Category: New Creation

Bride, New Jerusalem

NEW JERUSALEM UNVEILED

David R Maas

The physical dimensions and shape of “New Jerusalem” are presented to show it is ready to be populated – Revelation 21:9-23. 

John caught a glimpse of “New Jerusalem descending from heaven,” but now, he sees it unveiled in all its glory. This next section concentrates on the city’s physical dimensions and shape.  Its enormous size staggers the human imagination, but sufficient room is necessary to contain the innumerable multitude destined to inhabit the “holy city.”

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Bride, New Jerusalem

DESCENT OF NEW JERUSALEM

David R Maas

Following the final judgment, John saw the “holy city, New Jerusalem” descending from heaven to the earth – Revelation 21:1-8.

The next paragraph presents “New Jerusalem” to the reader and concludes the third literary division of the book. Having witnessed the destruction of “Babylon,” the “False Prophet,” the “beast,” and the “Dragon,” John received the vision of what awaits the faithful at the end of the age – “New Jerusalem descending from heaven to the earth.”

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Abraham, New Creation

LAND PROMISE AND NEW CREATION

David R Maas

In Jesus, the original and limited land promise to Abraham now encompasses the entire “cosmos.”

Foundational to the biblical idea of redemption is the promise to Abraham of a land inheritance for his offspring. Though originally confined to the small territory of Canaan, implicit in the covenant promise was a future fulfillment that would encompass all nations and the entire earth, if not the whole Cosmos – (“So shall be blessed in you all the families of the earth”).

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Abraham, Gospel Hope, New Creation

HEIR OF THE WORLD

David R Maas

According to Paul, the land promised to Abraham envisioned the inclusion of the entire world – Romans 4:13.

God began to redeem humanity with His covenant with Abraham, beginning with the summons for him to leave his homeland for the “land that I will show you.” Yahweh would make him into a “great nation,” and in the Patriarch, He would “bless all the clans of the earth.” And from the start, the land promise was central to the covenant.

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Day of the Lord, New Creation, Parousia

HIS RETURN AND THE NEW CREATION

David R Maas

The arrival of Jesus in glory will usher in the Day of the Lord, the final judgment, and the New Creation.

In his second epistle, Peter addressed the growing weariness and discouragement of some Christians due to the apparent “delay” in the promised “coming” of Jesus, an open door that false teachers and critics were exploiting. Instead of all the predicted terrestrial and cosmic upheaval, daily life was continuing as it always had.

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