Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Revelation 21:3
They shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God — So shall the covenant between God and his people be executed in the most glorious manner.
They shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God — So shall the covenant between God and his people be executed in the most glorious manner.
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Verse Revelation 21:3. _THE TABERNACLE OF GOD_ IS _WITH MEN_] God, in the most especial manner, dwells among his followers, diffusing his light and life everywhere....
AND I HEARD A GREAT VOICE OUT OF HEAVEN - As if uttered by God himself or the voice, of angels. BEHOLD, THE TABERNACLE OF GOD IS WITH MEN - The tabernacle, as that word is commonly used in the Scriptu...
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...
HEAVEN. The texts read "the throne". BEHOLD. App-133. DWELL. tabernacle. Greek. _skenoo._ See John 1:14. WITH THEM. Compare Exodus 29:46, &c, for God's promise to dwell among His People in the Land....
A Voice from Heaven of Blessing and Judgement, Revelation 21:3-8 3. _out of heaven_ Read, OUT OF THE THRONE; cf. Revelation 19:5. _the tabernacle of God_ i.e. the Shechinah, the divine Presence, see...
ΚΑῚ ἬΚ.… ΛΕΓΟΎΣΗΣ. א* καὶ φωνὴ μεγάλη ἐκ τοῦ θρόνου λέγουσα. ΟΥ̓ΡΑΝΟΥ͂. So Text. Rec[785] with B2P Aug. ap. Primas[786]; Lach[787] Tisch[788] W. H[789] Weiss read θρόνου with אA. Iren[790]gr[791] omi...
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...
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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 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...
__ 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...
A GREAT VOICE] i.e. God's. HEAVEN] RV 'the throne': cp. Revelation 19:5....
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...
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 FIRST VOICE. — The voice out of the throne (Revelation 21:3.) (3) AND I HEARD A GREAT VOICE OUT OF HEAVEN.... — According to the best MSS. the voice now heard was heard “_out of the throne,”_ sayi...
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...
(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]...
_Behold the tabernacle of God with men, inasmuch as God's elect shall there dwell with him for ever and ever. (Witham)_...
(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. (2) And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God...
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 I HEARD A GREAT VOICE OUT OF HEAVEN,.... Either of an angel, or rather of Christ, or God himself; since the Alexandrian copy and Vulgate Latin version read, "out of the throne", SAYING, BEHOLD TH...
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_ the...
_And I saw_ So it runs, Revelation 19:11; Revelation 20:1; Revelation 20:4; Revelation 20:11, in a succession. All these s
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 GO...
THE SEVENTH VISION: OF THE HEAVENLY JERUSALEM. The prelude:...
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...
_ 3 And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God._...
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...
What is said here, is applicable to the church of God in this life, yea, to every true believer, whose body is said to be _the temple of the Lord, _ and in whom the Lord _dwells, _ according to the ph...
The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs VII And no longer shall Jerusalem endure desolation, nor Israel be led captive; for the Lord shall be in the midst of her, dwelling among men,[8]...
Revelation 21:3 And G2532 heard G191 (G5656) loud G3173 voice G5456 from G1537 heaven G3772 saying G3004 ...
‘And I heard a great voice from the throne saying, “Behold the tabernacle of God (place where God tabernacles Himself) is with men and he will tabernacle with them and they will be his peoples and God...
Revelation 21:3. The Seer next hears A GREAT VOICE OUT OF THE THRONE. The voice may not be actually that of God Himself, but it certainly expresses the Divine thoughts and purposes. BEHOLD, THE TABER...
THE TABERNACLE OF GOD IS WITH MEN (η σκηνη του θεου μετα των ανθρωπων). It is one of the angels of the Presence (Revelation 16:17; Revelation 19:5) speaking.AND HE SHALL DWELL WITH THEM (κα σκηνωσ...
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...
NOW GOD'S HOME IS WITH MEN. This is true now (Ephesians 2:22). God lives in his church through the Holy Spirit. But the Church Triumphant will receive a greater fulfillment in Eternity! (Compare Isaia...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 21:3 HE WILL DWELL WITH THEM. The greatest blessing of heaven will be constant fellowship with God himself. The goal of God’s covenant, “God with us” ...
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...
_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 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...
1 Kings 8:27; 2 Chronicles 6:18; 2 Corinthians 6:16; 2 Corinthians 6:18;...
With men. Men at large. No longer with an isolated people like Israel. He shall dwell [σ κ η ν ω σ ε ι]. Lit., tabernacle. Only in Revelation and John 1:14. The word "denotes much more than the mere g...
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...
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
Observable is that variety of expressions which the Holy Ghost here makes use of, to set forth the excellency of the church triumphant by, 1. She is blessed with God's immediate presence and abode, of...