432 – The New Heavens and Earth

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432 – The New Heavens and Earth

By Steve Jaynes

Announcing: The Weekend in the Word

This year's weekend in the Word, the theme will be "Seeking Spiritual Matters and Edifying the Church." I am inviting teachers from around the country to teach on this vitally important subject from the accuracy of The Word. 

Starting with a meal on Thursday, July 25th, at 6 pm. The weekend will close after breakfast on Sunday morning, July 28th. Be sure it is on your calendars! All the information and how to register are available on the website: https://stevejaynes.com/events

The Airbnb

We started an Airbnb to help us prepare our home to accommodate people. We have beds, picnic tables, lawn chairs, showers, and bathrooms. We want to invite any believer who would like to come to Maine for business, to vacation, or to one of our fellowships. To see the listing and see all the pictures, go here. airbnb.com/h/stevej

The Notes from the Podcast

The following are the notes from the podcast. “432 – The New Heavens and Earth.” I have all the Scriptures written out, so it will be easy for you to follow along as you listen. 

On the podcast show notes below, I have a way for people to ask me questions. When anyone asks a biblical question, I try to help them find the answers. Recently, someone asked about the new Heaven and the new Earth. This is how I answer the question. 

Genesis 1:1 “In the beginning God created the heaven[s] and the earth.”

In Hebrew, the first word is God. God created the heavens with an s and the Earth in the beginning. God always comes first in life, and we always try to keep God first in our lives. The first word is God, and this is the first time the word created is used in the Bible. The only one who can create is God. Sometimes, people say they created things like music or art; they bring something into the laboratory and put two components together, and they create something new. That's not creating. Creating is bringing something into existence that has never been there before. God is the only one who can do that. The word create is only used three times in the opening chapters of Genesis.

Genesis 1:2 “And the earth was [became] without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.”

The word 'was' was not there. It should be the word became. The word became without form and void empty. The word void means empty. Not created that way but became that way.

Isaiah 45:18 “For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.”

God did not create it this way. Something happened between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2 of a catastrophic situation, Something of a destructive situation that destroyed what God first created. Something happened that we need to be aware of. In my class on “How to Read the Bible for Understanding and Power," I have a section of the class that deals with the first three chapters of Genesis. It's episode number 353. The class is on my website. I get into what happened between Genesis 1:1 and 1 2 which is not part of the scope of what I'm teaching today. You ought to know it, and you can go to the episode and listen.

2 Peter 3:5 & 6 “For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: ⁶ Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:”

The world that was is talking about Genesis 1:1.

2 Peter 3:7 “But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.”

This is talking about the world in which we now live and is still going on.

2 Peter 3:12 – 13 “Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? ¹³ Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.”

A new day is coming. The Third Heaven and Earth.

2 Corinthians 12:1 – 4 “It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. ² I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. ³ And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) ⁴ How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.”

The Third Heaven and Earth was the future for Paul, and it's still the future for us, but we can learn some things in the latter chapters of the Book of Revelations.

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.”

Let's go back to Genesis 1:2 and see what God did to get the sea back.

Genesis 1:2 – 10 “And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. ³ And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. ⁴ And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. ⁵ And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. ⁶ And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. ⁷ And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. ⁸ And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. ⁹ And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. ¹⁰ And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.”

Revelation 21:2 - 7 “And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. ³ 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. ⁴ 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. ⁵ And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. ⁶ And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. ⁷ He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.”

Revelation 21:23 – 27 “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. ²⁴ And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. ²⁵ And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there. ²⁶ And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it. ²⁷ And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.”

Revelation 22:1 & 2 “And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. ² In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.”

Genesis 3:22 - 24 “And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: ²³ Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. ²⁴ So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.”

Revelation 22:3 & 5 “And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: ⁵ And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.”

Revelation 22:12 – 16 “And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. ¹³ I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. ¹⁴ Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. ¹⁵ For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. ¹⁶ I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.”

Revelation 22:20 & 21 “He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. ²¹ The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

God Bless You Abundantly

Steve

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