From Millennium to Eternity Revelation 20-22 Lots of questions please!
Humans in the Millennium They do not receive resurrected bodies They enter Millennium with promise they have entered God s eternal state Death no longer has power over this group No mention of them receiving resurrected bodies AFTER the Millennium in eternity Are there still humans on earth?
Chapter 21-22 (one unit) Heaven! On Earth
Mysteries As there was mention of a wedding supper but no actual description... No mention of judgment of angels No mention of resurrected bodies for the millennial humans Do humans enter the eternal state? Why mention nations on new earth? We are residents of the new Jerusalem Earth and sky are missing during the last judgment here they are brand new!
The original Creation vs New Adam and Eve were sinless They could have lived eternally They needed the fruit of Tree of Life Could they have died? Resuscitated? Not all bodies are the same in eternity Nations still have geographic locations Jerusalem is the centre of universe and all earth locations Saints go out and in. Nations come in and out
There is more! Did we see the best that God has in the Millennium? The new creation is beyond imagination and description! The new creation will include the greatest travel adventures ever imagined both on earth and throughout the rest of creation.
A speedy recap of The NEW Jerusalem All things are created new The new earth is created with an empty spot Jerusalem descends with little fanfare of description from John Not just a prefab house but prefab city as large as a country The city all the saints had longed for and looked for (Heb 11) The looked for a city and country! (vs 14-16)
Heb 11:14-16 People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. 15 If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. 16 Instead, they were longing for a better country a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
So Little Said for such and event? Words of Genesis creation (water) Our incentive to persevere Phase 3 of the New Creation O.T. References Isa 65:17-20 Isa 66:22-24 Do they leave room for humans outside of Jerusalem??
Isa 66:22-24 Time Continues 22 As the new heavens and the new earth that I make will endure before me, declares the LORD, so will your name and descendants endure. 23 From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come and bow down before me, says the LORD. 24 And they will go out and look on the dead bodies of those who rebelled against me; the worms that eat them will not die, the fire that burns them will not be quenched, and they will be loathsome to all mankind.
Rev 21:1-3 Continuing the New Creation 1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.
The New Earth & Heaven Kainos (Chodesh) New moon new covenant Meaning- new or renewed We are already renewed Many things are renewed heaven is singular (highest heaven?) A similarity is retained even for earth & heaven Much is familiar animals, vegetation, people BUT no more sea
Current Sized Earth with No Seas Does not mean no waterways The sea used to destroy earth we are safe Even at the size of current earth Water is 40-50% of surface Rest of earth mountains, polar caps deserts, jungle and uninhabitable space = 70% Space for 6 trillion people- without Jerusalem Dimensions of new earth require new dynamics
Rev 21:2-3 Core John saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, -coming down out of heaven from God, -prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. - God s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. Not all people are the same humans and resurrected saints and The Church Humans or nations visit Jerusalem
Isa 60:11 &19 11 Your gates will always stand open, they will never be shut, day or night, so that people may bring you the wealth of the nations their kings led in triumphal procession. 19 The sun will no more be your light by day, nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you, for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory
Rev 21:4-6 God will wipe every tear from all eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain -that part of the old order of things has passed away -no more broken hearts! The fruit of the Spirit is love, peace and joy
Rev 21:7-8 Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and God has no fondness for cowards But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death. There is a choice to be made there are things to overcome
Rev 21:9-11 A Bride but Describes a City 9 One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb. 10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God 11 It shone with the glory of God, and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. of heaven from God.
