Revelation 21:1
And I sawe a newe heauen, and a newe earth: for the first heauen, and the first earth were passed away, and there was no more sea.
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Isaiah 27:1In that day the Lord with his sore and great and mightie sword shall visite Liuiathan, that pearcing serpent, euen Liuiathan, that crooked serpent, and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
Isaiah 65:17For lo, I will create newe heauens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembred nor come into minde.
Daniel 7:3And foure great beastes came vp from the sea one diuers from another.
2 Peter 3:13But wee looke for newe heauens, and a newe earth, according to his promise, wherein dwelleth righteousnesse.
Revelation 20:11And I saw a great white throne, and one that sate on it, from whose face fled away both the earth and heauen, and their place was no more found.
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 →