Revelation 21:1

Then I saw new heavens and a new earth. The former heavens and the former earth had passed away; and the sea has ceased to be.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2And I saw the Holy City, Jerusalem, descending new out of heaven from God, like a bride adorned in readiness for her husband.

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Cross References

2 Peter 3:13but we look for new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness will have its home, in fulfillment of the promise of God.

Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne, and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence; no place was left for them.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 21:1

Hitherto the prophecy of this book has presented to us a very remarkable mixture of light and shade, prosperity and adversity, mercy and judgment, in the conduct of divine Providence towards the church in the world: now, at the close of all, the day breaks, and the shadows flee away; a new world now appears, the former having passed away. Some are willing to understand all that is said in these last two chapters of the state of the church even here on earth, in the glory of the latter days; but others, more… Read the whole commentary →

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