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Revelation 21:5
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.
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.
Verse Revelation 21:5. _BEHOLD, I MAKE ALL THINGS NEW._] As the creation of the world at the beginning was the work of God alone, so this new creation. _THESE WORDS ARE TRUE AND FAITHFUL._] _Truth_ r...
AND HE THAT SAT UPON THE THRONE SAID - Probably the Messiah, the dispenser of the rewards of heaven. See the notes on Revelation 20:11. BEHOLD, I MAKE ALL THINGS NEW - A new heaven and new earth Revel...
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...
And he who is seated upon the throne said: "Behold, I make all things new." And he said: "Write, for these are words that are trustworthy and true." And he said to me: "It is done. I am Alpha and Omeg...
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...
SAT. sitteth. Literally the (_One_) sitting. UPON. App-104. with texts. SAID. saith. UNTO ME. The texts omit. WORDS. App-121. TRUE, &C. The texts read "faithful and true". Compare Revelation 19:1...
_And he that sat upon the throne said_ The first time that He speaks. The reference is rather to the eternal throne of Revelation 4:2 than to the judgement-throne of Revelation 20:11, so far as the tw...
ἸΔΟΎ. A has καὶ ἰδού. ΛΈΓΕΙ. Text. Rec[803] adds μοι with אP 1. [803] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. ἈΛΗΘΙΝΟΊ. B2 Syr[804] Arm[805] add τοῦ θεοῦ. [804] Syriac. [805] Armenian. 5. ΕἾ...
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...
ΕΙΠΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить. ΚΑΘΉΜΕΝΟΣ _praes. med. (dep.) part. от_ ΚΆΘΗΜΑΙ (G2521) сидеть, ΊΔΟ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΌΡΆΩ (G3708) видеть, ΠΟΙΏ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G41...
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...
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...
_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...
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. SAT - `sitteth.' ALL THINGS NEW - not recent, but changed f...
__ 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...
HE SAID] i.e. the herald angel. 6. HE SAID] i.e. God. IT IS DONE] RV 'They are come to pass'; 'they' = 'these words' (Revelation 21:5)....
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...
THE SECOND VOICE. — The voice of Him who sitteth on the Throne (Revelation 21:5). (5) AND HE THAT SAT UPON THE THRONE... — Better, _And he who sitteth on the throne said, Behold, I am making all thing...
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...
The first and only time that God addresses the seer, or indeed (apart from Revelation 1:8) speaks at all. The almost unbroken silence assigned to God in the Apocalypse corresponds to the Egyptian idea...
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...
Either God the Father or Christ now speaks from the throne. (Revelation 3:21) In the previous verse, some things were identified as having passed away. Now, in their place, we see all things made new....
(4) 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. (4) In the speech of God himself describing the Church, is f...
(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. I am Alpha and Omega, t...
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 HE THAT SAT UPON THE THRONE SAID,.... By whom is meant, either God the Father, who is often represented in this book as sitting on the throne, and as distinguished from Christ the Lamb; see Revela...
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. Ver. 5. _Write; for these words are faithful_] Though few men w...
_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...
_ 5 Then He who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” And He said to me, “Write, for these words are true and faithful.” 6 And He said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Ome...
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...
AND HE THAT SAT UPON THE THRONE, that is, Christ, SAID, BEHOLD, I MAKE ALL THINGS NEW; behold, I will put a new face upon all things; the state of my people shall not for ever be a troubled and afflic...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V And the Lord says, Write all this; for these words are faithful and true. And He said to me, They are done."[335]...
Revelation 21:5 Then G2532 sat G2521 (G5740) on G1909 throne G2362 said G2036 (G5627) Behold G2400 ...
‘And he says, “Write. For these words are faithful and true”. And he said to me, “They have come about. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end, and I will give freely to him who is th...
‘And he who sits on the throne said, “Behold I make all things new”.' In case this all seems too good to be true God Himself now confirms it personally. Previously He has been passive while the action...
Revelation 21:5. What the Seer had before heard regarding the new creation had proceeded from a voice ‘out of the throne' (Revelation 21:3). Now God HIMSELF, HE THAT SITTETH ON THE THRONE, SPEAKS. For...
BEHOLD, I MAKE ALL THINGS NEW (Ιδου καινα ποιω παντα). The first time since Revelation 1:8 that God has been represented as speaking directly, though voices have come out of the throne before (Revel...
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...
AND NOW I MAKE ALL THINGS NEW. This is God's promise! We become _new_ when we are joined to Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17). Those who _win the victory_ will share in the _new heaven and new earth_ when 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...
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...
_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._ The person that sits upon the throne and that makes all th...
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...
2 Corinthians 5:17; Isaiah 42:9; Isaiah 43:19; Revelation 1:11;...
True and faithful [α λ η θ ι ν ο ι κ α ι π ι σ τ ο ι]. The proper order of the Greek is the reverse, as Rev., faithful and true....
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 he that sat upon the throne said — Not to St. John only. From the first mention of "him that sat upon the throne," Revelation 4:2, this is the first speech which is expressly ascribed to him. And...
Note here, 1. How these new heavens and new earth come to be effected and made, namely, by the omnipotent power of Christ, BEHOLD. MAKE ALL THINGS NEW;. good argument to encourage us to go unto Christ...