Page 2 - 21 The New Jerusalem

DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 21 – The New Jerusalem
Chapter 21 — The New Jerusalem

THE burden of this chapter, commencing with

verse 2, is the New Jerusalem; but before that

is introduced, John tells us of how the present

heaven and earth and sea, are to be disposed

of, as follows: —

VERSE 1. 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.

New Heaven and New Earth. — By the first

heaven and first earth, John unquestionably

means the present heaven and earth, “the

heavens and the earth which are now.” 2 Peter

3:7. Some have supposed that when the Bible

speaks of the third heaven, in which are

paradise and the tree of life (2 Corinthians

12:2; Revelation 2:7), it refers to the heaven

which is yet future, and does not prove that