Revelation 21,22

Events that take place at the end of the 1,000 years


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Romans 5:10   For if, when we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!”

Jesus paid the penalty for our sins by accepting our guilt and dying the Second Death.

 

Jesus also provided the righteousness we need by living a perfect life.

 

Now that you understand these things, you should understand the song of the numberless multitude around the thrown: “And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.” (Revelation 7:10)

 

This song means that salvation was entirely God’s rescue, not ours. 

 

Such a profound love and truth that will never cease to amaze the saints after they get to Heaven and understand even more clearly who Jesus really is and all that he really is.

 

Its no wonder that in the book of Revelation, the angels and elders fall on their faces as they worship the Lamb and the Father because there has never been nor will there be a greater expression of love than revealed in the plan of salvation.

 

Ok, now that you are acquainted with the end time processes and purposes, including the purpose of hell and the second death, let’s look at the last verse in Prophecy #11 and then move into the last prophecy #12:

 

Revelation 21:1   Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.

 

This verse brings prophecy 11 to a close… after the purifying fires of hell have ended, a new Heaven and a new Earth will be created. Prophecy #11 ends here and the last prophecy in Revelation begins:

 

Prophecy #12 backs up a little bit on the timeline because the descent of the Holy City is the first thing to happen at the end of the 1,000 years. So, prophecy #12 begins a few weeks before a new Heaven and a new Earth are created.

 

So, here’s the first thing to happen at the end of the 1,000 years:

 

Revelation 21:2   I saw the Holy City, the New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bridebeautifully dressed for her husband.

 

Revelation 21:3   And I heard a loud voice from the thrown saying, “Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.

 

The God described here is plural, both the Father and Jesus.

 

We will see this plurality unfold clearly as we go through this prophecy. To keep you from getting confused, here are two important points I want you to keep in mind as we proceed:

1.   Jesus continues to rule on the thrown as the “active” God until everything is made new. After everything is made new, then Jesus will return “the thrown” to the Father.

 

1 Corinthians 15:24   “Then the end [of sin’s drama] will come, when he [Jesus] hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power.”

 

2.   The Father, although present on Earth, will not be seen by anyone except Jesus because He dwells in unapproachable light. Jesus said:

 

John 6:46   “No one has seen the father except the one who is from God; only he has seen the Father.

 

1 Timothy 6:15   “….God [the Father], the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords,

 

1 Timothy 6:16   who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see. To him be honor and might forever. Amen.”   

 

So, when the term God is used in this last prophecy, keep in mind that Jesus is a God and He is a visible representative of the Father.

 

Colossians 2:9   “For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form…”

 

So….

 

Revelation 21:4   He [Jesus] will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”

 

Revelation 21:5   He who was seated on the thrown  [Jesus, The Creative Agent of the Godhead] said, “I am making everything hew!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”

 

Revelation 21:6   He said to me: “It is done. I [Jesus] am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life.

 

Revelation 21:7   He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God and he will be my son.

 

Revelation 21:8   But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars – their place will be in a fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”

 

Revelation 21:9   Out of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”

[Note: The wife of the Lamb is not the city, the wife represents “the redeemed.”]

 

Revelation 21:10   And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, [New] Jerusalem [full of saints], coming down out of heaven from God.   

 

Revelation 21:11   It shone with the glory of God, and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal.

 

Revelation 21:12   It had a great, high wall with gates, and with twelve angels at the gates. On the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel.

 

Revelation 21:13   There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south and three on the west.

 

Revelation 21:14   The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of twelve apostles of the Lamb.

 

Revelation 21:15   The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city, its gates and its walls.

 

Revelation 21:16   The city was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide. He measured the city with the rod and found it to be 12,000 stadia in length, and wide and highas it is long.  [Note: 12,000 by 12,000 stadia = 144,000,000 square stadia. In other words, each side of the Holy City appears to be about 1,500 miles in length. Is it also 1,500 miles in height? Of course, with God, anything is possible. However, I am guessing that the height of 1,500 miles is a brilliant shaft of light rising from the city. I suspect this huge shaft of light is a type of beacon, an entry and exit port through which the saints and angels will travel as they visit distant worlds. Of course, time will tell!]

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