ALL THINGS MADE NEW!
Revelation 21:1-27, Revelation 22:1-5
NOW, I (John) 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! THEN I, JOHN, SAW – THE HOLY CITY, NEW JERUSALEM, COMING DOWN OUT OF HEAVEN – FROM GOD (GOD Almighty), PREPARED AS A BRIDE – ADORNED FOR HER HUSBAND! AND I HEARD A LOUD VOICE – FROM HEAVEN, SAYING, “BEHOLD, THE TABERNACLE OF GOD (GOD Almighty) IS – WITH MEN, AND HE (GOD Almighty) WILL DWELL – WITH THEM, AND THEY SHALL BE – HIS PEOPLE! GOD (GOD Almighty) HIMSELF WILL BE – WITH THEM, AND BE – THEIR GOD! AND GOD (GOD Almighty) WILL WIPE AWAY – EVERY TEAR FROM THEIR EYES; THERE SHALL BE NO MORE DEATH, NOR SORROW, NOR CRYING! THERE SHALL BE NO MORE PAIN, FOR THE FORMER THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY!”
THEN HE (GOD Almighty), WHO SAT ON THE THRONE SAID, “BEHOLD, I (GOD Almighty) MAKE ALL THINGS NEW!” AND HE SAID TO ME, “WRITE, FOR THESE WORDS ARE TRUE AND FAITHFUL!”
AND HE (GOD Almighty) SAID TO ME, “IT IS DONE! I AM – THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA, THE BEGINNING AND THE END! I WILL GIVE OF THE FOUNTAIN OF THE WATER OF LIFE – FREELY, TO HIM, WHO THIRSTS! HE, WHO OVERCOMES SHALL INHERIT ALL THINGS, AND I WILL BE HIS GOD, AND HE SHALL BE MY SON! BUT, THE COWARDLY, UNBELIEVING (And Sinners), ABOMINABLE, MURDERERS, SEXUALLY IMMORAL, SORCERERS, IDOLATERS, AND ALL LIARS SHALL HAVE THEIR PART – IN THE LAKE, WHICH BURNS WITH FIRE AND BRIMSTONE, WHICH IS – THE SECOND DEATH!”
THEN, ONE OF THE SEVEN ANGELS, WHO HAD THE SEVEN BOWLS – FILLED WITH THE SEVEN LAST PLAGUES, CAME TO ME, AND TALKED WITH ME, SAYING, “COME, I WILL SHOW YOU – THE BRIDE, THE LAMB’S WIFE!” AND HE CARRIED ME AWAY – IN THE SPIRIT (The Holy Spirit), TO A GREAT AND HIGH MOUNTAIN, AND SHOWED ME – THE GREAT CITY, THE HOLY JERUSALEM, DESCENDING OUT OF HEAVEN – FROM GOD (GOD Almighty), HAVING THE GLORY OF GOD (GOD Almighty)! HER LIGHT – WAS LIKE, A MOST PRECIOUS STONE, LIKE A JASPER STONE, CLEAR AS CRYSTAL! ALSO, SHE HAD A GREAT AND HIGH WALL – WITH TWELVE GATES, AND TWELVE ANGELS AT THE GATES, AND NAMES WRITTEN ON THEM; WHICH ARE – THE NAMES 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 TWELVE APOSTLES OF THE LAMB (Jesus Christ)! AND HE, WHO TALKED WITH ME, HAD A GOLD REED TO MEASURE THE CITY, ITS GATES, AND ITS WALL! THE CITY IS LAID OUT – AS A SQUARE; IT LENGTH IS AS GREAT – AS ITS BREADTH! AND HE MEASURED THE CITY – WITH THE REED: TWELVE THOUSAND FURLONGS (A Stadia – About 1,380 Miles)! ITS LENGTH, BREADTH, 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! 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! THE TWELVE GATES – WERE TWELVE PEARLS: EACH INDIVIDUAL GATE – WAS OF ONE PEARL! AND THE STREET OF THE CITY – WAS PURE GOLD, LIKE TRANSPARENT GLASS!
BUT, I SAW NO TEMPLE IN IT; FOR THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY AND THE LAMB (Jesus Christ) – ARE ITS TEMPLE! THE CITY HAD NO NEED OF THE SUN OR OF THE MOON – TO SHINE IN IT; FOR THE (VERY) GLORY OF GOD (GOD Almighty) ILLUMINATED IT! THE LAMB (Jesus Christ) IS – ITS LIGHT! AND THE NATIONS OF THOSE, WHO ARE SAVED, SHALL WALK IN ITS LIGHT; AND THE KINGS OF THE EARTH BRING THEIR GLORY AND HONOR INTO IT! ITS GATES SHALL NOT BE SHUT AT ALL – BY DAY (THERE SHALL BE NO NIGHT – THERE)! AND THEY SHALL BRING – THE GLORY AND THE HONOR OF THE NATIONS INTO IT (That, They May Enter In)! BUT, THERE SHALL BY NO MEANS ENTER IT – ANYTHING THAT DEFILES, OR CAUSES AN ABOMINATION, OR A LIE; BUT, ONLY THOSE, WHO ARE WRITTEN – IN THE LAMB’S BOOK OF LIFE!
AND HE SHOWED ME – A PURE RIVER OF WATER OF LIFE, CLEAR AS CRYSTAL, PROCEEDING FROM THE THRONE OF GOD (GOD Almighty) AND OF THE LAMB (Jesus Christ)! IN THE MIDDLE OF ITS STREET, AND ON EITHER SIDE OF THE RIVER – WAS THE TREE OF LIFE; WHICH BORE TWELVE FRUITS, EACH TREE – YIELDING ITS FRUIT EVERY MONTH! THE LEAVES OF THE TREE – WERE FOR THE HEALING OF THE NATIONS! AND THERE SHALL BE – NO MORE CURSE; BUT, THE THRONE OF GOD (GOD Almighty) AND OF THE LAMB (Jesus Christ) SHALL BE IN IT, AND HIS SERVANTS SHALL SERVE HIM! THEY SHALL SEE – HIS FACE, AND HIS NAME – SHALL BE ON THEIR FOREHEADS! THERE SHALL BE NO NIGHT – THERE: THEY NEED NO LAMP, NOR LIGHT OF THE SUN; FOR THE LORD GOD (GOD Almighty) GIVES THEM LIGHT! AND THEY SHALL REIGN – FOREVER AND EVER!
