NEW HEAVENS AND NEW EARTH

Many people confuse the time of the coming kingdom of God with the time of the New Heavens and the New Earth, the New Age.

God - Yehovah has given humanity 7,000 years to show if they will submit to the rulership of Yehovah and His son [agent]. We see that most of humanity will not submit, even during the millennial reign of the lord Messiah Jesus, for when Satan is loosed for a short season at the end of the millennium he will be able to gather a huge number of people to rebel against the rulership of the lord Messiah at Jerusalem and the result is they will be completely destroyed.

Right after that takes place will be the institution of the White Throne Judgement with Jesus acting as the Judge [acting as God’s – Yehovah’s agent over all those who will be resurrected at that time. All those whose names are not found written in the Book of Life will be cast into the Lake of Fire and be destroyed, which is the second death.

Then Yehovah will cause the whole earth to be cleansed by fire and after the cleansing, He will create a New Heavens and a New Earth, a whole new order of things and all those who are His glorified, immortal sons and daughters will enter into that New Heavens and New Earth as members of the New Humanity that God has been creating since the time of Adam's rebellion. So all the faithful OT men and women will be a part of the New Humanity along with all those who have become New Creations in the lord Messiah Jesus and thay will enter into the New Heavens and New Earth.

At that time God - Yehovah will come down from heaven and join with the lord Messiah Jesus will take up their place at Zion, where Yehovah has placed His name.

No person who is not an immortal glorified man or woman will be able to enter into the New Heavens and New Earth, the coming New Age!

So there is a difference between the coming Kingdom of God, the millennium [1,000-year rule of the lord Jesus] and the New Age where all those who are part of the household of God – Yehovah will enter and experience the light of Yehovah and the lord Messiah Jesus for all the ages upon ages to come!

According to God’s promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness [this is referring to the New Age that will come after the White Throne Judgement where the earth will be cleansed by fire!

Who will enter into this new age: what says the scriptures?

1 Corinthians 15:24: Then comes the end when he delivers the kingdom to his God and Father after he brings to an end every ruler and all authority and power [at the White Throne Judgement].

Note: 1 Corinthians 15:50: Now I say this, brothers, and sisters: flesh and blood is not able to inherit the Kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption. Indeed flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God. Only those who are immortal men and women can inherit that Kingdom where God will come down from the heavens to rule with the Messiah Jesus on this earth in the New Age coming when the new [renewed] earth and new heavens [renewed] will be evident.

Note: Revelation 30:7-15: And when the thousand years [the millennium] are finished [have come to an end], Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, and shall come forth to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the war: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. And they went up over the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down out of heaven, and devoured them. And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where are also the beast and the false prophet; and they shall be tormented day and night forever and ever.

And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne; and books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead that was in it, and death and Hades [the graves] gave up the dead that was in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and Hades [the graves] were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, even the lake of fire.

And if any was not found written in the Book of Life, he/she was cast into the lake of fire.

Now we see the revelation of the New Age: Revelation 21:1-27:

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more.

And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God - Yehovah made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of the throne saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God - Yehovah is with men, and He shall dwell with them, and they shall be his peoples, and God - Yehovah Himself shall be with them, and be their God: and He shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more: the first things are passed away [the things pertaining to the 7,000 year periods]. And He that sits on the throne said:

Behold, I make all things new

And He said [speaking to those who will believe the message of salvation]:

Write: for these words are faithful and true. And He said unto me, they have come to pass. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is thirsty of the fountain of the water of life freely. He that overcomes shall inherit these things, and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part shall be in the lake that burned with fire and brimstone; which is the second death [White Throne Judgement].

And there came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, that were laden with the seven last plagues [that had taken place]; and he spoke with me, saying:

Come here, 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 - Yehovah, having the glory of God - Yehovah: her light was like unto a stone most precious, as it were a jasper stone, clear as crystal: having a wall great and high; having twelve gates, and at the gates, twelve angels; and names are written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: on the east were three gates; and on the north three gates; and on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. And he that spake with me had for a measure a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. 16 And the city lies foursquare - 1500 miles by 1500 miles by 1500 miles by 1500 miles, and the length thereof is as great as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs - 1500 miles: the length and the breadth and the height thereof are equal. And he measured the wall thereof, a hundred and forty and four cubits - 215 feet, according to the measure of a man, that is of an angel. And the building of the wall thereof was jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto pure glass. The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald; the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst. And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each one of the several gates was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.

And I saw no temple therein [in the New Jerusalem]: for the Lord God - Yehovah Elohim the Almighty, and the Lamb, are the temple thereof.

And the city has no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine upon it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the lamp thereof is the Lamb. And the nations shall walk amidst the light thereof: and the kings of the earth bring their glory into it. And the gates thereof shall in no wise be shut by day (for there shall be no night there): and they shall bring the glory and the honour of the nations into it: and there shall in no wise enter into it anything unclean, or he that makes an abomination and a lie [Why? Because they have all been cast into the Lake of Fire and experienced the second death before the beginning of the New Age]: but only they that are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.

It is obvious that only glorified men and women can make up the people that will inherit this place and inhabit it. This is the New Age that occurs after the earth is cleansed and the New Earth and New Heavens have been created for the Heavenly Jerusalem to come down to. 

Note: I have often wondered if the New Age is referred to as the last great day of the Feast of Tabernacles - the eighth day - John 7:2; 37-39

The Feast of Booths - TabernaclesLeviticus 23:33-36: Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the children of Israel and say: On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the Feast of Booths for seven days to Yahweh.  On the first day, there is to be a holy assembly; you are to do no customary work. Seven days you are to offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh. On the eighth day is to be a holy assembly for you, and you are to offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh. It is a solemn assembly; you are to do no customary work.

Additional Information:

The New Heavens and New Earth, i.e., Renewed Earth and Renewed Heavens will begin right after the White Throne Judgement has taken place and the earth has been cleansed by fire.

The New Heavens and New Earth will be created by Yehovah and as soon as that is accomplished and the New Jerusalem comes down out of the heavens we will take up residence in the New Jerusalem and will enjoy close fellowship with our God and Father Yehovah and His son Jesus as Yehovah will have come down to this earth to take up residence at Zion. All this is explained in Revelation 21-22.

With a city that is four square, and is 1500 miles by 1500 miles by 1500 miles by 1500 miles, which is 225,0000 square miles. It will be a huge complex and we will take up residence in that city area. Can you imagine a city that takes up 2250000 square miles? The distance of just one of the four squares would be the same as driving from New York City to Des Moines, Iowa. We are talking of a land mass that would take in all the land of the United States going directly west from the NY to Des Moines line [quarter] to the Mexican border and east to the Atlantic Ocean including Florida. That area will be able to house a lot of glorified immortal sons and daughters of God - Yehovah.

The New Heavens and the New Earth time will be so beautiful that we cannot even begin to imagine what it will be like. It will be perfect for all the sons and daughters of Yehovah to enjoy close fellowship with Him and His son Jesus. May we all strive to drive forward to enter into that time period!