New Jerusalem will be very beautiful. However, the city’s beauty will not even begin to compare to the joy of the saved as they experience no more aches and pains, suffering or death. Revelation 21:4 explains that, “God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.” The New Jerusalem and you At the core, apocalypses are a form of theodicy. They respond to overwhelming suffering with the hope of divine intercession and a perfected World to Come. The destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE meant an end to Second Temple Judaism. Naturally, apocalyptic responses to the disaster followed. This section will first cover 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch. Fourth Ezra and 2 Baruch are important for two reasons. First, they look for a Temple in Heaven, not the eschaton. Second, these texts exhibit the final new Temple texts in Judaism. Jewish texts like 3 Baruch began to reject a restored Temple completely. However, these texts were deemed to be apocryphal by the Rabbis who maintained the belief in a Third Temple as central to Rabbinic Judaism. Effendi, Shoghi (1944). God Passes By. Wilmette, Illinois, USA: Baháʼí Publishing Trust. p.213. ISBN 0-87743-020-9. This version of scripture is translated directly from the Hebrew, Greek or Aramaic. The 1973 French translation, the Bible de Jérusalem, is followed only where the text admits to more than one interpretation. The introductions and notes, with some modifications, are taken from the Bible de Jérusalem. [2] Overview [ edit ] Matt Emerson makes this argument: “the historic Christian position is that the new creation is a renewal of the old creation, in which Christ’s work and particularly his death and resurrection remove the effects and source of sin and thereby bring restoration not only to human beings but to all that God has made.”

One of the most obvious differences is that the dimensions of the New Jerusalem of Rev. 21 are 1000 times bigger than dimensions of the city in Ezekiel 48 (and, in Rev. 20:9).The word chrysoprase comes from the Greek word (χρυσός) chrysos meaning 'gold' and (πράσινον) prasinon, meaning 'green'. Abdu'l-Bahá (1981) [1904–1906]. Some Answered Questions. Wilmette, Illinois, USA: Baháʼí Publishing Trust. p.67. ISBN 0-87743-190-6. Fourth Ezra has two clear messages. First, do not grieve excessively over Jerusalem. Second, Jerusalem will be restored as a heavenly kingdom. Fourth Ezra also uses the title "Most High," throughout the apocalypse to emphasise that the Lord will once again reign and reside in Jerusalem. God said, 'Let there be lights in the vault of heaven to divide day from night, and let them indicate festivals, days and years.

The Lutheran hymn " Jerusalem, du hochgebaute Stadt", with lyrics written by Johann Matthäus Meyfart in 1626, describes entering the Heavenly Jerusalem. It was set by composers such as Max Reger and Sigfrid Karg-Elert. When He created the heavens and the earth, God declared all His creation good ( Genesis 1:4, 10, 12, 18, 21, 25). Genesis 1:31 tells us God saw everything He had made, and “it was very good.” It was perfect, with no sin. Then came the Fall ( Genesis 3), and God told Adam, “Cursed is the ground for your sake” ( Genesis 3:17). Since that time, “creation groans and labors” ( Romans 8:19-22), and God is in the process of restoring humans (those who have surrendered to Jesus Christ as Lord) and the rest of creation. Bernet, Claus: "The Heavenly Jerusalem as a Central Belief in Radical Pietism in the Eighteenth Century", in: The Covenant Quarterly, 63, 4, 2005, pp.3–19.Tov, E. 2001. Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible (2nd ed.) Assen/Maastricht: Van Gocum; Philadelphia: Fortress Press. As cited in Flint, Peter W. 2002. The Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls as presented in Bible and computer: the Stellenbosch AIBI-6 Conference: proceedings of the Association internationale Bible et informatique, "From alpha to byte", University of Stellenbosch, 17–21 July, 2000 Association internationale Bible et informatique. Conference, Johann Cook (ed.) Leiden/Boston BRILL, 2002 Averky (Taushev), Archbishop; Fr. Seraphim (Rose) (1998). The Apocalypse in the Teachings of Ancient Christianity. Platina, California: St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood. p. 26. ISBN 0-938635-67-0. Eamon Duffy, an Irish historian at Cambridge University, [19] [20] criticised the Revised New Jerusalem Bible for being "flaccid" and containing "casual inaccuracy" [21] and said that "The English Standard Version is more accurate, and reads better." [21] The One who was sitting on the throne said, “Look! I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this, because these words are true and can be trusted.”

God said, 'Let the waters under heaven come together into a single mass, and let dry land appear.' And so it was. Francis Cardinal, Arinze (29 June 2008). "Letter to the Bishop's Conferences on "The Name of God" " (PDF). United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2020 . Retrieved 16 April 2021. The ancient topaz (topazion) stone is probably our modern-day peridot and is most likely golden-green in color.God said, 'Let the waters be alive with a swarm of living creatures, and let birds wing their way above the earth across the vault of heaven.' And so it was. http://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/cdi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1013&context=headwaters [ permanent dead link]