The Kingship of the Lord and His Anointed has begun. For a thousand years the ‘old earth’ had already experienced what it means to have Christ reigning publicly. His Church and His people Israel were fully involved with Him in that.
Revelation 21
Day 320: And I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of Heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband.
The New Heaven and the New Earth are elated outside our dimensions of space and time to a certain extent, for they are no longer transient, perishable – death no longer exist – even though the element of ‘time’ does not appear to be missing.
Day 321: And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, the Tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them.”
“I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God. For He has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of His righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.”
Day 322: He shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there shall no longer be any death; there shall no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away.
It seems almost pointless: to ‘wipe away tears’, and then to conclude there will be no more mourning, lamentations, sorrow and pain. Yet, this strengthens and confirms the opinion that, at the ‘final and last judgment’ before the ‘great white throne’…
Day 323: And He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” And He said, “Write, for these words are faithful and true.”
The Lord Himself speaks now, He, who sits on the throne. There is no more mediation by angels or elders or ‘living creatures’. He Himself has attached the seal to the words of prophecy.
Day 324: And He said to me, “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water of life without cost.
The Lord Himself is speaking. He speaks from the throne. He promises: ‘I will make all things new.’ Put that in black and white, John, for these words are faithful and true. Indeed, as they have been spoken by Him, they can be considered to have already taken place.
Day 325: “He who overcomes shall inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be My son.”
My friend Gerrit has passed away. Christ was his life, his death his last gain. He was a good and honest businessman in the real estate sector. A year ago, he was finding it difficult to swallow. Finally, he was diagnosed with cancer.
Day 326: “But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
The Lord God Himself is still speaking. One last time we hear the serious warnings from His own mouth. Soon the Lord Jesus will also repeat those warnings just one more time.
Day 327: And one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues, came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here, I shall show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”
It is remarkable that one of the seven judgment angels is now able to show John the bride, the wife of the Lamb. They had poured out the last ‘bowls’ of God’s wrath upon mankind, and one of them had also shown John the ‘whore’ of Babylon.
Day 328: And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of Heaven from God.
John is about to see the bride, the Lamb’s wife. Does he see a ‘great multitude’, clothed in white robes made of fine linen, with palm branches in their hands? Does he witness a ‘crowd’ greeting the King, the Messiah, as He makes His entry…
Day 329: It shone with the Glory of God, and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal.1
Another translation for ‘jasper’ is ‘diamond’ which is clear as crystal. That jasper was also referred to in the description of the ‘One who was sitting on the throne’, and that is also translated as ‘diamond’ in some versions.
Day 330: It had a great and high wall, with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names were written on them, which are those of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel.
The New Jerusalem really is new. A construction like it has never been seen on earth. The Lord is its Architect, Artist and Master Builder. The measurements are formidable on the one hand, perfectly balanced and harmonious on the other.