Such a complex and intricate system god has put forth.
Please explain what you think heaven is going to be like?
The New Testament Books do not give as much detail of just how... the future new heavens and new earth will manifest. There exists much wrong speculation about what kind of existence it will be by those who do not study all their Bible.
1. Gen.1:1 in the beginning, is actually about God's original Perfect creation, no sin, no death, and Lucifer was created perfect in his ways, following God and was highly exalted in His Garden (Ezekiel 28 parable about the "king of Tyrus", and Ezekiel 31 about "the Assyrian" as a parable about Lucifer at one time exalted, and then he fell.
2. Gen.1:2, per the Hebrew
tohu va bohu (
"without form, and void"), the earth had become in a wasted and ruin state, with flood waters overspread upon the whole earth. Sometime in between these 2 verses, Gen.1:1 and Gen.1:2, Lucifer rebelled in coveting God's throne for himself. And God then ended that 'old world' using a world-wide flood (not Noah's flood). Apostle Peter said many willingly are ignorant of this particular flood of old that ended that old world (2 Peter 3).
3. Gen.1:2 is when God placed His original Perfect creation in "
vanity" and in "
bondage of corruption" like Apostle Paul revealed in Romans 8:18-25.
4. Lucifer, when he appears in God's Garden to tempt Eve, his new name became Satan, which means Adversary. His name Lucifer I assign, like many Bible scholars have, to the time back when he was perfect in his ways serving God at His throne as a covering cherub, and his name Satan for after he rebelled and became the Adversary against The Father and His Son Jesus Christ.
5. The very first 'sin' was by Lucifer in that 'old world' (1 John 3:8). The penalty of sin is death (Rom.5:12). Thus the power of death was assigned to the devil (Hebrews 2:14). For this reason The Only Begotten Son of God Jesus Christ was ordained to be born in this 2nd world earth age to die on the cross as a Sacrifice for the remission of the sins of those who believe.
6. The very first sin in the flesh was by Adam and Eve.
7. This present 2nd world earth age is in an IMPERFECT condition, in
"bondage of corruption". We can actually come to a hint of understanding how God's future new heavens and a new earth will be in contrasting the two.
In my aviation weather class, when studying to become an aircraft pilot, we learned that one of the major causes of today's violent weather storms is because holes in our cloud atmosphere around the earth. The sun beads down upon the earth which causes hot air to rise, and water evaporation to go upwards also, while cold air in the upper altitudes drop, their molecules being heavier (think of hot air balloons, how they work). The hot air and cold air meet at some point, and that starts swirling the winds around, and eventually water vapor filling up in the clouds, and the result is often a creation of violent storms, like tornados, hurricanes, cyclones, etc. That is what is mainly responsible for today's weather systems around today's earth.
Revelation 21 says in the God's future new heavens and a new earth, there will be "no more sea". That means the majority of the waters of today's earth covering about 70% of the earth's surface, will no longer be on the earth. Where... might all those waters go?
Well, didn't God give us a hint about those waters in the Genesis 1:6-9 verses when He originally moved those waters around to make today's sky, and make the earth appear?
Think about it; Rev.21:1 suggests those waters are going UP, back to create maybe the ORIGINAL SKY around the earth which God created in the beginning? What would that do? It would fill up all those sky holes in today's cloud atmospheric system, and it would cause even temperatures around the whole earth. The earth would become a literal tropical Paradise over all of it.
In today's world, everything struggles, everything decays and breaks down, everything dies. This present world, even though God still made many things in it beautiful, still, it is a model of IMPERFECTION. God never intended this present 2nd world earth age to be perfect. Peter revealed that in 2 Peter 3 when he said this present world is preserved unto destruction by fire. And Lord Jesus said His Kingdom was not of this world, otherwise His servants would have fought so He would not have been delivered to be crucified (John 18:36). So be careful of those who claim Christ's Kingdom is setup in this present world, for it is not. His Kingdom to come is only here in Spirit, thorough His Church, The Temple of The Spirit. That's not about material structures and such, nor the new heavens and a new earth time.
8. When Lord Jesus returns after the future "great tribulation", and defeats Satan and his beast kingdom at the end of this world, there will be earth changes that will begin with Christ's coming.
9. Zechariah 6, about Jesus as that "
BRANCH", says that He will build the temple. That is about the future "
thousand years" temple which Lord Jesus and His elect priests will reign from with the "
rod of iron" over the nations, at His return to this earth. It will be manifest in the area of the middle east, on earth. That location on earth then will be called the "
camp of the saints" and "
beloved city" per Revelation 20:9.
10. Emitting from that future Millennial temple, or "
sanctuary" per Ezekiel 47, will be the waters of God's River of Genesis 2 and Revelation 22. Whatever waters on earth it comes into contact with, they will be healed, and there will be many fish in those waters.
11. On either side of that River will be the many trees whose fruit will never be consumed, and whose leaves are for medicine, a parallel to the Tree of Life of Revelation 22. Thus God's River of the Waters of Life, and The Tree of Life, will manifest on earth with Jesus' future return.
12. Per Ezekiel 44, the "Zadok" ('The Just') priests only... will be allowed to approach Christ at His table and serve Him in that future "thousand years" time, for Jesus is The KING of The Zadok (i.e., King of Righteousness). Those represent Christ's faithful elect of both the seed of Israel and the faithful Gentiles, His Church.
13. In that future Millennium, all others will 'stand in judgment' throughout that "thousand years", and those Levites (priests and preachers) that erred, will have responsibility of the menial duties of the temple. God's people will be taught the difference between the holy and profane, and to discern between the clean and unclean (Ezekiel 44).
14. Outside the gates of that holy city on earth, is where the wicked spiritually dead will be assigned. Jesus called that place the "
outer darkness". (Rev.22:14-15; Ezekiel 44:25-26; Luke 9:60)
15. After that "
thousand years" reign by Christ and His elect Church, the books will be opened to see if any more names will be found in the Book of Life. That "
thousand years" is for the purpose especially to convert those souls who never heard The Gospel of Jesus Christ, and to straighten up believers that erred during this world so they learn the difference between what again? Between the holy and profane, and the clean and unclean.
The Book of Life would have no need to be opened after that 1,000 years reign if it meant that only those of
"first resurrection" will be saved in Christ. Converts during the 1,000 years will be added to those of the "
first resurrection". All others will be cast into the "
lake of fire", along with Satan, the abode of hell, and death. That is the
"second death", and it is about destruction of the souls and spirits of the wicked unsaved.
16. Only after the
"lake of fire" "second death" event will God's New Heavens and a New Earth manifest. No more sea, no more death, no pain, no hunger, and per Isaiah 65, we shall build houses and plant vineyards, and enjoy the work of our hands. And God will make (actually re-make) us a joy, as the former things will no longer be remembered. The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox.
17. Per the end of Hebrews 12, on the day of Christ's future coming, this earth is going to tremble again like it did before, removing man's works off this earth so that only what God has created shall remain. That will be the 2nd time that God shook this ancient earth. That will also be the day when Apostle Paul's 'change' for all still alive on earth "at the twinkling of an eye" on the "last trump" will occur, and all will immediately be in their spiritual body (1 Corinthians 15 in conjunction with Isaiah 25).
