Revelation 21:1 NIV

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 21:1

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth - Such a heaven and earth that they might properly be called new; such transformations, and such changes in their appearance, that they seemed to be just created. He does not say that they were created now, or anew; that the old heavens and earth were annihilated; but all that he says is, that there were such changes that they seemed to be new. If the earth is to be renovated by fire, such a renovation will give an appearance to the globe as if it were... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 21:1-3

Revelation 21:1-3. And I saw So it runs, Revelation 19:11; Revelation 20:1; Revelation 20:4; Revelation 20:11, in a succession. All these several visions follow one another in order, and this vision reaches into eternity; a new heaven and a new earth That is, after the foregoing visions, in which I beheld a representation of the state of the church and world to the consummation of all things, I had the final happiness of the true worshippers of God, to be enjoyed after the resurrection... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Revelation 21:1-8

21:1-22:5 A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTHIn describing the state of things as it will be in eternity, John has to use the language of this world, for he has no other. He has to liken what he sees in the vision to things that his readers can see in the present world, for this is the only world they know. He has to use whatever language and illustrations he can find in an attempt to describe the spiritual quality of life in the eternal state.John’s visions symbolize spiritual realities. They are not... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 21:1

saw. App-133 . heaven, &c. See Isaiah 51:16 (plant, &c); Rev 65:17 ; Rev 66:22 . 2 Peter 3:7 . new. See Matthew 9:17 . heaven. See Revelation 3:12 . earth. App-129 . first. Greek. former, as Revelation 21:4 . there . . . sea = the sea is no more (longer). A proof that this belongs to the post-millennial period. See Psalms 72:8 , Zechariah 9:10 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 21:1

EPILOGUE(Revelation 21-22)REV:21The scene here moves to eternity, after the end of time, when all the enemies of God have been vanquished, following the final judgment of all men, and when the long drama of human struggles and temptations shall have been concluded.Christ promised that his faithful servants should "enter into the joy" of their Lord at his coming (Matthew 25:23); Paul encouraged the Philippians with precious words of their "citizenship ... in heaven" (Philippians 3:20); Peter... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 21:1

Revelation 21:1.— We are now come, in the course of these prophesies, to the consummation of all things. This vision stands in the prophesy, after the last attempt of the enemies of religion had been defeated; after the dead, small and great, had appeared before God's judgment seat, and were judged according to their works; after the wicked were doomed to everlasting punishment, and all who were not found written in the book of life were cast into the lake of fire. The order of the prophesies... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 21:1-8

Revelation 21:1-8. I saw a new heaven and a new earth, &c.— A new heaven and a new earth succeed in the room of the first heaven and first earth, which passed away at the general judgment, ch. Revelation 20:11. In the new earth there is this remarkable property, that there is no more sea; which, how it is to be effected, time must discover; but it is evident from hence, that this new heaven and earth are not designed to take place, till after the general judgment; for at the general... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 21:1

1. the first—that is the former. passed away—Greek, in A and B is "were departed" (Greek, "apeelthon," not as in English Version, "pareelthe"). was—Greek, "is," which graphically sets the thing before our eyes as present. no more sea—The sea is the type of perpetual unrest. Hence our Lord rebukes it as an unruly hostile troubler of His people. It symbolized the political tumults out of which "the beast" arose, :-. As the physical corresponds to the spiritual and moral world, so the absence of... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 21:1

1. The vision of the new heaven and earth 21:1John now saw a new scene that expounded the passing away of the present earth and heaven to which he had just referred briefly (Revelation 20:11). The new earth and heaven will come into existence after the Millennium and the great white throne judgment. Many interpreters take the new earth and heaven as a picture of the present age of the church, but this is unwarranted.The reason God will destroy the present heaven and earth is that He originally... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 21:1-5

N. The eternal state 21:1-22:5The next scenes in John’s visions proved to be of conditions that will exist after the Millennium. He recorded this insight to reveal the final home of believers. There are many allusions to Isaiah 60, 65 and Ezekiel 40-48 in this pericope. The final two chapters also tie up strands of revelation from every major previous section of the book. This pericope is a picture of new beginnings, a sharp contrast with the lake of fire, another final end, in the previous... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 21:1

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 21:1-3

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Revelation 21:1-8

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 21:1

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 21:1

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 21:1

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 21:1-8

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 21:1

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 21:1

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 21:1-5

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