Revelation 21-22

Disciples’ Literal New Testament

Vision 7: The New Heaven And New Earth And New Jerusalem

21 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth passed-away. And there is no longer a sea^[a]. ² And I saw the holy city— the new Jerusalem— coming down out of heaven from God, having been prepared like a bride having been adorned for her husband. ³ And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying “Behold— the dwelling^[b] of God is with mankind. And He will dwell with them. And they themselves will be His peoples^[c]. And God Himself with them will be their God. ⁴ And He will wipe-away every tear from their eyes^[d]. And there will no longer be death, nor will there be mourning nor crying nor pain any longer, because the first things passed away”. ⁵ And the One sitting on the throne said, “Behold— I am making all things new”. And he^[e] says, “Write, because these words are trustworthy^[f] and true”. ⁶ And He said to me, “They^[g] are done^[h]. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the one thirsting, I will give from the spring of the water of life as-a-gift^[i]. ⁷ The one overcoming will inherit these things, and I will be God to him and he will be a son to Me. ⁸ But for the cowardly^[j] ones, and unbelieving^[k] ones, and ones having been abominable^[l], and murderers, and sexually-immoral ones, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars— their part^[m] will be in the lake burning with fire and sulphur, which is the second death”.

The Home of The Bride of The Lamb: The New Jerusalem

⁹ And one of the seven angels^[n] having the seven bowls being-full of the seven last plagues came and spoke with me, saying “Come, I will show you the bride^[o], the wife of the Lamb”. ¹⁰ And he carried me away in the Spirit^[p] to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, ¹¹ having the glory of God, the brilliance of it resembling a very-precious stone like a jasper stone, shining-like-crystal^[q]; ¹² having a great and high wall; having twelve gates, and twelve angels at the gates, and names having been inscribed— which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel. ¹³ Three gates from the east, and three gates from the north, and three gates from the south, and three gates from the west. ¹⁴ And the wall of the city has twelve foundations, and on them are the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. ¹⁵ And the one speaking with me had a golden measuring rod, in order that he might measure the city and its gates and its wall. ¹⁶ And the city lies square— indeed its length is as much as also the width. And he measured the city with the rod, a-matter-of twelve thousand stades^[r]. Its length and width and height are equal. ¹⁷ And he measured its wall— a hundred forty four cubits^[s] (a human’s measure, which is an angel’s [also]). ¹⁸ And the material of ^[t] its wall is jasper, and the city is pure gold resembling pure^[u] glass. ¹⁹ The foundations of the wall of the city have been adorned with every precious stone. The first foundation is jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald; ²⁰ the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, carnelian; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, hyacinth; the twelfth, amethyst. ²¹ And the twelve gates are twelve pearls— individually, each one of the gates was from one pearl. And the wide-road of the city is pure gold, like transparent glass. ²² And I did not see a temple in it, for its temple^[v] is the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb. ²³ And the city has no need of the sun nor the moon, in order that they might shine on it. For the glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb. ²⁴ And the nations will walk by its light. And the kings of the earth bring their glory into it. ²⁵ And its gates will never be shut by day^[w]— for night will not exist there. ²⁶ And they will bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it. ²⁷ And every defiled thing, and the one doing abomination and falsehood, will never enter into it, but only the ones having been written in the Lamb’s book of life.

The River of Life Flowing From The Throne of God

22 And he showed^[x] me a river of the water of life, shining^[y] like crystal, proceeding out from the throne of God and of the Lamb, ² in the middle of its wide-road. And on this side and on that side of the river is a tree of life producing twelve fruits, yielding its fruit^[z] every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the service^[aa] of the nations. ³ And there will no longer be any accursed^[ab] thing. And the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it. And His slaves will serve^[ac] Him, ⁴ and see His face. And His name will be on their foreheads. ⁵ And there will be no more night. And they do not have a need of the light of a lamp and the light of the sun, because the Lord God will give-light upon them. And they will reign forever and ever.

The Angel Says, These Words Are Trustworthy And True. I, John, Heard And Saw These Things

⁶ And he^[ad] said to me, “These words are trustworthy^[ae] and true. And the Lord, the God of the spirits^[af] of the prophets, sent-forth His angel^[ag] to show^[ah] His slaves the things which must take place quickly. ⁷ And behold— I^[ai] am coming quickly. Blessed is the one keeping the words of the prophecy of this book”. ⁸ And I, John, am the one hearing and seeing these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell to worship^[aj] in front of the feet of the angel showing me these things. ⁹ And he says to me, “See that you not do it. I am a fellow-slave of you and of your brothers the prophets, and of the ones keeping the words of this book. Give-worship to God”.

Behold, I Am Coming Quickly To Render To Each His Due. Come, Take The Water of Life

¹⁰ And he^[ak] says to me, “Do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near. ¹¹ Let the one doing-unrighteousness still do-unrighteousness. And let the filthy^[al] one still be-filthy. And let the righteous one still do righteousness. And let the holy one still be made-holy. ¹² ‘Behold— I am coming quickly. And My recompense^[am] is with Me, to render to each one as his work is. ¹³ I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. ¹⁴ Blessed are the ones washing^[an] their robes so that their right^[ao] over the tree of life will exist^[ap], and they may enter^[aq] into the city by the gates. ¹⁵ Outside are the dogs^[ar] and the sorcerers, and the sexually-immoral ones, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and everyone loving and doing falsehood. ¹⁶ I, Jesus, sent My angel^[as] to testify these things to you^[at] for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star^[au]’. ¹⁷ And the Spirit and the bride say, ‘Come^[av]’. And let the one hearing say, ‘Come’. And let the one thirsting, come. Let the one wanting^[aw], take^[ax] the water of life as-a-gift^[ay]. ¹⁸ I testify to everyone hearing the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues having been written in this book. ¹⁹ And if anyone takes-away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take his part^[az] away-from the tree of life, and out-from the holy city— the ones having been written in this book. ²⁰ The One testifying these things says, ‘Yes, I am coming quickly’”.

Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. ²¹ The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all.