Rev 21:11++ What Will the City Look like? 11 It shone with the glory of God, and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. of heaven from God. Instead of joyful, jumping, singing saints we see a city
Rev 21:12-14 A great, high wall with twelve gates, and with twelve protecting angels at the gates. On the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south and three on the west The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
Rev 21:15-18 The angel had John measure the city, its gates and its walls The city was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide and equally high He measured the city with the rod and found it to be 12,000 stadia in length.and as wide and high as it is long The angel measured the wall using human measurement, and it was 144 cubits thick
Royal City Symbol or actual? Eph 2:19-20 City is 144,000 cubits long (1,500 miles, 2,200 kms) A perfect cube, triangle Or a mountain? It might have floors (12?) 120+ miles high each? A very high wall around it- 144 cubits thick- 12 guarded gates with the tribes of Israel (Dan?) Over 1,500 miles gate every 375 miles 12 foundations the names of the Apostles (Paul?) The royal city- the centre of the worldsurrounded by nations- restricted access
Size of City
Not Comprehensible
The Bride and the city Defy Words
Eph 2:19-20 The city reflects this truth 19 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God s people and also members of his household, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. The language is not symbolic in structure (like..)
The city and wall is transparent with precious stones on each layer The wall was made of jasper (diamond?) Could be Green or red colour of a sunset The city of pure gold, as pure as glass
Rev 21:19-21 19 The foundations of the city walls were decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, 20 the fifth onyx, the sixth ruby, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth turquoise, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst. 21 The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of gold, as pure as transparent glass.
Stones of the Foundation (Exod 39:6+) Now connected to the Apostles!!! Foreshadowed? red Sardius (or ruby) 1-Reuben greenish-yellow Topaz 2-Simeon green Emerald 3-Levi blue-green Turquoise 4-Judah blue Sapphire 5-Dan translucent Diamond 6-Naphtali reddish-orange Jacinth (or amber) 7-Gad bands of color Agate 8-Asher purple Amethyst 9-Issachar yellow Beryl 10-Zebulun banded w/colors Onyx (or carnelian) 11-Joseph reddish-yellow Jasper 12-Benjamin milky, translucent Chalcedony -white & orange-red layers Sardonyx -olivine, green Chrysolite and Chrysoprase
Rev 21:21-23 The twelve gates were twelve pearls Each gate made of a single pearl The great street of the city was of gold, as pure as transparent glass I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. Can there be temples in the rest of earth?
No Sun? or no Need of One? 23 The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp Light everywhere beauty everywhere Raditates like Jesus on Mount of Transfiguration
Rev 21:24-25 Access of Nations 2 The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it On no day will its gates ever be shut, for there will be no night there The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb s book of life.
Nations? Who are included All that were allowed in to the eternal state after the Millennium and then after the White Throne judgment were written in the Lambs book of Life Includes humans who came out of the Millen. Who are there? Church the saints of the ages those judged by works to be acceptable, babies or the under-aged, humans of the Mill., or (if) any are born after Millennium begins
Chapter 22:1-2 1 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.
Ezek 47:12 parallel in Millennium 12 Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing. Millennial Temple had pre-figured this Should read all of Ezek 40- end
Chapter 22:1-2 1 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.
Rev 22:3-4 3 No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him. 4 They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.
No Curse so we can see His Face The curse stopped the fellowship of Adam and Eve The curse created trouble and pain and sorrow The are now gone Romans 8:19-23 all creation have been anticipating in hope
Rom 8:19-23 19 For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. 20 For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God. 22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 23 Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies.
Exod 33:20 With Moses request to see Him 19 And the LORD said, I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim my name, the LORD, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. 20 But, he said, you cannot see my face, for no one may see me and live.
We shall see His Face John 1:18 18 No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known. 1 Tim 6:1 15 which God will bring about in his own time God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords, 16 who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see. To him be honor and might forever. Amen.
Rev 22:5 5 There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever.
The Sun and Moon will be There Psalm 89:35-38 35 Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness and I will not lie to David 36 that his line will continue forever and his throne endure before me like the sun; 37 it will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.
Rev 22:5 5 There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever. Our reign is for ever not just the Millennium Lit: ages and ages to come
Rev 22:6-7 6 The angel said to me, These words are trustworthy and true. The Lord, the God who inspires the prophets, sent his angel to show his servants the things that must soon take place. 7 Look, I am coming soon! Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy written in this scroll.
