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If you leave the fountain foul the streams cannot be pure. Listen! people do not die without hope. Once, the Lord might have said, Behold, I make all things; but now he says, Behold, I make all things new. Glory be unto the great Creator! "And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new." The Lord give us eyes to see it. Revelation 21:1 65:17, and is derived from the belief that the present world w (_a)_ THE DISTANT VIEW OF THE CITY. 1. A better thing still is never to leave him, but to stand for ever at the cross-foot delighting yourself in his all-sufficient sacrifice. Revelation 20:4, Revelation 20:11, in a succession. chronological course of the prophecy. The Lord who makes all things new can hear your prayers. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. Ah, we blush to think what our joys used to be; but they are heavenly now. The former troubles are forgotten, and are hid from our eyes because of thine ancient promise, "Behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind." 1. "I make all things new." SAW. Now, our Lord Jesus, our Surety and Covenant Head, has fulfilled his portion of the covenant engagement, and the compact stands as a bond of pure promise without condition or risk. "But why, my dear brother?" I know I am not only and solely what I was by my first birth; I feel within myself another life a second and a higher vitality which has often to contend with my lower self, and by that very contention makes me conscious of its existence. It is not now "Do and live," but "Live and do;" we think not of merit and reward, but of free grace producing holy practice as the result of gratitude. They have a new nature. "Yes," says a husband here, "I have prayed for my wife o many times, that I do feel tempted to give it up; it is not likely that I shall ever live to see her saved." We will not go on with that lamentation, but we will hear the cheering word, "Behold, I make all things new." It is conscious now of living in a new element, breathing a fresh air, partaking of new food, drinking out of new wells not digged by men or filled from the earth. I believe that Jesus Christ has in some of you not only made you new, but made everything new to you. I suppose the best of men must do so at times. _a new heaven and a new earth_ Isaiah 65:17; Isaiah 66:22; referred Blessed be his name. God has breathed into them a new life. Subterranean fires before God. Everything seems to have gone wrong with me. REV. _aor. He filled their hearts, and therefore they must needs speak of him. Royal Homage welcome sight, for this old earth is wearing out. Since you feel this, I know you can say to-night that Jesus Christ, who sits on the throne, makes all things new. John in Vision is led to see the New Jerusalem. If a man walks about in it with his eyes open, he will see it to be a horrible sphere. Revelation 22 He preached in the same church as C. H. Spurgeon over one hundred years earlier. Truly, truly, this seems to me to be a glorious purpose. It will be easier, a great deal, depend upon it, even for God to make you new, than to mend you; for the fact is that "the carnal mind is enmity against God," and is not reconciled to God, neither, indeed, can be; so that mending will not answer; you must be made anew. "Because I asked the Lord to convert him, and I kept on praying that he might be converted; and I should have been very much surprised if he had not been." Oh that they could get up to the high mountains, and be strong! He will never drive us from his house. other; the earth of the saints, their glorified, bodies, will be Now the veil lifts for the last time, and we behold the new universe. See Matthew 9:17. militant here upon earth, and others to the state of the church Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary, College Press Bible Study Textbook Series, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch, G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible, George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly, John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible, John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible, Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments, Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible, Leslie M. 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If Jesus has not made us new already, let the new year cause us to think about the great and needful change of conversion; and if our Lord has begun to make us new, and we have somewhat entered into the new world wherein dwelleth righteousness, let us be persuaded by the season to press forward into the center of his new creation, that we may feel to the full all the power of his grace. (Isaiah 65:17 ). 8 But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liarsthey will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. All these. Let every one who has left the paths of purity remember how the woman that was a sinner loved much, because much had been forgiven her. revelation of the things beyond the end. The usual introduction to a new vision (cf. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful." And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there. We have the first-fruits of the Spirit, and we groan within ourselves while we wait for the fullness of that new creation. This great work of Christ, this grand design of making this old world into a new one, shall be carried into effect. Hence we read of being "justified by faith," and being made acceptable to God by faith. