New Heaven and New Earth

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Category: Restoration
Status: unfulfilled

The Prophecy

I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away.

Source

A¹nd 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.

² And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. ³ 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, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. ⁴ And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

Did You Know?

Isaiah 65 and Revelation 21 both describe a renewed creation where the former things pass away.

No more death, mourning, crying, or pain. the complete reversal of the curse of Genesis 3.

The ultimate hope of Scripture is not escape from creation, but its full redemption.