1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away ( the Lord God himself said mission accomplished; we ve squeezed the last ounce of value out of this place that He cared to remember); and there was no more sea ( there was no more sea of humanity no more newborns needing new diapers and milk; the life first planted and residing in Eden, planted by the Father the life proceeding from the Adam the first model T carcass, broken and discarded, unto the last of the second model T carcasses remade in the image of the second Adam is counted: the line is discontinued, end of production) 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, is this a picture of the 7 th great Day of the Lord the Feast of Tabernacles?) 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 ( like a loving Father sitting with his child; remember: He has all eternity; to care about each of His children God is so different than us!) 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 ( because Jesus Christ carried them away). 5 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. 6 And He said unto me, It is done ( Psalm 22 ends with these words: Jesus said, when we pray say, Father in heaven thy will be done; these words were last spoken when all gathered into a place called Armageddon, Rev.16). I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely ( I bet few if any from Wall Street would find this City attractive. Anyone interested, 1 Corinthians lets us know why). 7 He that overcometh ( Jesus is not merely overwhelming John with glorious visions of weighty events in the last days of the gentile nations; the night Jesus was betrayed, he said: be strong, be courageous I have overcome the world; and He knew with help, his followers would be victorious, too! These words are found 7 times in chapters 2 and 3, spoken to the church) He that overcometh shall inherit all things; 1 ilibros.net internacional 2015
and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. 8 But the fearful ( the word is: deilia, fear and cowardice, God has not given us a spirit of fear; Isaiah said, do not fear their fear; adding, if you need to fear then fear God, dread God, and he will be your sanctuary; the fearful are gloomy folks, skittish at every bump in the night. In the world we will have phobias and traumas but with the knowledge of God, we have overcome the world), But the fearful and unbelieving ( in Greek: apistos, people whose faith was going the wrong direction, or no direction; without faith we are powerless to please God), and the abominable ( this word means: stench, a foul smell; like deceivers, including some religious leaders something about them stinks), and murderers ( those who hate, with malice toward others; so they are loveless, and not like God), and whoremongers ( those addicted to powerful feelings formed from faulty ideas and images and information sold in the marketplace, who worship boobs and asses; abs and other parts their reason for living; problem is: nobody wants to be eulogized: She had great tits! Or, we will all miss his biceps! Those obsessed with the body the wrapping paper that will be thrown away fixated on any part, theirs or another s, to the neglect of their soul. To the Samaritan woman, Jesus said, God is spirit and those who worship him, must worship in spirit and truth; nothing wrong with sex, C.S. Lewis said, who would have thought? God created sex both male and female, so He knows how the masculine and feminine function best, maybe we could learn from him. Jeremiah 3 is sort of funny if it wasn t so true, verse 9 says she was bleeping stones and sticks anything to feel good! Nothing is new under the sun. Jesus said, Come to Me; learn from Me; and He gives a guarantee you shall find rest for your souls), and sorcerers ( pharmakia the word for: pharmacy, and pharmaceuticals; who really aren t interested in curing diseases, but controlling people to cope with life in an addictive, non-destructive manner, as sexual assaults, drug wars; violence and murder rates increase the inevitable indicators of an angry, loveless society racing to its destruction one that no herbalist or prescription druggist will be able to fill), and idolaters ( one of mankind s great dangers; the pride of life; all of us are susceptible; with our perverse interest in self or my pet project, making me feeling good, no matter how temporarily; caught in our exhilarations and depressions, due to the anger that resides in us), and all liars ( in the eternities; God who does not lie, He doesn t use his creative talents to lie that s the other one, the enemy of our soul. Our Father in heaven speaks truth starting with his favorite words: grace and peace be to you), all fearful and unbelieving, all obsessed with the body ( thereby neglecting their soul), and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: 2 ilibros.net internacional 2015
