Those who are participants in that covenant cannot invalidate it, for it never did depend upon them, but only upon him who was and is their federal head and representative before God. Revelation 21:1. And this new nature is conscious of new emotions. Our Lord Jesus Christ shall put a new heart into earth's kings, and then he shall come himself to take their thrones and their crowns, and to be himself our Universal King, and in his day shall the righteous flourish. Look there and see the dying thief upon the cross, black with a thousand crimes: I washed him and took him to Paradise the same day; what can I not do? After you have believed unto life you will go and do all manner of holy deeds as the result of your new life; but do not attempt them with the view of earning life. How pleased we are with that which is new! _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Revelation 21:1 a spiritual existence. Child as I was, and under holy restraint as I was, so as to be kept from gross outward sin, I had a powerful inner nature which would not brook control. "By the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight"; but we are "justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus." And he said unto me, It is done. Everything seems to have gone wrong with me. My own health is precarious. They that are full of the joy of the Lord never find life grow weary. What an alteration in Ellen!" I strove hard and kicked against the pricks. You must see him bound, scourged, spat upon, led to the accursed tree. Bible Text Commentaries by C. H. Spurgeon - Blue Letter Bible You The title: Revelation 21:1 _a b_ = Revelation 20:11 _c_. It finds blight where once it sought for bliss, and finds bliss where once it found nothing but bitterness. Blessed book; it is just the same, but oh, how differently do we read it. ind. _aor. This is the second death.". 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 God. remember when you first saw it. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. Our zeal for God ought to be as fresh as if we had just begun to delight in him. , DISCOURSE: 2529 the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. My business is a thorny maze. God shall dwell among men, peace shall be domiciled on earth, and glory shall be ascribed to God in the highest. And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass. I am sure those of us who are not the best, feel often constrained to pour out some such a lamentation as this: "Much of our time has run to waste; Our sins, how great the sum! he 1-8 The new heaven and the new earth will not be separate from each Revelation 21:9. The apostle Peter has told us that this w. John sees in a vision the blissful glory of FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME 21. The new earth is not one of rocks, By the new heaven and the new earth here, all understand. Oh that they could get up to the high mountains, and be strong! - But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death; but for the fearful, etc.The construction is changed in the middle of the verse. "Behold," says Christ, "I make all things new." What though he pleases to take his time, and to use humble instrumentalities to effect his purposes, yet do it he will. "Why!" Revelation 21:15. ind. The mercy-seat, what a different place it is now! When there shall be a new heaven and a new earth, and the Church shall be in her new and glorified condition, then there will be no need for all those purifying forces which have been so active here below. WE shall take these words as referring to heaven. I am persuaded that the most of us are beggars when we might be millionaires in spiritual things. Who but the eternal Son of God? "Behold I make all things new." Spurgeon left this earth for his heavenly hope in 1892. CHAPTER 21 We must view his purpose. ( ). Why do we sing, "Dear Lord, and shall we ever live At this poor dying rate?". And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie; but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life. Kansas City, Missouri 64118, 2017 The Spurgeon Center and Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. But I have to bid you, "Lay your deadly doing down, down at Jesus' feet; Stand in him, in him alone, gloriously complete.". You may build a brick house, if you please; but, build it as you like, it will be a house of brick upon whatever principles of architecture it may be constructed; not until that brick shall be transformed to marble can you hope to "dwell in marble halls." he replied, "if they were not they would all get up and shout 'Hallelujah' when you are preaching such a glorious gospel. In some matters "the old is better." While men will frequently dote upon the old, they are most easily dazzled by the new. it was there that the new world was born! O Lord, we would rejoice and be glad for ever in that which thou dost create. This is unfortunate, since his works contain priceless gems of information that are found nowhere except in the ancient writings of the Jews. prophesies, to the consummation of all things. ", We ought not, as men in Christ Jesus, to be carried away by a childish love of novelty, for we worship a God who is ever the same, and of whose years there is no end. The Book of Genesis is commonly JOHN was the beloved disciple, the choicest spirit of the twelve, the , Heaven Above, and Heaven Below This is the clue of many a maze, the open sesame of many a mystery. And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it. And the apostle John tells us that whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer. "I make all things new," begins with the bringing in of a better hope by virtue of a better covenant. Let us now, at the portal of the new year, sing a hymn to Jesus, as we hear these encouraging words which he speaks from his throne. Some of you have heart-breakers at home: the Lord break their hearts. Many Christians are of the sickly-valley breed. We are "accepted in the Beloved" when we believe in him whom God has set forth to be our righteousness. Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. To make a world is something wonderful, but to make a world new is something more wonderful still. Ver. REVELATION I seem to lose the freshness of it; and especially by about Saturday I get I hardly know where; but," he added, "as for you, whenever I hear you, you seem to be all alive and full of fresh energy." You kept thinking about it, and Do you not also know, you servants, what is likely to happen to you as servants? I. Delivered by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Newington. He can make that prayer-meeting no longer a dreary affair, but quite a new thing to you and all the people. "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved." We will not go on with that lamentation, but we will hear the cheering word, "Behold, I make all things new." Swelling words have been spoken and great attempts taken in hand to renovate society, but you can never renovate society till you have renovated the individual members who compose society. Revelation 21:4. Revelation 21:1. It isn't just good news for usit's good news for animals, plants, stars, and planets. THE NEW HEAVEN AND NEW EARTH When they commence an epistle the Revelation:22:21 7 Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children. He can make your harsh and ungodly husband to become gentle and gracious. Revelation You must be dead and buried with Christ, and risen again in him; and then all will be well, for he will have made all things new. 21. THE MARRIAGE OF THE LAMB _ (G3708) , kingdom __ trees, etc., since, as McCord notes, we will have spiritual bodies for Some of you, my hearers, are servants now, and as servants I would bid you expect your wages. This our Lord Jesus Christ has done upon the greatest scale. 21:23. first earth are passed away; and the sea is no more. temper of the EXPOSITION Let every one that has been a great transgressor remember how Manasseh received a new heart, and repented of his evil deeds. WHATEVER the saints are , "The Marriage of the Lamb" And sorcerers, Persons who profess to have communications with the dead necromancers, spiritualists, and all people of that sort, Revelation 21:8. And if we might be permitted to dream for a moment of what it would have been if it had continued as God created it, one might fancy what a blessed world it would be at this moment. Yes, like a priceless square casket made all of costly jewels is this wondrous city, equally glorious whichever way you look at it: The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.. Since you feel this, I know you can say to-night that Jesus Christ, who sits on the throne, makes all things new. Of Jesus the demand was made and he met it. If we can only trust him for those of our friends whose faults seem to us few and light, our little trust will reap little reward; but if we can go with strong faith in a great God, and bring great sinners in our arms, and put them down before this mighty Regenerator of men, and say, "Lord, if thou wilt thou canst make them new"; and if we will never cease the pleading till we get the blessing, then we shall see ever-accumulating illustrations of the fact that Jesus makes all things new; and calling up the witnesses of his redeeming power, we shall cry in the ears of a drowsy Church and an incredulous world, "Behold, behold, behold! John saw, in vision, the glorified Church of God coming to dwell on the new earth, descending for a while from heaven to be the very glory of the newly-created world. The ab. All the church would be the better because of the way in which the Lord would help them to do their work. Whatsoever the Lord doeth is full of wisdom, and the wise will search into it. God grant you may! He has come to make the world new. Then another with great tenderness prayed for his children. Yes, that we shall if we are numbered among the all things that he makes new. INTRODUCTORY WORDS Restless spirits consider that the new must be better than the old. holy c And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the last time, and we behold the new universe. Stand and look at it! In the great matter of truth and godliness, we may safely say, "There is nothing new under the sun." But when Jesus Christ comes to make a new world, there is everything opposed to him. Oh that you may not be left to wander with Ishmael, the son of the bondwoman! It would be a wonderful thing if Niagara when it is in its full descent should be made to leap upwards, and the St. Lawrence and the sea should begin to climb backward to the lakes. The house of God, how different it is from what it used to be! Hallelujah, glory be to our Redeemer's name. THE NEW HEAVEN AND THE NEW EARTH - REVELATION 21:1-22 It needed the Lord himself to make such as we are new. I dread this year. Oh, it is wonderful how different a thing becomes when it is taken to God. "I make all things." It were hard to say which has the stronger power over the human mind antiquity or novelty. The life that we live in the flesh is no longer according to the lusts of the world, but we live by faith in the Son of God, who loved us and gave himself for us. The book of Revelation closes with solemn appeals of the Lord Jesus to men in general and to the believers especially. He is certainly able to turn your captivity as he turns the sun when it has reached the southern tropic. Astronomers tell us that, within living memory, several starry worlds have burnt out, and vanished out of sight. III. For which I thought he was a wise man: but yet I do not wonder if men who have tasted of the grace of God, and feel that the Lord has done great things for them, whereof they are glad, do feel like crying out for joy. Hence we read of being "justified by faith," and being made acceptable to God by faith. The usual introduction to a new vision (cf. That is a divine word. You will break your resolutions, and be nothing bettered by your attempts at reform. It's good news for the sky above and the Earth below. A Description of the Holy City. Let this be a pattern to all of you who are preachers or teachers, no matter what your subject may be, a gospel promise or invitation is always in place and in season. We were under the old covenant, and our first father and federal head, Adam, had broken that covenant, and we were ruined by his fatal breach. But, even if you do not, we shall pray for you; and we were sure that you opposed our intercessions, and were even angry with them, we should pray all the more, for we mean to have you won