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And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by Rev. xii.12. the word of their testimony; and they loved not their now lives unto the death. Therefore, rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For, behold, I create new (first) heavens, and a 1. v. 17. new earth and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. For as the new heavens, and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, so shall your seed and your name remain. But, O, ye mountains of Israel, ye Ezk.xxx vi shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people Israel; and ye shall be tilled and sown : and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded: and I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings. As the Deut. xi. days of heaven upon the earth. If any of thine be driven 21. out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the Lord thy God gather thee. If one look upon the land, behold darkness and sorrow; and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof. They come from a far country, from the « xiii, 5. end of heaven. For verily I say unto you, till heaven and Mat. v. 18. earth pass: Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my word shall not pass away. They shall gather together his elect "xxiv.31. from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Heaven and earth shall pass away but my words shall not Lk. xxi. 33. pass away. The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and Is. Ixv. 25. the lion shall eat straw like the bullock; and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord. And in that day will I make Hosea ii.18. a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow, and the sword, and the battle, out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely. And Mic. iv. 3. they shall beat their swords into ploughshares. And the Joel ii. 24. floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil. The meek shall inherit the earth.

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While the earth remaineth, seed time and harvest, cold Gen. viii.22 and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall

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But the day of the Lord shall come as a thief in 2 Pet. iii. the night; in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also, and the works that are therein shall be burnt up. Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens, being on fire, shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat. "Nevertheless, we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness." He hath compassed Job xxvi. the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an

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Ps. xvi. 3. end. His goodness extendeth to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight. For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord. The earth shall be filled Mat. x 34. With the knowledge of the glory of the Lord. Think not, Lk. xii, 49, (said our Lord,) that I am come to send peace on earth.” I John xvii am come to send fire on the earth. I have glorified thee on the earth (These three sentences refer to this earth.) Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest.

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Jer. xxiii.5.

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CHAPTER III.

Of Righteousness on the New Earth.

BEHOLD, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is the name whereby he shall be called, The 1 Pet. iv. Lord, our Righteousnesss. But the end of all things is at hand; be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and sinner appear? For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers. And in mercy Is xvi 5. shall the throne be established; and he shall sit upon it in truth. In the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgOba. i. 17. ment, and hasting righteousness. Upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness. For I say unto you, that except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter the kingdom of heaven. Not every one that saith unto “xiii. 19. me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven. The angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just. Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked; between him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not. My salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished. Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowRev. xxii. ledge of God: I speak this to your shame. Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in thy holy hill? He that walketh uprightly, and worketh Mat. v. 6. righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. Blessed

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are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness; for they shall be filled. Then hear thou from heaven, and do, 2 Chron. and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness. The Ps. i. 4. ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. He hath prepared his throne "ix. 18. for judgment; and he shall judge the world in righteousness,

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he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness; his "xxxvii. countenance doth behold the upright. The righteous shall 29. inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever. Light is sown "xevii.11. for the righteous. He layeth up wisdom for the righteous. 10. Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. With righteousness shall he judge the poor. When thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field. And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness, qui- 16-17. etness and assurance for ever. I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry. In righteousness shalt thou be established. Thus saith the Lord, keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed. Thou Mal. iv. 2. meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness. Unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise Mat. x. 41. with healing in his wings. He that receiveth a righteous man, in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righte- Heb. i. 8 ous man's reward. But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. Thou hast loved righteousness, 2 Pet. ii. 15 and hated iniquity. God spared not the world, but saved Noah, a preacher of righteousness-and delivered just Lot John ii. 4. that righteous man. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. Is. xxxiii. The Lord hath filled (prospectively) Zion with judgment 5. and righteousness.

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CHAPTER IV.

The Second Heaven and Third Earth.

AND I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first Rev. xxi.I. heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was

no more sea.

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words shall be burnt up, which literally is to be the ultimate destiny of the first earth; or, to speak with greater precision, this globe, on which the first new, or second earth, is to be formed by man's agency in the hands of Omnipotence. The new earth that John saw, was, of course, the third. But of the relative period of that conflagration, none can say from God's word. If an opinion can be hazarded on this subject, it may be inferred that the first and second heavens, and the second and third earths are to be co-existent. This conjecture appears to be sanctioned by Isaiah xxxiv. 4. It is worthy of notice regarding the sea, that on the first earth bounds are set to it; on the second earth, it will be shown that its waters are to be in streams and rivers on its surface, and on the third earth, which John saw, there was no more

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That I may plant the heavens and lay the foundations of "xxxiv. the earth. And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll. Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein Ps. viii. 1. shall die in like manner. O Lord, our God, how excellent is thy name in all the earth, who hast set thy glory above the heavens. Let the heavens rejoice and the earth be glad. I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. (Jeremiah here speaks of the lower heavens, not the third heavens: "There shall be no night there for the Lord God giveth them light-the throne of God and the Lamb shall be in it.”—Rev. xxii. 2-5.) For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black. The Gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens. So man lieth down and riseth not: Job, xiv. 12. till the heavens (first and second?) be no more, they shall Mat. xxiv. not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep. And they shall see the son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with Mk.xiii. 25. power and great glory. And the stars of heaven shall fall,

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and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. And “ xiii. 27. then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.

CHAPTER V.

Of the Third Heavens.

2 Cor.xii. 2.

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TO HIM that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of Rev. ii. vii. life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God. And Je- Lk. xxiii. sus said unto him, Verily, I say unto thee, to-day shalt thou 43. be with me in Paradise. (I knew a man in Christ, above fourteen years ago-whether in the body I cannot tell; or Rev. xxii. whether out of the body I cannot tell, God knoweth—such 1. an one caught up to the third heaven. And I knew such a man--whether in the body or out of the body I cannot tell, God knoweth-how that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the midst of the street of it, and on either "xxii. 2. side of the river, was there the tree of life, which have twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it. And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light; and they shall reign for ever and ever. For without are dogs and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and idolaters, and whoso loveth and maketh a lie. But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven, 2 Chron. ii. and heaven of heavens cannot contain him?

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CHAPTER VI.

Of the New Jerusalem.

(THE first we know.)

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And man shall dwell in it (the second) and there shall be Zech. xiv. no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited. Thus sayeth the Lord, I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem (the second): and Jerusalem shall be called the city of truth; and the mountain of the Lord of hosts, the holy mountain. Thus sayeth the Lord of hosts, There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age. And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof,

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