Structure of Revelation 20:11-21:1, part 1
Study:
"And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea." Revelation 20:11-21:1
Partial Structure:
for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away
Structure:
of earth
Judgment of
wicked dead
tion of wicked
& Re-crea-
tion of earth
Notice how this structure is reinforced by "the dead" and "the lake of fire."
"And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea." Revelation 20:11-21:1
Structure:
of earth
Judgment of
wicked dead
& Re-crea-
tion of earth
Note the following repeated words/phrases:
"And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea." Revelation 20:11-21:1
Summarizing the words/phrases:
What do these words/phrases tell us?
Structure:
Old World
(Sin marred
Creation)
(God's orig-
inal Plan)
So here is what we see here:
- old heaven & earth are destroyed... its cities, mountains, islands, etc.
- wicked dead/sin & sinners (those not in the book of life) judged out of the "lands of the dead":
- sea (dead buried at sea or those who die in the sea)
- death (unburied dead) & hades (or the grave) (buried dead)
- death & hades eternally destroyed!
- wicked dead/sin & sinners (those not in the book of life) eternally destroyed!
- heaven & earth recreated (and with it the old sea, the result of the Flood, disappears)
Making a slight change (to bring in more symmetry?)...
Structure:
of earth
Judgment of
wicked dead
& Re-crea-
tion of earth
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