for Jesus, by the grace of God, and you may as well come soon as late. There is nothing so old that he cannot make it new nothing so fixed and habitual that he cannot change it. Revelation These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. Had it possessed a teeming population like its present one, and if, one by one, those godly ones had been caught away, like Elijah, without knowing death, to be succeeded by pious descendants oh! (1) Now follows the second part of the history prophetic of the future _New, by their form and qualities, but not by their substance. Grace works a very deep, striking, and lasting change. (wpe), The Rider on the White Horse and the Armies With Him. but the second has still to be unfolded. John had already said that the city was pure gold like unto clear glass; and now he says that the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass. We do not always get such a combination as this here below, gold, precious and pure, yet unstained with blood, and undimmed with the oppression of the poor, diaphanous gold, as it were transparent glass.. Wherever the gospel is preached, the Spirit is present in that gospel, and he gives faith to men, gives life to men, and so they are made new, and the new-making thus goes on. "Why?" REVELATION 21:1 TO REVELATION 22:5. Revelation 21:19. What songs would have hailed the rising of the sun the birds of paradise carolling on every hill and in every dale their Maker's praise! But what changes will have to be wrought in us before we are fit to be put among these precious jewels! _a new heaven and a new earth_ Isaiah 65:17; Isaiah 66:22; referred _An angel shows J AND I SAW A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH - Such a heaven and earth that You shall be: blessed be God. Site by Mere. Amen. Revelation xxii. I would that there might be some new creations tonight, that that divine heavenly Spirit would come into some of your souls, and drop there that vital spark of heavenly flame which shall never be quenched, but shall burn brightly in heaven for ever. The words he speaks to us to-night are truly divine. We shall be young if we keep with the ever young and fresh Beloved, whose locks are bushy and black as a raven. Why should some of you be living at a penny a day and starving yourselves, when your Father would give you to live like princes of the blood royal if you would but trust him? Rev 66:22. Come, there is one more application, and that is that the Lord can convert those dear friends about whose souls you have been so anxious. 7. at what Christ has done for them. militant here upon earth, and others to the state of the church Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary, College Press Bible Study Textbook Series, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch, G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible, George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly, John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible, John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible, Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments, Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible, Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible, Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament, Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible, Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible, NT Verse References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers, Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols), Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament, Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments, The children's great texts of the Bible by James Hastings, The Message from Patmos by David Scott Clark, The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary, The Revelation of Jesus Christ Through the Ages by Donald A. Koenig, Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith, Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set). And I saw Leaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. God has breathed into them a new life. When God looks at it, I wonder he does not stamp it out, just as you and I do a spark of coal that flies upon our carpet from the fire. In our heart there is a new heaven and a new earth. That was all I was able to say just then. Let me just say a few words to those of you who love the Lord. By him man's side of the covenant was undertaken and fulfilled, and now no condition remains; it is solely made up of promises which are unconditional and sure to all the seed. Renewal must begin with the heart. Subterranean fires Astronomers tell us that, within living memory, several starry worlds have burnt out, and vanished out of sight. Dear friend, the Lord Jesus Christ is able to make your life entirely new. as _And I saw_ So it runs, Revelation 19:11; Revelation 20:1; Revelation And it will sometimes happen that we leave so much anxiety, adversity, and chastisement behind us, that it is a relief to hope that the tide has turned, and that a course of comfort, prosperity, and mercy lies before us. Dost thou not know, dear heart, that the Spirit of God has regenerated men and women quite as far gone as thou art? He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. Revelation 21:1-27. 8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. before God. Lit., as Rev., the sea is no more. THE HEAVENLY GLORY but, brethren and sisters, we do not know; since the Lord saved us, there cannot be any limits as to what he can do. Lord, let us enter into this new universe of thine. 22). see what we have done." And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. , 5001 North Oak Trafficway How many might see if it were not for the gold which blinds them, and hides the truth from them! New - in the sense of being First, if the Lord Jesus makes all things new, then a new birth is possible to you, dear friend, though you have come here to-night in a wrong state of heart, with your sins upon you, binding you fast. Revelation 21:1. Revelation 20:4, Revelation 20:11, in a succession. At any rate, it is new, and we are encouraged to couple with it the idea of happiness, as we say one to another, "I wish you a happy New Year.

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