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Revelation 21:4
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.
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.
REVELATION 21:4 @o[ti# ta. prw/ta {C} On the one hand it can be argued that the reading ta. prw/ta, which is strongly supported by A P 051 1006 1611 2053 _al,_ is original and that copyists sought to...
Verse Revelation 21:4. _THERE SHALL BE NO MORE DEATH_] Because there shall be a general resurrection. And this is the inference which St Paul makes from his doctrine of a general resurrection, 1 Cori...
AND GOD SHALL WIPE AWAY ALL TEARS FROM THEIR EYES - This will be one of the characteristics of that blessed state, that not a tear shall ever be shed there. How different will that be from the conditi...
CHAPTER 21 Revelation 21:1 . And now the eternal state comes into view. “And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away and the sea is no more.” Thi...
REVELATION 21:1 TO REVELATION 22:5. THE VISION OF THE NEW JERUSALEM. The doctrine of the new heaven and the new earth goes back to Isaiah 65:17, and is derived from the belief that the present world w...
(_a)_ THE DISTANT VIEW OF THE CITY. Revelation 21:1. _cf._ Isaiah 65:17. SEA IS NO MORE: To the apostolic age the ocean spoke of separation and isolation.. For this element of unrest, this fruitful ca...
REVELATION 21:1 TO REVELATION 22:5. THE VISION OF THE NEW JERUSALEM. The doctrine of the new heaven and the new earth goes back to Isaiah 65:17, and is derived from the belief that the present world w...
THE NEW CREATION (Revelation 21:1) _ 21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had gone; and the sea was no more._ John has seen the doom of the wicked, a...
And I heard a great voice from heaven. "Behold, it said, "the dwelling-place of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his peoples, and God himself shall be with them; and he w...
FROM. The texts read Greek. _ek._ App-104. THERE SHALL, &C. Read "death shall be no (App-105.) more" (longer). NEITHER, NOR. Greek. _oute._ ANY MORE. no more, as above. FOR. The texts omit. FORMER...
_God shall wipe_ Read simply, AND SHALL WIPE, or, AND HE SHALL WIPE, according as it is thought necessary or not to begin a new sentence. The name of "God" is introduced from the parallel passage, Rev...
ἘΞΑΛΕΊΨΕΙ. Text. Rec[796] and Lach[797] add ὁ θεός with A 1 vg[798] Aug. B2 adds ἀπʼ αὐτῶν. [796] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. [797] Lachmann’s larger edition. [798] Vulgate. Ὁ ΘΆΝΑ...
A VOICE FROM HEAVEN OF BLESSING AND JUDGEMENT...
_WONDERFUL FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD REVELATION 21:1-7:_ God's faithful people do not die without hope. The sea that had prevented intimate fellowship in the presence of God is no more. (Revelation 21:1) Th...
ΈΞΑΛΕΊΨΕΙ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΕΞΑΛΕΊΦΩ (G1813) стирать, вытирать. Предсказательное FUT., передающее обещание, ΔΆΚΡΥΟΝ (G1144) слеза, ΠΆΝ ΔΆΚΡΥΟΝ каждая отдельная слеза. Это будут слезы печали, а не...
DISCOURSE: 2529 THE HEAVENLY GLORY Revelation 21:1. And 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. And I John saw the hol...
I SAW A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH, &C.— _A new heaven and a new earth_ succeed in the room of the _first heaven and first earth,_ which passed away at the general judgment, ch. Revelation 20:11. In t...
_TOMLINSON'S COMMENTS_ CHAPTER XXI BEHOLD, I MAKE ALL THINGS NEW _Text (Revelation 21:1-27)_ INTRODUCTION 1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth are pass...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 69 Text Revelation 21:1-27 And I saw a new heaven, and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth are passed away; and the sea is no more. 2 And I saw the holy c...
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. ALL TE...
__ Temple Section-The Former Resurrection 4 Those who have suffered death for their loyalty during the great persecutions of the end time are especially included in the former resurrection. This is...
THE HOLY CITY The enemies of the Lamb have been conquered. The Judgment is over. The old condition of things has passed away: cp. Revelation 20:11. Now St. John sees in a vision the blissful glory of...
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FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 21 THE NEW HEAVEN AND THE NEW EARTH - REVELATION 21:1-22 THE NEW *CREATION - REVELATION 21:1-8...
AND GOD SHALL WIPE AWAY ALL TEARS... — Instead of “all tears” we should translate “every tear,” and so possess the promise in its true and tender form. The first, or former, things are passed away: _d...
CHAPTER XVII. THE NEW JERUSALEM. REV. Revelation 21:1; Revelation 22:1. THE first part of the final triumph of the Lamb has been accomplished, but the second has still to be unfolded. We are introdu...
σκην. (chosen on account of its “assonance with the Hebrew to express the _Shekinah_,” Dr. Taylor on Pirke Aboth iii. 3) is the real tabernacle (Hebrews 8:2; Hebrews 9:11). The whole meaning and value...
the prelude to the last vision....
“A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH” Revelation 21:1 Here is a vision of the new creation. This is the “restitution of all things” to which Peter refers in Acts 3:21, and the deliverance of creation from t...
