Sermon Tone Analysis

The New Heaven and New Earth

vs. 1 - saw the new heave and new earth.

Old passed away cf.

II Peter 3:10-12 “10 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.

11 Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, 12 looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?”

Is it totally gone or is it simply purified and remade?

Whichever it will be new Roma.

8:22 - there will be no more groaning of the earth.

This will bring the end of time.

Creation of the world brought time as we know it.

Now with the new creation eternity begins.

New things

We cannot imagine what God has in store for us.

I Cor.

2:9 “9 But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.””

Heaven vs. 1

Earth vs. 1

Jerusalem vs. 2, 10

Temple vs. 22

Light vs. 23; 22:5

Inhabitants vs. 24, 27

No more

These things will not exist or take place in eternity.

No more sea vs. 1 - The sea forms barriers for countries, and ethnicities… The sea currently covers 70% of the earth.

Life is not water based?

No more death vs. 4

No more sorrow vs. 4

no more tears vs. 4

No more pain vs. 4

no more temple vs. 22

no more sun vs. 23; 22:5

No more moon vs. 23

No more night vs. 5

No more curse 22:3

New Jerusalem vs. 2

Holy City - this is a change Rev. 11:8 “8 And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.”

Mt. 23:37 “37 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!”

Ezekiel 24:6-9 “6 ‘Therefore thus says the Lord God: “Woe to the bloody city, To the pot whose scum is in it, And whose scum is not gone from it!

Bring it out piece by piece, On which no lot has fallen.

7 For her blood is in her midst; She set it on top of a rock; She did not pour it on the ground, To cover it with dust.

8 That it may raise up fury and take vengeance, I have set her blood on top of a rock, That it may not be covered.”

9 ‘Therefore thus says the Lord God: “Woe to the bloody city!

I too will make the pyre great.”

Contrast of this city made by God compared to the manmade city of Jerusalem.

This city is “prepared” by God.

Cf.

John 14:2, 3 “3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.”

Galatians 4:25-26 “25 for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children— 26 but the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all.”

Hebrews 11:10, 16 “10 for he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.” “16 But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country.

Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.”

Heb 12:22 “22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels,” Heb 13:12 “12 Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate.”

God will dwell with them.

vs. 3

God’s dwelling with man has always been limited in some way.

Tabernacle Ex. 40:34-38 “34 Then the cloud covered the tabernacle of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.

35 And Moses was not able to enter the tabernacle of meeting, because the cloud rested above it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.

36 Whenever the cloud was taken up from above the tabernacle, the children of Israel would go onward in all their journeys.

37 But if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not journey till the day that it was taken up.

38 For the cloud of the Lord was above the tabernacle by day, and fire was over it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.”

Temple II Chron 7:1 “1 When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the Lord filled the temple.”

Jesus dwelled among man John 1:14 “14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.”

Col 1:19 “19 For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell,” Col 2:9 “9 For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily;” I Tim.

3:16 “16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the Spirit, Seen by angels, Preached among the Gentiles, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory.”

How long??

God dwells within believers now.

John 14:23 “23 Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.”

Col 1:27 “27 To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.”

Eph 3:17 “17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,”

Father John 14:23

Son John 14:20, 23

c.

Holy Spirit John 14:17, I Cor.

6:19.

5. God dwells in the midst of His churches

I Cor.

3:16 “16 Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?” `

Eph.

2:21, 22 “22 in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.”

I Tim 3:15 “15 but if I am delayed, I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.”

6. God will dwell among the nations in the millenium.

Ezekiel 38:35 ; Isaiah 9:7 “7 Of the increase of His government and peace There will be no end, Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, To order it and establish it with judgment and justice From that time forward, even forever.

The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.” (Cummings, pg.

209-210)

All Things new vs. 5

without sin and all the evil that is connected with it all is new.

John must have been overwhelmed because the angel had to remind him to “write”.

Words are faithful and true.

God’s promises can be trusted.

It is done!

Alpha and Omega - the beginning and the end.

I will give Fountain of the water of life freely to all who thirsts.

cf.

Matthew 5:6 “6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled.”

Psalm 42:1-2 “1 As the deer pants for the water brooks, So pants my soul for You, O God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.

When shall I come and appear before God?”

Overcomes - shall inherit all things and I will be his God and he shall be my son.

I Peter 1:4 “4 to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you,”

But the most wonderful promise to the one who overcomes, who thirsts for righteousness, is God’s promise I will be his God (cf.

Gen. 17:7–8; Ex. 6:7; 29:45; Lev.

26:12; Deut.

29:13; 2 Sam.

7:24; Jer.