25 Mar 2014
Revelation 21:1
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.”
Here John starts getting into entirely new territory. In the Old Testament the prophets talked about the Millennial Kingdom, but they could not see any further into the future than that. In this chapter we are told what will happen after the Millennium is over and after Judgment Day has passed. The news is very exciting: God is going to destroy this Universe and create another one, and we are going to spend all of eternity living on this new Earth with God Himself.
What truly puzzles me is that no one talks about this. Most people have no idea that they are going to spend the ages of eternity on Earth, and not in Heaven. They haven’t the faintest idea what is coming. Modern Christians are appallingly ignorant when it comes to what the Bible actually has to say.
After Judgment Day the Lord will destroy the current heaven and earth and then make a new one. I’ve heard it said that this word “new” actually means “renew”, and that the Lord is going to tear apart this universe so that He can put it back together again like it was when He first created it. That is certainly a possibility.
It’s certainly something to look forward to! The time will come when we will spend an eternity living in a perfect world. Now there is a future that is worth getting excited about!