SCRIPTURE: Revelation 21:1-27 (Page 1472); Isaiah 65:1-25 (Page 892)
SERMON: The New Creation									6 May 2001

INTRODUCTION
A. WHY?! (Rev.1:3; Acts20:27; Ez.7:10; 2Cor.2:3; 12:9; Heb.5:2)

B. DISCIPLINE & DESTRUCTION & DELIVERANCE (Judges(c.2); prophets(e.g., Ezk.,Amos); Rev.1-3/&4-20/&21-22)

  I. THE NEW HEAVEN, EARTH & CITY (21:1-8)
A. FIRST AND NEW (1,2; 4,5)
1. sequence (1,2; 4,5; see 20:5,6; see 2Cor.5:17; Heb.8:13; 10:9,20)
2. renewal (1,2,5; see 2Cor.5:17; 4:16f; 1Cor.15:35f,47; see Heb.12:27; 2Pt.3:10f)

B. FIRST THINGS PASSED AWAY (1,4; see 9:12; 11:14; Mt.24:35; 2Cor.5:17; 4:16f)
1. passed away (1,4; see 20:11; Ps.114:3,7)
2. no longer (1,4; see 7:17; Is.25:8; 65:16-20; see Heb.10:9,18,19)
3. sea (1; see 20:13; 13:1f; 17:1f; Is.27:1f; see Ex.14(Rev.15:2; Mt.8:24f); Gen.8:1f; 1:2)
4. lake of fire outside (8; 22:15; Is.66:24; Mt.8:12; 22:13; 25:30)

C. NEW THINGS HAVE COME (1,2,5; 2Cor.5:17)
1. new heaven and new earth (1; 3:12; see Is.65:17; 66:22; 2Pt.3:13)
2. new Jerusalem (2,10; 3:12; see Gal.4:26(6:15); Heb.12:22)

D. ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN (5,6)
1. decree of the Sovereign God (5,6; 1:8; 22:13; see Gen.1:1f; Ps.33:6f,22; Is.55:11,1f; 2Pt.3:4f)
2. “it has been written” (5; see 3:7,etc.; (10:4); 14:13; 19:9; Mt.4:4,6,7,10; 5:18; 24:35)

E. NEW RELATIONSHIP (2,3; 6,7)
1. marriage: prepared (2,3; see 19:7f; 7:15; see Is.61:10-62:5; 2Cor.11:2; Eph.5:25-27; see Ruth 3:9; see Ps.45)
2. sonship: adoption (7; see 2Sam.7:14(Ps.89,132); Ps.2:7; Heb.1:5,6; see Rom.8:23,15f; Eph.1:3-6)
3. note: grace (6; 22:17/ see 7; Eph.1:3-6/ see 2; Dt.4:37; Ps.78:68 / see 2Cor.5:17; Rom.6:5f)

F. PARTICIPANTS (7,8)
1. included: those who overcome evil (7; see 15:2; 2:7;10,11,etc.; see 12:11; 1Jn.2:13,14; 1Jn.4:4; 5:4,5)
2. excluded: those who are overcome by evil (8; see 22:15; 13:1f; 2:5,16,21f; 3:3,18f; 2Pt.2:19,20)

 II. FINALLY, AT LAST! (see 21:6; 16:17; Jn.19:30)
A. FIRST DAY & LAST DAY (1,2,5)
1. new creation (5; see Col.1:15,18; 2Cor5:17 (Rev.5:1f!); 4:16f; Gal.6:15; see Jn20:1,19; Rev1:9/ Gen2:1-3; 2Pt3:10; Heb3:10f)
2. un-/re-creation (1,2,5; see 7 seals/trumpets/bowls; (Gen.2:1-3); Rev.8:1-5; 7:9f(c.21,22!)/ 11:15f/ 16:16f; 17:1f; 21:9f)
3. our day will come (2,3; 6,7; see Rom.6:6f; 8:19-22; Eph.4:22-24; Col.3:3f,9,10,5f; see Phil.3:20,21)

B. IN HEAVEN & ON EARTH (1,2; see Heb.12:22; Gal.5:26; Phil.3:20; Col.3:1f; Rev.21:1f; Mt.6:10; see Gen.3:24; Heb.9:11f; 10:19f; 12:22f)

C. ENGAGEMENT & MARRIAGE (2,3; 2Cor.11:2; Eph.5:27; Mt.9:15f(22:2; 25:1f); 26:29; Rev.19:7f)

D. ADOPTION & INHERITANCE (7; Rom.8:14f,19,23; see Gal.4:1,2)

III. OVERCOME IN CHRIST SO THAT YOU WILL INHERIT THESE THINGS! 
(21:7; see 2:7,11,17,26; 3:5,12,21; 12:11; see Jn.16:33(Rev.5:5; 17:14); 1Jn.2:13,14; 4:4; 5:4,5; see Heb.3:6f,12,13; 4:2,6,11; 2Cor.11:2,3; Rom.8:17,25b,37)