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Sep 9, 2024 · Revelation 21:1 says, “Then I saw ‘a new heaven and a new earth,’ for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.” There is no reason not to take this literally, that God’s new earth will not contain vast areas of salt water spanning the globe.
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Jan 1, 2001 · There will be a river of water (22:1f) that flows through the New Jerusalem, but this is the only other source of water that is mentioned. This may be because there is some kind of relationship between God’s judgment on demon spirits and the oceans. This may be (note I said, “may be”) indicated by a couple of things:
Mar 23, 2017 · Revelation 21:1 says, "Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more." Why would there be no more sea? This passage puzzled me for a long time, too. After all, most of us enjoy the sea -- boating, swimming, snorkeling, etc. The sea is beautiful, and majestic.
Jul 17, 2024 · This has led some to interpret the statement “there was no longer any sea” in Revelation 21:1 to mean that the source of evil in the world is gone. No longer will there be an opportunity for rebellion in God’s creation.John’s statement that there will be no more sea in the new earth is the first of seven things that are “no more.”
And there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God; 6 and before the throne there was something like a sea of glass, like crystal; and in the center and around the throne, four living creatures full of eyes in front and behind. 7 The first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face like that of ...
Aug 25, 2007 · The interesting phrase and the sea was no more may signify that just as the former configurations of heaven and earth pass away so the sea no longer will exist with its present boundaries. But the term sea may also have a figurative connotation referring to afflictions God’s people endured in a sinful world ( 555 ).
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Augustine says: There are many obscure things in this book; but in these words, where he says, God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain, that which is spoken concerning the future world and immortality, and the eternity of the saints (for it is only then and there that these things will ...