Lyrics · Revelation
All Things Made New
Revelation 21-22
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About this song
This song belongs to the Revelation collection. 8 recordings are available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.
- Bible book
- Revelation
- Collection
- Revelation
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- Acoustic, Pop, World Music, Country & Americana, Worship & Gospel, Soul, Blues & Jazz
Named in this songNew JerusalemTree of life
About the passage
Revelation 21: God makes his dwelling with humanity
Revelation 21 does not end with humanity escaping upward. The decisive movement is Jerusalem coming down from God into a new heaven and new earth, and the repeated promise is that God will dwell "with" his people. The chapter then lets that presence reshape everything else. Tears, death, sorrow, crying, and pain belong to the former order. The city is both bride and place, carrying the names of Israel's tribes and the Lamb's apostles, and its cubic dimensions turn the whole settlement into sanctuary space. Its gold, jewels, and pearls recall Babylon's luxury while removing Babylon's merchants and prices. Most startlingly, Jerusalem has no separate temple and no need of ordinary lights because God and the Lamb fill those functions. Its gates stand open, nations bring their honor, and yet nothing defiling crosses the threshold. Welcome and holiness are held together rather than traded against each other.
Study Revelation 21 in depthRevelation 22: Life flows from the throne, and the prophecy returns to its hearers
Revelation 22 lets the final city breathe before turning the prophecy back toward the people hearing it. Life flows from the throne as a river, the tree bears fruit continually, the curse is gone, and God's servants see his face, bear his name, serve him, and reign without an announced end. The chapter then moves from vision to testimony. The sayings are again called "faithful and true," John is corrected once more for worshipping an angel, and the prophecy is deliberately left unsealed because "the time is at hand." Jesus identifies himself as the source of the testimony sent to the churches. The repeated invitation "Come" reaches both toward his coming and toward the thirsty who may take the water of life freely. A severe warning guards the book from addition or subtraction, but Revelation's last exchange is expectation answered by expectation, followed by grace. The final word after all the book's judgments is not another plague but the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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