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Revelation 21:1-4
The New Heaven and the New Earth
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Media Versions: (Due to time constraints I will focus on completing the text versions of this for now.
The audio and video presentations will be added asap but I want to complete the series asap)We pray to the Adon Olam, the Master, Creator and Sustainer of all existence, to fill our hearts with wisdom, awe and understanding as we continue our study into the Revelation of Navi Y'shua. We realize if only in part that difficult days must come first, but grant us the emunah to hold on because glorious times are surely ahead!
Revelation 21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth. For the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. The sea was no move.For a thousand years following the Battle of Armageddon the human race will have worked together to create an idyllic human society based on Torah, peace and dignity. They will have been unfettered by considerations of death and disease, by poverty, race, ethnic differences, economic status, religious affiliation, gender inequality, or any of the other divides that separated them in the past. At their hands, under the direction of HaMelekh ben David, the world will have become a true utopia, a haven beyond anything known before as "Death and Sheol were thrown into the lake of fire" Revelation 20:14.But then, as discussed before:
Revelation 20:8 ... he [Lucifer] will come out [of his imprisonment] to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the war; the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.Greed, jealousy and hatred will once again rear its ugly head and everything the children of the Eternal have created over the thousand years will be for naught!...Or so it will seem for those devoid of emunah (faith).
HaShem is gracious and merciful and the human test was not for nothing! Our collective victories and failings have demonstrated the truth that in order for human beings to thrive as a species we must live in harmony with the Great Unifier. The Eternal (HaShem) alone is our strength and our safety.
Jeremiah 14:8 O the Hope of Israel, its Savior in time of trouble, why should You be as a stranger in the land, and as a traveler turning in to lodge?Embracing HaShem as our strong Tower, our Rock (Genesis 28:22), our ONLY Savior, human beings can reach incredible potential, creativity beyond anything we currently conceive (Psalm 82)! Throughout the course of human history however we have proven that without HaShem at the center we eventually fail. And thus will Lucifer's challenge fail:Psalm 59:9 O my Strength, let me look to You, for God is my strong Tower.
Psalm 62:2 He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my tower; I shall not be greatly moved.
Romans 11:32 For God has disqualified everyone in unbelief so that He might show mercy to all.The Eternal has no need for humanity but our need for God will now have been conclusively demonstrated. This collective realization will be the pivotal point of human history.
11:33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past finding out!With the "court case" or "rebellion" now resolved, HaShem will perform an amazing feat of mercy and undeserved kindness for His creation. Since the beginning of the age the Shevirat haKeilim (i.e. the shattering of the vessels) has left the earth fractured (Genesis 36:31 is a significant Torah keystone on this if you are interested). People Israel were "chosen" to practice tikkun, which is to say, to help restore harmony to the earth (Genesis 12:3) but it was not enough. This high calling (Exodus 19:6) is the true cause of anti-Semitism as the Powers of Darkness have struggled against earth's redemption throughout our history. And yet HaShem assures us:
Ezekiel 34:16 I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.Throughout human history tzadikim (i.e. the righteous among us) have been seeking to bless the earth (Genesis 12:3), to gather together that which was broken and to hinder the negative influences seeking to separate us from our birthrights as the children of the Eternal (II Thessalonians 2:6, Psalm 82). But now in the End of Days everything has shattered. From this desecrated state however HaShem will provide the Redemption!Now the Eternal will activate the Ten Points of Light in order to create the world afresh according to His original design. THIS is the New Heaven and New Earth -- the Original Heaven and the Original Earth restored! As it was in the beginning so will it be in the end and throughout all eternity hence. Understanding these things will require one to delve into topics not addressed herein, however what is implied in this study will be sufficient for those wishing to go deeper.
Numbers 14:21 But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD.NOW this will happen. Humans were created to dwell in Paradise Earth (not in the celestial realms) and those who find favor in the eyes of the Eternal will do just that in the World to Come (the Olam Haba). This is the beginning of the Olam Haba. Of this time Rav Paul tells us:I Corinthians 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.We continue now with Navi John presentation of the Revelation:Revelation 21:2 And I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of Heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her Husband.Scripture is crystal clear that no one has ever seen God nor will anyone ever see the Holy one, Blessed be He (Exodus 33:20, John 1:18, I John 4:12). As our elders teach us, God has no body nor form. This statement is not to be taken literally therefore. Those who enter the Olam Haba will live in a situation similar to Adam in Gan Eden. They will freely commune with the Eternal, they will live in His transcendent presence. They will however see the Holy ONE.
21:3 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 will be His people, and God Himself will be with them and be their God.21:4 And God will wipe away all tears from their eyes. And there will be no more death, nor mourning, nor crying out, nor will there be any more pain; for the first things passed away.During the Thousand Year Kingdom those who, by their free will, embrace yetzer hatov (i.e. their positive impulses) will not see death. Those who survive the Seven Year Tribulation, those who take part in the First Resurrection, those who return afterward, and all those who will have been born after Armageddon ... all of them, will be free to choose their allegiance. Free will is our birthright from HaShem. We can, and indeed in the end must, choose.Now, once the earth is renewed, once we enter the Olam Haba, there will be no more rebellion. Exactly how this will be, what will become of those who choose the path of rebellion then, or even if that will be a possibility, are matters of conjecture. What we know is that never again will rebellion contaminate the earth.
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