Revelation 21
The New Heaven and the
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And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: Is.
65.17 ; 66.22 · 2 Pet. 3.13 for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away;
and there was no more sea.
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And I John saw the holy city, Is.
52.1 new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, Rev.
3.12 prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. Is.
61.10
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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, Ezek. 37.27 and God himself shall be with them, and be their
God.
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And God shall wipe away all tears from
their eyes; and there shall be no more death, Is. 25.8 neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more
pain: Is. 65.19 for the former things are passed away.
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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.
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And he said unto me, It is done. I am
Alpha and Ome'ga, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him
that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. Is.
55.1
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He that overcometh shall inherit all
things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. 2 Sam.
7.14 · 1
Chr. 17.13
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But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the
abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and
idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which
burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second
death.
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The New
Jerusalem |
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And there came unto me one of the seven
angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and
talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the
Lamb's wife.
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And he carried me away in the spirit to a
great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy
Jerusalem, Ezek. 40.2 descending out of heaven from God,
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having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper
stone, clear as crystal;
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and had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written
thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the
children of Israel:
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on the east three gates; on the north
three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. Ezek. 48.30-34
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And the wall of the city had twelve
foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the
Lamb.
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And he that talked with me had a golden
reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall
thereof. Ezek. 40.3
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And the city lieth foursquare, and the
length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the
reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the
height of it are equal.
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And he measured the wall thereof, a
hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
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And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear
glass.
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And the foundations of the wall of the
city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The
first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third,
a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
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the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius;
the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the
tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an
amethyst.
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And the twelve gates were twelve
pearls; Is. 54.11, 12 every
several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
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And I saw no temple therein: for the
Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
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And the city had no need of the sun,
neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did
lighten it, Is. 60.19 and the Lamb is the light thereof.
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And the nations of them which are saved
shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring
their glory and honor into it.
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And the gates of it shall not be shut at
all by day: for there shall be no night there.
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And they shall bring the glory and honor
of the nations into it. Is. 60.11
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And there shall in no wise enter into it
any thing that defileth, Is. 52.1 neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book
of life.
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