The New Heavens and the New Earth – Part 2
The new heavens and new earth will exhibit both continuity and discontinuity with the present heavens and earth.
2 Peter 3:10; Matthew 19:28
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The new heavens and new earth will exhibit both continuity and discontinuity with the present heavens and earth.
2 Peter 3:10; Matthew 19:28
The new heavens and the new earth are our eternal home, and those who love and serve God will experience the removal of the curse and the consummation of God’s original purposes for mankind.
Revelation 21:1-8
At the resurrection, our present bodies will be raised and transformed to be like Christ’s resurrected and glorified body, exhibiting both continuity and discontinuity with our present body.
1 Corinthians 15:35-44
The people of God have always believed in a resurrection of the body, and Christ is the guarantee of this hope.
John 5:28-29
When people die, their soul continues in conscious existence while awaiting the resurrection of the body on the last day.
Luke 23:38-43
The key to New Testament eschatology is understanding the difference between this age and the age to come, the now and the not yet.
1 John 3:1-3
Christ’s redemptive work affects not only the human spirit, but all of our human nature, and all of creation as well.
Colossians 1:15-20
The city of Jerusalem was a type and shadow of the true city of God, the new Jerusalem, which is comprised of all those who have faith in Christ.
Hebrews 11:8-16
In Christ, the church inherits the land promises, which really pointed to heaven, of which the land of Israel was only a type and shadow.
Galatians 3:16, 29; Romans 4:13
In Christ, the church inherits the land promises, which have been expanded to include the whole world.
Romans 4:13
The book of Psalms teaches us to look forward to the final Day, when all of God’s Promises will be fulfilled.
Psalm 2