Revelation: Part 11: Come Lord Jesus

Come Lord Jesus
Revelation 21-22

1. There will be a renewed heaven and a renewed earth.
Revelation 21:1-4 “Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had
passed away, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down
out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud
voice from the throne saying, “Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will
be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their
eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed
away.”

2 Corinthians 5:17 “This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life
is gone; a new life has begun!”

Revelation 21:5-8 “He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said,
“Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” He said to me: “It is done. I am the Alpha
and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from
the spring of the water of life. He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God and he will be
my son. But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who
practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is
the second death.”

2. We are part of the New Jerusalem.
Revelation 21:9-10 “One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues
came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.” And he carried me away
in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of
heaven from God.”

Revelation 21:11-14 “It shone with the glory of God, and its brilliance was like that of a very precious
jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. It had a great, high wall with twelve gates, and with twelve angels at
the gates. On the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. There were three gates on
the east, three on the north, three on the south and three on the west. The wall of the city had twelve
foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.”

Revelation 21:15-19 “The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city, its
gates and its walls. The city was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide. He measured the city with
the rod and found it to be 12,000 stadia in length, and as wide and high as it is long. He measured its
wall and it was 144 cubits thick, by man’s measurement, which the angel was using. The wall was made
of jasper, and the city of pure gold, as pure as glass. The foundations of the city walls were decorated
with every kind of precious stone.”

Revelation 21:21 “The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl. The great
street of the city was of pure gold, like transparent glass.”

Matthew 13:45-46 “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a merchant on the lookout for choice pearls.
When he discovered a pearl of great value, he sold everything he owned and bought it!”

Revelation 21:22 “I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its
temple.”

Revelation 21:23-27 “The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God
gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will
bring their splendor into it. On no day will its gates ever be shut, for there will be no night there. The
glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it. Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone
who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of
life.”

3. What isn’t there, in the new heaven and earth?
(Revelation 21:4, Revelation 21:27)

4. What is there, in the new heaven and earth?
Revelation 22:1-6 “Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing
from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of
the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves
of the tree are for the healing of the nations. No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of
the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him. They will see his face, and his name will be
on their foreheads. There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the

sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever. The angel said to me,
“These words are trustworthy and true. The Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent his angel to
show his servants the things that must soon take place.”

5. He is coming soon.
Revelation 22:7 “Behold, I am coming soon! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy in this
book.”

Revelation 22:8-10 “I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I had heard and
seen them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who had been showing them to me. But he
said to me, “Do not do it! I am a fellow-servant with you and with your brothers the prophets and of all
who keep the words of this book. Worship God!” Then he told me, “Do not seal up the words of the
prophecy of this book, because the time is near.”

Revelation 22:11 “Let him who does wrong continue to do wrong; let him who is vile continue to be vile;
let him who does right continue to do right; and let him who is holy continue to be holy.”

Revelation 22:12-16 “Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to everyone
according to what he has done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and
the End. Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may
go through the gates into the city. Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually
immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood. “I, Jesus, have
sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and
the bright Morning Star.”

Revelation 22:17-21 “The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” Whoever
is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes, let him take the free gift of the water of life. I warn
everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds anything to them, God will
add to him the plagues described in this book. And if anyone takes words away from this book of
prophecy, God will take away from him his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are
described in this book. He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord
Jesus. The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God’s people. Amen.”