verything was wonderful. The bride and groom had been eagerly looking forward to their wedding day. They had waited almost two years to be married and after the wedding was finally over, the bride and groom felt like they were in heaven. Their love for one another was so deep and wonderful. To express their appreciation, the bride sent the minister a note which read, “Dear Reverend, I want to thank you for the beautiful way you brought my happiness to a conclusion.” We can laugh at the humorous ending, but she did not mean that her happiness had come to an end! She wanted to say that she was extremely happy. The long wait was finally over.      A wedding is such a great happening. It is an event to which a couple looks forward, plans for, and talks about. It is the first major event in their lives that they plan together. It is a test of personal character and a test of their readiness to marry. Marriage has been described in many different ways. But every bride and groom know that a wedding marks the occasion when they are finally together as “husband and wife.”      In Rev. 19-20 we saw that every Christian will be with Jesus Christ at the Battle of Armageddon. The bride joined the groom! They were finally together. The marriage finally occurred, and they entered the millennium or the 1,000 year kingdom. But the kingdom is not our final resting home. It is not heaven. Our final resting home is in heaven. In John 14:2-3 Jesus promised us a place to live in. That place is described in this study of Revelation 21-22. Would you like to see it?          No More Sin. God told us that the old earth and heaven will be destroyed some day (2 Peter 3:10-13). It was actually a promise and a prophecy. The fulfillment is what Revelation 21 is all about.     Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea. (NASB) Rev. 21:1   Everything that used to exist will be destroyed according to His promise: sin, the memories of things damaged by sin, and the universe that was corrupted by sin!   For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now. (NASB) Rom. 8:20-22   God will finally set the creation free. When Christians arrive in heaven, there will be no reminders of sin - people or the creation.      Just like a marriage, the Apostle John tells us that he saw something wonderful - a new heaven and a new earth without any sea. The new earth will not have any oceans or seas. We will discover later that there will be water in heaven, including rivers (Rev. 21:6; 22:1-2). But the new earth will not have any large bodies of water. Genesis 1:2 says the first creation was covered with water on the first day, but the new creation will be mainly “solid ground.”         < Back   Next >
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