CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE - THE NEW HEAVEN AND NEW EARTH - MILLENNIAL KINGDOM

21:1-6 John sees the new heaven and a new earth (no more sea) and the holy city new Jerusalem coming down from God out of heaven. Behold the Tabernacle of God is with men. No more tears, death, sorrow, crying, or pain: the former things are passed away. We are living with God Himself in His Eternal Kingdom. The waters of the fountain of life are flowing freely. We are one with God (no more seas or multitudes of unbelieving). Ezekiel 47.1-12

This is the eighth day--the Eternal Kingdom. The eighth day represents a new beginning (New Jerusalem). Called Simchat Torah in the Hebrew faith. A new beginning of the reading of the Torah.

Man is appointed six days or six thousand years. The seventh day is the millennial thousand years. The eighth day is the Eternal Kingdom--ruling the cosmos with Abba and Yeshua!

21:7-8 He that overcomes inherits all things (the promise of God) but the wicked are destined for the lake of fire: the second death. The Bema Judgment. In Hebraic thought cremation is not practiced--it is a pagan rite. Being thrown into the Lake of Fire is a form of cremation--you become ashes. God created us out of dust and to dust we return. If a person is cremated they are not returning to dust, but have become ashes. Could those thrown into the Lake of Fire be burned to ashes and exist no more?

21:9-27 John is shown the Lamb’s wife--he is carried away and shown the great city Jerusalem! It has the glory of God and light like a precious stone. It has gates, and foundations, and walls of precious stones. Foundations of the 12 apostles, gates with the names of the twelve tribes, walls of jasper, a city of gold. There is no temple--the Lord God is the temple. No sun or moon to shine--the glory of God lights it. The nations that are saved walk in it’s light. The gates are never shut and the glory of all nations come and honor the Lord.

The Bride is the new Jerusalem! Judah and Israel are united. We have become the great city--the bride has been transformed! Ezekiel’s two sticks have been joined as in Ezekiel 37:15-28. Also see Ezek 40.2-5; 48.31.