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The beginning part of this section (verses 9–10) forms a parallel with Revelation 17:1–3, which is similar to the parallel between Revelation 19:9–10 and Revelation 22:6–9, indicating a distinct marking of a pair of passages about Babylon and the New Jerusalem with Revelation 19:11–21:8 as a transition from the destruction of Babylon ...
A "new heaven" and "new earth" replace the old heaven and old earth. There is no more suffering or death. (21:1–8) God comes to dwell with humanity in the New Jerusalem. (21:2–8) Description of the New Jerusalem. (21:9–27) The River of Life and the Tree of Life appear for the healing of the nations and peoples. The curse of sin is ended ...
Revelation 20:14 and 21:8 then connects the second death with the lake of fire. In Revelation 21:8 we read: "[A]s for the cowardly, the faithless, the polluted, the murderers, the fornicators, the sorcerers, the idolaters, and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death."
The first Latin commentary – written by a Greek – was authored by Victorinus of Pettau (d. 304) in the late 3rd century. [8] Though incomplete, it became the foundation for later Latin commentaries. Victorinus was the first to apply the principle of recapitulation, though he did not use the term itself.
Chapters 19:11–21:8 of the Book of Revelation, dating from the end of the 1st century AD, [43] tells how Satan is to be imprisoned for a thousand years, and how, on his release, he will rally "the nations in the four corners of the Earth, Gog and Magog", to a final battle with Christ and his saints: [3]
A major heatwave causes the Sun to burn with intense heat and to scorch people with fire. (Revelation 16:8–9) The kingdom of the beast is plunged into darkness. (Revelation 16:11) The Euphrates River dries up to facilitate the crossing of the armies from the east, on their way to Israel for the battle of Armageddon. This event corresponds ...
[8] In Revelation 21:9, there is a contrast between the great harlot (Babylon) and the bride of the Lamb (the Holy city of Jerusalem). One is of the earth, symbolizing the passion and evil of man, and the other descends from heaven, completely pure and beautiful.
Those who have accepted forgiveness inherit a recreated, perfect, new earth. (Revelation 21:1–5). Adventists feel that their eschatological message is to sound the cry of Revelation 22:17: "The Spirit and the bride say, 'Come.' And let him who hears say, 'Come.' And let him who is thirsty, let him come.