The New Heaven And The New Earth

Revelation 21:1

"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." 

         As for the "Departing as a Scroll" of heavens, and the "Flying Away" of  the earth and heavens, that John spoke of in, (Rev. 6:14; 20:11) is not a total disappearance of the material worlds, because he tells us afterwards he saw; The New Jerusalem coming down out of heaven, and nations living and walking in the Light of it on the earth, and the Kings of the Earth bringing their Glory and Honor Into It." (Rev. 21:2, 24).
         The Holy Spirit through Solomon said, “One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh, but the Earth Abideth Forever.” (Eccl. 1:4).  It is specifically promised that; "Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth."  (Matt. 5:5), and that the Children of Israel shall dwell in it forever, (Is. 60:21; Is. 66:22), and if God's people are to inhabit it forever, it must EXIST FOREVER.  Amen!!  It is clear then that this earth as a planet is not to be annihilated, but that it is to be Cleansed and Purified by Fire and made fit for the home of those peoples and nations that are to occupy it after its renovation.  
        This earth has been consecrated by the Presence of the Son of God, where the costliest sacrifice that the Universe could furnish was offered up on Calvary to redeem all people who Believed in Jesus Christ, and inherit Eternal Life. It is too sacred a place to ever be blotted out or cease to exist, for it is the most cherished in the mind of God of all His great creation.    
        With the “Renovation of the Earth by Fire,” Time does not end; Eternity begin. We read in the New Testament of a “Perfect Kingdom” that Christ shall surrender to the Father, so that God may be “All in All.” (1Cor. 15:24-28). A Kingdom in which; “At the name of Jesus every knee shall bow, of things in Heaven, and things in Earth, and things Under the Earth, and that every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ "IS LORD.” (Phil. 2:9-11.) This describes a Kingdom in which all things Celestial, Terrestrial and Infernal are to be subject to the SON OF MAN.
        Now this “Perfect Kingdom” cannot be the “Millennial Kingdom,” for that, as we have seen, ends in Apostasy and Rebellion. It must therefore mean another Kingdom on the Other Side of the “Millennial Kingdom,” and as there is to be no other Kingdom between the “Millennial Kingdom” and the “Renovation of the Earth by Fire,” it must mean a Kingdom that is to follow the “Renovation of the Earth by Fire,” and that Kingdom is the Kingdom of the “New Heaven and the New Earth,” which we call the “Perfect Kingdom.” 
        Amen!!

Reading: (Rev: Chap. 18)
Ref: (Scriptures As Noted In Devotional)
       (HGSB, BSB, C. Larkin)

May God Bless You

And Your Families

Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.

The Cross Life Ministry