Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Revelation 21:1
The New Jerusalem
SUMMARY OF REVELATION 21: The New Heaven and New Earth. The Bride, the
Lamb's Wife. The City Coming Down Out of Heaven. Its Walls, Gates,
Foundation. The City of Gold and Gates of Pearl. The Light of the
City. Its Holiness.
I saw a new heaven and a new earth. The Scriptures both of the
Old and New Testament point to the destruction of the old earth when
the Lord comes to judgment. See 2 Peter 3:10. It is to undergo a
purification and a renewal to fit it for the home of the saints in
glory. The "old heavens and earth", which I understand to comprehend
the old world and its order, so sadly out of joint, pass away at the
time of the great judgment, and the old state of things shall be
succeeded by a new order, both physical and moral.
And there was no more sea. "And the sea is no more" (Revised
Version). Whether this is to be understood literally, or whether it
means that there shall be no barriers between the peoples, such as the
sea interposes, is not certain.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
2 Corinthians 11:2
Revelation 1:10
Revelation 12:2
Revelation 19:8
Revelation 21:3
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