Count on it! God Himself has sent this word God can not lie. What He says MUST happen He did not send just ANY angel There are blessings and a warning He is coming soon (quickly) If the exact date had been known?
Rev 22:8-10 8 I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I had heard and seen them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who had been showing them to me. 9 But he said to me, Don t do that! I am a fellow servant with you and with your fellow prophets and with all who keep the words of this scroll. Worship God! 10 Then he told me, Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this scroll, because the time is near.
Rev 22:11-13 11 Let the one who does wrong continue to do wrong; let the vile person continue to be vile; let the one who does right continue to do right; and let the holy person continue to be holy. 12 Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.
Ezekiel 3:24-32 24 Then the Spirit came into me and raised me to my feet. He spoke to me and said: Go, shut yourself inside your house. 25 And you, son of man, they will tie with ropes; you will be bound so that you cannot go out among the people. 26 I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be silent and unable to rebuke them, for they are a rebellious people. 27 But when I speak to you, I will open your mouth and you shall say to them, This is what the Sovereign LORD says. Whoever will listen let them listen, and whoever will refuse let them refuse; for they are a rebellious people.
Rev 22:12 12 Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done. This entire book was one giant warning. Repeatedly heard but they would not repent. If it is rejected the consequence is fitting The Truth of Hosea 14:9 9 Who is wise? Let them realize these things. Who is discerning? Let them understand. The ways of the LORD are right; the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them. They would not work out in eternity and we may as well find out who they are now!
Rev 22:13 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. All power and all wisdom are His His decisions and methods are flawless!
Rev 22:14-15 14 Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city. 15 Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
Rev 22:16-17 16 I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star. 6 The angel said to me, These words are trustworthy and true. The Lord, the God who inspires the prophets, sent his angel to show his servants the things that must soon take place.
The Star we waited for Num 24:17 Balaam s Fourth Message 15 Then he spoke his message: The prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of one whose eye sees clearly, 16 the prophecy of one who hears the words of God, who has knowledge from the Most High, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who falls prostrate, and whose eyes are opened: 17 I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob; a scepter will rise out of Israel. He will crush the foreheads of Moab, the skulls of all the people of Sheth.
Rev 22:17 17 The Spirit and the bride say, Come! And let the one who hears say, Come! Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.
Rev 22:18-19 18 I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this scroll. 19 And if anyone takes words away from this scroll of prophecy, God will take away from that person any share in the tree of life and in the Holy City, which are described in this scroll.
Deut 4:2 2 Do not add to what I command you and do not subtract from it, but keep the commands of the LORD your God that I give you. Matt 5:18 18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. Q: Is God able to defend the Word He wants us to read? Not a jot or tittle will pass away
Jer 26:2 do not withhold harsh words 2 This is what the LORD says: Stand in the courtyard of the LORD s house and speak to all the people of the towns of Judah who come to worship in the house of the LORD. Tell them everything I command you; do not omit a word. The word s sword may save their life The Holy Spirit can use everything true!
Proverbs 30:5-6 5 Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. 6 Do not add to his words, or he will rebuke you and prove you a liar. Standing on the Word
Rev 22:20-21 20 He who testifies to these things says, Yes, I am coming soon. Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. 21 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God s people. Amen.
Hebrews 9:28 28 so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.
Rev 22:20-21 Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. 21 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God s people. Amen.
We end as we started! Rev 1:3 3 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near. Uncle John. The End!
Isa 65:17-20 Jerusalem is centre of new Creation 17 See, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind. 18 But be glad and rejoice forever in what I will create, for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight and its people a joy. 19 I will rejoice over Jerusalem and take delight in my people; the sound of weeping and of crying will be heard in it no more.
Isa 65:17-20 20 Never again will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not live out his years; the one who dies at a hundred will be thought a mere child; the one who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed.