instructions for you.

Revelation 21

The Eternal Perfect State

Under this heading we shall consider the last two chapters of Revelation, and deal with such topics as the new heavens, new earth, new Jerusalem, new peoples, new conditions, new temple, new light, new Paradise. These teachings of Scripture concerning things in the ages of the ages to come.

The New Heaven and the New Earth

Rev. 21:1-22:5

“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” Rev. 21:1

As the chapter opens, all the sinners of all the ages, both demons and men, including Satan, the beast and false prophet, are in the lake of fire forever. The whole universe has been destroyed, and God creates a new universe to be the eternal dwelling place of the redeemed.

new heaven and... This will be the result of the renovation of the heavens and the earth by fire (2Pet. 3:10-13. The New Heavens and New Earth are mentioned in Rev. 21:1. The entire universe as we now know it will be destroyed (2 Peter 3:10-13), and be replaced by a new creation that will last forever. This is a Old Testament reality (Psalm 105:25-26; Isa. 65:17; 66:22), as well as a New Testament one (Luke 21:33; Heb. 1:10-12; see Rev. 20:11-15).

were passed away... Greek: parerchomai, pass from one condition to another (2Pet. 3:10).

no more sea... The large oceans covering about three-fourths of the earth will be no more, but there will be an abundance of rivers, lakes, and small seas on earth forever (Psm. 72:8-17; 97:1-6; 146:6; Isa. 42:10; 60:5; 66:19; Eze. 47:1-23; Zec. 14:8; Jer. 5:22; 31:35; 33:22; etc.). Currently three-fourths of the earth’s surface is water, but the new environment will no longer be water based and will have completely different climatic conditions (see Rev. 22:1-2). A unique distinction of this new earth will be that the vast oceans of water that now cover three fourths of the world's surface will not be included, leaving much more habitable land for the population of the redeemed.

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up (2 Pet. 3:10).
The new heaven is the atmospheric heaven around and above the earth.
This area has been the domain of Satan (see Eph. 2:2), and must be purified before the heaven of God can come down to the new earth. This new earth will be a perfect environment similar to that of the Garden of Eden.
This new heaven and new earth are actually a heavenly pattern of what the Garden of Eden was a miniature of on earth. We will see the Tree of Life restored with water that flows from the throne of God. It didn't rain in the Garden of Eden. Plants were watered from beneath the earth. The water in the Garden of Eden flowed out in four rivers (symbolic of enough for the whole world). This river that flows from the throne of God is the same water that Jesus told the woman at the well, if she drank it, she would never thirst again.

The new heaven and the new earth (21:1-22:5)

The New Heaven And The New Earth Created (Rev. 21:1)

The opening verses of Rev. 21:1-27 describe the creation of the new heaven and the new earth, which chronologically follows the thousand-year reign of Christ described in Rev. 20:1-15. 21:1-27 begins with the familiar words I saw, an expression repeated in Rev. 21:2 (cf. Rev. 21:22, “I did not see”). This new creation is described as a new heaven and a new earth. That it is a totally new heaven and a new earth, and not the present heaven and earth renovated, is supported by the additional statement, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away (also see Rev. 20:11). An amazingly small amount of information is given about the new heaven and the new earth. But one major fact is stated in this verse: there was no longer any sea.

In contrast with the present earth, which has most of its surface covered by water, no large body of water will be on the new earth. The Bible is silent, however, on any features of the first heaven except the statement in Rev. 21:23 that there will be no sun or moon and, by implication, no stars. The new heaven refers not to the abode of God, but to the earth’s atmosphere and planetary space.

No landmarks whatever are given concerning the new earth, and nothing is known of its characteristics, vegetation, color, or form. The implication, however, is that it is round and is the residence of all who are saved. A few other references are found in Scripture in relation to the new earth, including Isa. 65:17; 66:22; and 2Pet. 3:10-13.

Because in some of these passages the Millennium is also discussed, expositors have often confused the eternal state with the Millennium. However, the principle is well established in Scripture that distant events are often telescoped together. Examples of this are Isa. 61:1-2 (cf. Luke 4:17-19), which speaks of the first and second comings of Christ together, and Dan. 12:2, which mentions the resurrection of the righteous and of the wicked together even though, according to Rev. 20:5, they will be separated by a thousand years. Sometimes even the chronological order is reversed, as in Isa. 65:17-25 (Isa. 65:17-19 refer to the new heaven and new earth whereas Isa. 65:20-25 clearly refer to the Millennium). End-time events are all also brought in close proximity in 2Pet. 3:10-13, where the beginning and the end of the day of the Lord are mentioned in the same passage.

Though expositors have differed on this point, the principle that clear passages should be used to explain obscure passages supports the conclusion that the second coming of Christ is followed by a thousand-year reign on earth, and this in turn is followed by a new heaven and new earth, the dwelling place of the saints for eternity. With the absence of any geographic identification and the absence of a sea, the new earth will obviously be entirely different. By contrast, the sea is mentioned many times in relation to the Millennium (e.g., Psm. 72:8; Isa. 11:9, 11:11; Eze. 47:8-20; 48:28; Zec. 9:10; 14:8). The evidence is conclusive that the new heaven and new earth are not to be confused with the Millennium.