Revelation 21:1-2
What is written? (ESV)
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
What does it say?
I [John] then saw a new heaven and a new earth, because the original heaven and earth had gone away, and there was no sea. I also saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared just as a bride is adorned for her husband.
What is its immediate context?
The book of Revelation is what John saw and was told to write down (1:1-2). Using “in the Spirit” as a structural marker, the book can be sectioned into four visions in particular:
- Vision One (1:9-3:22) – Jesus speaking to the seven churches
- Vision Two (4:1-16:21) – Seven seals, seven trumpets, seven bowls of wrath; “one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls” introduces the last two (and therefore possibly connected):
- Vision Three (17:1-21:8) – Babylon the Harlot
- Vision Four (21:9-22:5) – Jerusalem the Bride
How Revelation 21:1-2 is applied across Bible answers
How will heaven and earth pass away?
The prophet John sees a vision where heaven and earth are replaced with a new heaven and earth.
John sees exactly what Peter5 describes.
Top 5: Images of the church?
Christ's church is like a "holy city" (e.g. a "new Jerusalem") prepared as a bride is for her husband.