which is the second death ( notice the angel had no stone to throw; and notice, people do not miss heaven by an oops! They miss it by insisting on driving their carcass their own way; and God respectfully says, thy will be done and dismisses them as they drive into the setting sun, which means into the approaching darkness, and when their battery stalls they will definitely be lost). 9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues ( the Lamb had opened the 7 Seals chapters 6 8, the 7 th seal, at the half-way mark; there were 7 trumpets announcing a 7-phase strategy to soften the hard head targets before the battle chapters 8 11, when the mystery of God = His calledout-ones in Christ Jesus should be finished; with the 144,000 in heaven still God is compassionate as 7 angels with the everlasting gospel to preach saying and then raising their voices and Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth and the Spirit agrees! With the dead in Christ grabbed up; and His bride grabbed up; and the last martyr grabbed up; and with 7 terrifying angels raising their voices does God asks them: did anyone respond? Finally, NO, Sir! So with only rebellious hard heads left on the earth Daniel says, many will be purified, whitened and tested chapter 14 15. 7 bowls pouring out the last plagues, the Day of God s wrath has come; Armageddon is ready it is done chapter 16), there came unto me one of the seven angels and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife ( so we will learn what happened to that Soldier-Athlete who ran the race the heavens told us about until He finally found the Love of the His life). 10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, 11 Having the glory of God ( by now, we know Jesus is the Glory of God; so He is with His bride, and that is really all the good news we need to know, He is there!): and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal ( Peter says, coming to a living stone a costly foundation stone; a chief corner stone first rejected by the builders. Jesus was a stumbling stone for some of humanity which stumbled at his word, but not for these who are: the Love of His life, who believed and were not confounded, ye as lively stones builded into a spiritual house). 12 And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, 3 ilibros.net internacional 2015
which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel ( whatever this portrays: the first thing we notice: it has high walls, so we will be safe and secure, it has plenty of gates to exit and enter; it has plenty of heaven s citizens who seem glad to serve and assist those born of the earth, who answered the call to be ruled by God Isaiah 49; and of course, plenty of interesting people will be present, more than we could ever meet in 10,000 years, all best friends who we would want to know forever): 13 On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates ( this verse takes seconds to read, but when we get there, Wow! Read it again!) 14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb ( all this City is because of the Lamb, who redeemed us, who gave His life for us; and for all those He sent who actually went when He said: Go!) 15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city ( whatever the actual dimensions, it is enormous, it is spacious! God our Father is so generous), and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. 16 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 ( there isn t a corner where one of the little ones persecuted for Christ where any of those abused and murdered because they trusted Christ, people whom the world is not worthy of there isn t a place where they would be more than glad to sit down and rest awhile, probably forever!) 17 And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel. 18 And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass. 19 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; 20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. 21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass ( and the walls, the successive foundations built layers upon layers, and all the trimmings these words simply tantalize our minds to remember: out of every nation, every tribe, every tongue will the Love of the Lord come!) 4 ilibros.net internacional 2015
22 And I saw no naos therein ( there is no temple, no sacred place, no brick and stone holy place): for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the naos of it. 23 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, and the Lamb is the light thereof. 24 And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth ( remember: these are not the lousy rulers gobbled up by all the foul and vultures and birdbrains of the air. Jesus said, broad is the way that leads to destruction broad enough to think and do anything you like, and many go therein; but narrowing the way that leads to life, and few there be that find it apparently since few care to look, decreasing each day, as fewer have knowledge of the Door) the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it ( Jeremiah says: two from a family, one from a city will come. Amos speaking of the harvest says, not a grain will be lost. These words echo Jesus and His Sermon on the Mount: those who had a heart to pile up heaven with family and friends). 25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there ( no sirens will be blaring since the gates of hades can no longer molest them). 26 And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it. 27 And there shall no way, no how enter into it any thing that defileth ( can you imagine? this lovely City is a pollution free zone), neither whatsoever worketh abomination ( literally, none that stinks, nothing that has a stench), or maketh a lie ( so the City of God did not inherit any of our toxic habits or trailer trash): but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life. 5 ilibros.net internacional 2015