Revelation 21:4

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 21:1-27

Revelation 21:1 to Revelation 22:5 . The Vision of the New Jerusalem.— The doctrine of the new heaven and the new earth goes back to Isaiah 65:17, and is derived from the belief that the present world was so corrupt that it could not possibly be the seat of the Messianic kingdom, at any rate in its present condition. The idea was developed in the apocalyptic literature, especially in Ethiopic Enoch, the Apocalypse of Baruch , , 4 Ezra. Some expositors hold that the New Jerusalem was... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Revelation 21:4

Scarce any of the passages in this verse, taken in the plain, literal sense, are applicable to any state of the church in this life: for though in the thousand years, mentioned Revelation 20:1-3, the state of the church (as it is presumed) will be very happy comparatively to what it ever was before, and free from its enemies’ molestations and persecutions; yet I think none hath asserted that in that time no members of it shall die, or be sick, or have any sorrow or pain. There must be a great... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Revelation 21:1-27

THE NEW JERUSALEMCRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES“NOW is sealed the eternal doom of the dragon, beast, false prophet, and all their followers; yea, and of all who resemble them in the temper of their hearts or the action of their lives. Nothing remains but to exhibit the glorious reward of the righteous, in the eternal world, as contrasted with the awful punishment of the wicked.”Revelation 21:1. New heavens and new earth.—Isaiah 65:17; compare Ezekiel 40-48 and Matthew 19:28. “Heavens “here refer... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Revelation 21:4

Revelation 21:4 God wiping away all Tears. The subject teaches I. A lesson of resignation. II. A lesson of gratitude. The same hand which chastises will one day wipe away our tears. It will not be long that we must wait before the faithfulness of God's word will be established. J. N. Norton, Golden Truths, p. 443. References: Revelation 21:4 . G. Calthrop, Christian World Pulpit, vol. ix., p. 97; Preacher's Monthly, vol. vi., p. 325. read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Revelation 21:1-6

DISCOURSE: 2529THE HEAVENLY GLORYRevelation 21:1-6. 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. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 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... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Revelation 21:1-27

I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away ( Revelation 21:1 );Now, we are beyond the thousand years. The first heaven is passed away. Peter tells us it passes away with a great noise with a fervent heat as the elements are dissolved.Now, God spoke the universe into existence. And in speaking it into existence, He spoke into existence a scientific puzzle. For in speaking matter into existence, He brought the protons and electrons and assembled... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 21:1-27

Revelation 21:1 . I saw a new heaven and a new earth. This was a welcome sight, for this old earth is wearing out. Subterranean fires are burning and wasting it beneath our feet, fires everfeeding on lime, and iron, and sulpher. Geologists have counted two hundred craters which ventilate the earth, and send their fires to the skies. The animal kingdom is gradually becoming extinct. When we survey the organic remains of a former world, we ask, where do their successors live, the terrific... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Revelation 21:1-8

Revelation 21:1-8I saw a new heaven and a new earth.The new heavens and new earthI. Scripture distinctly reveals the fact that this world is not destined to continue as it is. “The fashion of this world changes” is the constant statement of the inspired writers. We seem to learn this from the very fading qualities of everything that surrounds us. We have scarcely enjoyed the warmth of the summer sun when the leaves of autumn fall fast and thick around us. These have scarcely disappeared when we... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Revelation 21:4

Revelation 21:4God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.No tears in heavenTears are the symbol of sorrow. Tears are sometimes shed through excess of joy. Yet a tearful joy is ever akin to grief.I. The present state of the believer is one of tears.1. Because he is living in a world of sin.(1) While God is loved, the Saviour served, and His Jaw honoured, the believer’s heart has yet to mourn over the defectiveness of his service, and not infrequently over his lapses into sin.(2) Nor is his... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Revelation 21:4

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. Ver. 4. And God shall wipe away ] As mothers do their children’s tears. "Sorrow and sighing shall flee away." Baca shall be turned into Berachah, sighing into singing, misery into majesty; as Queen Elizabeth was exalted from a prisoner to a princess; and as our Henry IV was crowned the very same day... read more

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