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him he glory and dominion for ever and ever. App-133. O anxious one, it can turn you! Nobody can tell which spoke of a wheel moves first; it moves as a whole. You know that they are Sabbath-breakers, and utterly godless, and you tremble for their eternal fate. But you want to make it all new yourself; and you fret and you worry, and you tease, and you trouble, and you make a burden of yourself. Verily the day will come whether it shall be at his second advent or before his second advent, I do not know the day when from the east to the west, and from the north to the south, there shall be a new world as far as men are concerned. But, even if you do not, we shall pray for you; and we were sure that you opposed our intercessions, and were even angry with them, we should pray all the more, for we mean to have you won for Jesus, by the grace of God, and you may as well come soon as late. the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. Christ makes new servants, new masters, new friends, new brothers, new sisters. It is A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH that the Seer Revelation 19:1; _Revelation 21:1 and Revelation 22:1_ The first heaven is passed Here we do not find any mediatorial kingdom. And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed twelve thousand furlongs. REVELATION 21:1 TO REVELATION 22:5. WHATEVER the saints are , "The Marriage of the Lamb" It is fit that things so outworn and defiled should be laid aside, and better things fill their places. You shall be: blessed be God. The Athenians, who spent their time in telling and hearing some new thing, were by no means singular persons: novelty still fascinates the crowd. The Book of Genesis is commonly Now, you that feel that you must cry aloud for joy, join with me and cry "Hallelujah" [A great number of voices cried, "Hallelujah!"] There were three thousand new creations in one day when Peter preached the gospel under the influence of the Holy Spirit. How ingeniously they bring him in! What a change in our joys! New hopes are in us, bright and sure, such as we did not even desire to know when we lived a mere carnal life. There was no more sea [ It is his high prerogative to make and to destroy. I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell--you see, I have They shall not hunger nor , The Followers of the Lamb A Description of the Holy City. Heaven is God's dwelling place. _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ It is a key-word opening the treasures of revelation. And I saw a new Heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and In addition to the new covenant, Christ has been pleased to make us new men. Revelation 21:4. We hope that this newborn year will not be worse than its predecessor, and we pray that it may be a great deal better. their substance, but in their qualities. is to be _set free from its slavery to decay_ (Romans 8:21). NO MORE SEA I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. heavenly. What a transformation grace makes in all things within our little world! _And I saw a new heaven_] New for form and state, but the same Now breathe a silent prayer, dear brother, dear sister, to him who makes all things new. AND I SAW. Revelation 8 Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible Genesis Intro Revelation Genesis Intro Genesis Intro Revelation Genesis Intro Copyright Statement These files are public domain. I am not going to say which is first, the new birth, or faith, or repentance. "I make all things." You have grievous trouble because you hear the dearest that you have blaspheming the God you love. which passed away at the general judgment, ch. He beholds Christ upon You may put it among the most golden sentences like a precious stone in a setting of pure gold, and it will never be out of order come when it may. "Behold," says Christ, "I make all things new." Another application of this truth will be this: "Oh," says one, "I do not know what to make of myself. "Why?" to, as here, in . We love to be found within its walls, and we feel delighted to join in the praises of the Lord. Anything new has at least one attraction. Chap. With this verse begins the closing passage of the book of God: the revelation of the things beyond the end. "Immortal joys come streaming down, Joys, like his griefs, immense, unknown;". That is the right sort of faith. Then, through his Spirit, he goes on to make new men under the new covenant, and you will see that by this means he makes a new society. He can bring your children to bow at the family altar, and to rejoice with you in Christ. What law could not do, grace has accomplished. Dear friend, the Lord Jesus Christ is able to make your life entirely new. Revelation 21:10. ]. separation, nor part of the world not brought into an ordered earth All his works deserve study: "The works of the Lord are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein." Why, now we love the very things we once despised, and our heart flies as with wings after that which once it detested. Let me just say a few words to those of you who love the Lord. Oh for a bedewing of the Holy Spirit while entering upon this theme! There shall be no more fear of war, no Gog and Magog to gather together to battle, no Armageddon to be dreaded by the glorified Church of Christ, which shall be in perfect peace for ever. 21. They are the same persons, and yet not the same. "Behold, I make all things new." "Ay, but it is not," says one; and I am sorry I cannot contradict him. THE NEW JERUSALEM. Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. No, that is not the right word, it is the cowardly, for there are many who are full of fear who are nevertheless most sincere and right in God's sight: Revelation 21:8. Faith has brought us into the possession of an indefeasible salvation; and now for the love we bear our Savior, we must obey him and become "zealous for good works." And the apostle John tells us that whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer. said I. trees, etc., since, as McCord notes, we will have spiritual bodies for When God spake and said, "Let there be light," it was a fiat which showed him to be divine. While men will frequently dote upon the old, they are most easily dazzled by the new. It is like a gibbeted criminal hung up to die. O dear hearts, there is no absolute necessity that you should always go downward in evil till you descend to hell. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. Grace works a very deep, striking, and lasting change. Revelation 21:15. _ (G3708) , It isn't just good news for usit's good news for animals, plants, stars, and planets. The ab. Text Courtesy of BibleSupport.com. The remaining two chapters describe the eternal and consummated "In vain we tune our formal songs, In vain we strive to rise; Hosannas languish on our tongues, And our devotion dies"? The Lord can work a radical change in you. Ay, and angels, hovering over this fair world, would oft have heard the strain of joy breaking the silence of midnight, as glad and pure hearts beheld the eyes of the Creator beaming down upon them from the stars which stud the vault of heaven. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. I labored to win heaven by self-righteousness, and this is as real a rebellion as open sin. Behold him! "Behold, I make all things new." He that sitteth on the throne can do for you what you cannot do for yourself; and, as he made you once, and you became marred by sin, he can new make you; for he saith. [Several voices, "Amen."] _An angel shows J AND I SAW A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH - Such a heaven and earth that 'A New Creation' and 'Sermon for New Year's-Day', A Sermon Published on Thursday, July 15th, 1915. In praise we will vie with angels and archangels, for they are not so indebted to grace as we are. Well, now, dear friends, why do you and I ever get stale and flat? Not Peter only, but the whole of the twelve apostles shall have their names in the foundations of that holy city. And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God. Revelation xiv. Revelation 21:21. So men may launch their divers theories, and patent their social inventions, but after they have re-shaped the society of sinners, they will leave it a sinful society still. 21. Rather, by God's grace, may we henceforth believe more in him, and, according to our faith, so shall it be done unto us. The moment the divine life comes into the heart we believe: the moment we believe the eternal life is there. what a blessed world it would have been! Oh! One weeps over the past and the lost. 8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. And unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers. But, oh, the grace of God, how it can tame us! And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. The ancient prophecy shall be fulfilled to the letter. Rev 66:22. I think that the Lord Jesus Christ especially calls us to consider this, that we may, according to our condition, derive profit from it. And sorcerers, Persons who profess to have communications with the dead necromancers, spiritualists, and all people of that sort, Revelation 21:8. And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass. The regeneration of his people, their new birth, is a foretaste of what is yet to happen to this whole world of ours. Turning to our second point, I want you to: He says, "Behold I make all things new." We are crossing the line now. ", "Ring out the old, ring in the new; Ring, happy bells, across the snow; The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true. With all our fresh springs in God, we ought to be always full of new life. I said. The wilderness of destruction lies before you. And it is also by the giving of the Holy Ghost, as the result of the ascension of Christ on high, that the world is made new. We dare not say that we have kept the ten commands from our youth up; on the contrary, we are compelled by our consciences to confess that in spirit and in heart, if not in act, we have continually broken the law of God; and we are therefore under sin and condemnation, and there is no hope for us by the works of the law. Our zeal for God ought to be as fresh as if we had just begun to delight in him. Why, it is because we get away from him who says, "Behold, I make all things new." God shall dwell among men, peace shall be domiciled on earth, and glory shall be ascribed to God in the highest. it is a horrible world, appalling to think of. Had it possessed a teeming population like its present one, and if, one by one, those godly ones had been caught away, like Elijah, without knowing death, to be succeeded by pious descendants oh! Yes, and the glorified Church herself, because of this light, sheds such a bright light on all within her that all the saints rejoice in her light. Let us now, at the portal of the new year, sing a hymn to Jesus, as we hear these encouraging words which he speaks from his throne. We must view his purpose. Another hand grasps the tiller and steers our ship in a new course. If he will but work upon us by his grace, we cannot tell what he will make of us before he places us in the position he has appointed for us in the glorious city that rests upon these twelve precious foundations. _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._. Verse 8. If our calendar suggests some dismal memories in the past, our calculation forestalls some happier prospects in the future. Our path to eternal glory is the road of faith, "The just shall live by faith." "Ye must be born again." Revelation 21:22. It was there in the travail of his soul did you ever catch that idea, the travail of his soul? Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. I am persuaded that the most of us are beggars when we might be millionaires in spiritual things. And then the victors on either side in the fray, return, and beat the drums, and sound the trumpets, and say, "Glory! Why, himself. You young people, as soon as ever you know the Lord, I exhort you to study well that word "covenant." And it will sometimes happen that we leave so much anxiety, adversity, and chastisement behind us, that it is a relief to hope that the tide has turned, and that a course of comfort, prosperity, and mercy lies before us. _The new Jerusalem_, 2. He is certainly able to turn your captivity as he turns the sun when it has reached the southern tropic. Our future is glorious; let not our present be gloomy. There shall be no death, nor sorrow nor crying, nor pain, nor trial of any kind; all shall be happiness for all shall be holiness. Child as I was, and under holy restraint as I was, so as to be kept from gross outward sin, I had a powerful inner nature which would not brook control. No mother's pangs, when she brought forth a man-child, were such as those of Christ when he brought forth the new creation. And then, as God dwelt of old among his people in the wilderness, and as Jesus Christ, the Word, was made flesh, and tabernacled among us, and we beheld his glory, so in that new world shall God reveal himself to his people by a special indwelling and a peculiar nearness. Ay!"] HEAVEN. It leaps at the sound which was once dull to its ears the name of a precious Christ. We are equally ashamed of our hates and our prejudices: but these have vanished once for all. I. You will break your resolutions, and be nothing bettered by your attempts at reform. "Behold, I make all things new." are burning and wasting it beneath our feet, fires everfeeding on THEN I SAW A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH. We were like Ezekiel's deserted infant unswaddled and unwashed, left in our pollution to die; but the Son of God passed by and saw us in the greatness of our ruin. Looking at the text in this light, I think it speaks to everyone here present Would you begin anew, lo, there is one who can help you to do so! The day shall come when this world shall be as fair as it was at the primeval Sabbath; when there shall be a new heaven and a new earth, wherein shall dwell righteousness. This is the second death.". II. fellowship in the presence of God is no more. The foundation being made new, the Lord Jesus Christ has set before us a new way of life, which grows out of that covenant. To do this you must be new yourself; for as the man is, so his life will be. Sorrow shalt cease, and tears shall be wiped away. Toward a And if we might be permitted to dream for a moment of what it would have been if it had continued as God created it, one might fancy what a blessed world it would be at this moment. You godly wives, who have ungodly husbands, you shall pray, "Lord, make our husbands new." Wherever the gospel is preached, the Spirit is present in that gospel, and he gives faith to men, gives life to men, and so they are made new, and the new-making thus goes on. Only let one man lift his finger, and a hundred thousand men are ready to meet a hundred thousand other men, all intent upon doing what? But when Jesus Christ comes to make a new world, there is everything opposed to him. We ought never to forget this bottom of everything, this making of all things new by the fashioning of a new covenant, so that we have come out from under the bondage of the law and the ruin of the fall, and we have entered upon the liberty of Christ, into acceptance with God, and into the boundless joy of being saved in the Lord with an everlasting salvation, so that we "shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end." Do you not agree with our prayers? Renewal must begin with the heart. but, brethren and sisters, we do not know; since the Lord saved us, there cannot be any limits as to what he can do. THE MARRIAGE OF THE LAMB (1) AND I SAW A NEW HEAVEN The hope of CHAPTER XVII. act. And this new nature is conscious of new emotions. Revelation 21:17. (1) Now follows the second part of the history prophetic of the future _New, by their form and qualities, but not by their substance. REVELATION 21:2 The new Jerusalem. Oh, I am sure that if we kept up perpetual communion with him, we should keep up a perpetual stream of delights. It is the purpose and intention of the Lord Jesus to make this world entirely new. And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. Now, we are beyond the thousand years. Charles Haddon Spurgeon July 31, 1864 Scripture: Revelation 21:23 From: Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Volume 10 The Lamb- The Light "And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof."Rev. act. And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from , The Rider on the White Horse and the Armies With Him They have been as deeply sunken in sin, and as hardened by habit as ever thou canst be, and they thought themselves given up to despair, as thou thinkest thyself to be; yet the Spirit of God carried out the will of the Lord Christ, and made them new.