The endless end of evil has passed before the vision of the seer, and he now observes the resultant order. The holy city appears. Toward a city of God men had looked through long generations. Now it i...
This voice reminds us of the one in Revelation 16:17; Revelation 19:5. Again, the speaker is unidentified but his message is obviously from God. the tent of God is with men and he makes his dwelling p...
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. Reader! le...
It is necessary that we should all bear in mind, if we have not observed it before, that Revelation 17:1-18 does not pursue the chronological course of the prophecy. It is a description, and not one o...
The Real New World Order I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell--you see, I have friends in both places. --Mark Twain I would rather go to heaven alone than go to hell in company --R.A....
But there was a new heaven and a new earth; but no more sea no separation, nor part of the world not brought into an ordered earth before God. Here we do not find any mediatorial kingdom. The Lamb is...
AND GOD SHALL WIPE AWAY ALL TEARS FROM THEIR EYES,.... Occasioned by sin, Satan, the hidings of God's face, and afflictive dispensations of Providence; for these will be no more: AND THERE SHALL BE N...
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. Ver. 4. _...
_And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes_ Though here their tears have flowed plentifully, not one shall ever be found on the face of any of them; _and there shall be no more death_ This is...
THE NEW HEAVEN AND NEW EARTH Revelation 20:11 has indicated that at the time of the Great White Throne the earth and the heaven flee away. Now John sees a new heaven and a new earth, and the earth had...
_ 4 And God 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.”_ A. Heaven is often...
1-8 The new heaven and the new earth will not be separate from each other; the earth of the saints, their glorified, bodies, will be heavenly. The old world, with all its troubles and tumults, will h...
Scarce any of the passages in this verse, taken in the plain, literal sense, are applicable to any state of the church in this life: for though in the thousand years, mentioned REVELATION 20:1, the st...
Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh from the same eyes indeed which had formerly wept, and which might weep again, if the loving-kindness of God did not dry up every fountain of tears. And ag...
Revelation 21:4 And G2532 God G2316 away G1813 (G5692) every G3956 tear G1144 from G575 their G846 eyes...
‘And he will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain any more, the first things are passed away.' Compare Revelation 7:17...
Revelation 21:4. All the most precious fruits of such a fellowship shall also be experienced. HE SHALL WIPE AWAY EVERY TEAR FROM THEIR EYES. Not ‘all tears' are spoken of, but ‘every tear.' Each singl...
SHALL WIPE AWAY EVERY TEAR FROM THEIR EYES (εξαλειψε παν δακρυον εκ των οφθαλμων αυτων). More exactly, "shall wipe out every tear out of their eyes" (repetition of εξ) like a tender mother as in Rev...
Revelation 21:4 God wiping away all Tears. The subject teaches I. A lesson of resignation. II. A lesson of gratitude. The same hand which chastises will one day wipe away our tears. It will not be...
Revelation 21:1. _And 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._ Astronomers tell us that, within living memory, severa...
Contents: The seven new things of the Kingdom age earth, peoples, Jerusalem, temple, light, Paradise (Chap. 22). CONCLUSION: It will be the perfect happiness of the saints, when Christ re-turns to rei...
Revelation 21:1. _I saw a new heaven and a new earth._ This was a welcome sight, for this old earth is wearing out. Subterranean fires are burning and wasting it beneath our feet, fires everfeeding on...
HE WILL WIPE AWAY ALL TEARS. This is fulfilled now in the _"peace which is beyond human understanding"_ which God gives the Christian (Philippians 4:5-7). Again, the Church Triumphant will receive a g...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 21:1 The destruction of death will lead to the renewal of the entire created order. It will become the perfect home in which the Lamb will live forever with his bride, th...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 21:4 God will wipe away EVERY TEAR and put an end to DEATH, MOURNING, and PAIN (see...
John sees another vision of the holy city New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. There follows a description of conditions in that holy city. G...
THE NEW JERUSALEM _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ “NOW is sealed the eternal doom of the dragon, beast, false prophet, and all their followers; yea, and of all who resemble them in the temper of the...
EXPOSITION REVELATION 21:1 AND I SAW. The usual introduction to a new vision (cf. Revelation 20:11, etc.). Having described the origin and progress of evil in the world, the final overthrow of Satan...
_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._ There...
I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away (Revelation 21:1); Now, we are beyond the thousand years. The first heaven is passed away. Peter tells us...
1 Corinthians 15:26; 1 Corinthians 15:54; 1 Corinthians 7:31; 1 John 2:17;...
And God shall wipe away. Omit God. Read, as Rev., and He shall wipe away. All tears [π α ν δ α κ ρ υ ο ν]. Lit., every tear. Compare Isaiah 25:8. There shall be no more death [ο θ α ν α τ ο ς ο υ κ ε...
THE MARRIAGE OF THE LAMB Revelation 19:1; _Revelation 21:1 and Revelation 22:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Old Testament analogies of the coming Marriage in the skies. It is not diffi
THE ALPHA AND OMEGA OF CREATION Genesis 1:1; _Revelation 21:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Genesis and Revelation contrasted. The Book of Genesis is commonly known as the Book of beginnings. It is there t...
And death shall be no more — This is a full proof that this whole description belongs not to time, but eternity. Neither shall sorrow, or crying, or pain, be any more: for the former things are gone a...