I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for
the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no
more. I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from
God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband. I heard a loud voice
out of heaven saying, “Behold, God’s dwelling is with people, and he will dwell
with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as
their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no
more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first
things have passed away.”
He who sits on the throne
said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” He said, “Write, for
these words of God are faithful and true.” He said to me, “I have
become the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give
freely to him who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life. He who
overcomes, I will give him these things. I will be his God, and he will be my
son.
One of the seven angels came, and he
spoke with me, saying, “Come here. I will show you the wife, the Lamb’s
bride.” He carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and
showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, having
the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, as if it were a
jasper stone, clear as crystal; having a great and high wall; having
twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names written on them, which
are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel. On the east
were three gates; and on the north three gates; and on the south three gates;
and on the west three gates. The wall of the city had twelve foundations,
and on them twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb. The city was pure
gold, like pure glass. The foundations of the city’s wall were adorned
with all kinds of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second,
sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald; the fifth, sardonyx;
the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth,
topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; and the twelfth,
amethyst. The twelve gates were twelve pearls. Each one of the gates was
made of one pearl. The street of the city was pure gold, like transparent
glass. I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God, the Almighty, and the
Lamb, are its temple. The city has no need for the sun or moon to shine,
for the very glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb. The
nations will walk in its light. The kings of the earth bring the glory and
honor of the nations into it. Its gates will in no way be shut by day (for
there will be no night there), and they shall bring the glory and the
honor of the nations into it so that they may enter.
He showed me a river of water of
life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the
Lamb, in the middle of its street. On this side of the river and on that
was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruits, yielding its fruit every
month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. There
will be no curse any more. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and
his servants will serve him. They will see his face, and his name will be
on their foreheads. There will be no night, and they need no lamp light or
sun light; for the Lord God will illuminate them. They will reign forever and
ever.
Revelations
21:1-7, 9-14, 18-26; 22:1-5
