New heaven and a new earth (21:1)

[Ancient Drive]

Rev 21:1 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. 2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. 4 He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away."

[Ancient Drive]

does this mean the sea will no longer exist? how would the climate change if the entire earth were just rivers and lakes with no seas? would it be a giant rain forest?

[stuartcr]

If there is no death, will there still be reproduction?

[hosepipe]

Good question.. Who's to know all that..
I Cor 2;9 speaks to that...

[SpinnerWebb]

will there still be reproduction

If not, it ain't my idea of heaven ;)

[Ancient Drive]

I believe reproduction is part of the plan. once we are purified and fill the earth according to God’s plan, we may have to populate other planets. There are billions of star systems out there.

[stuartcr]

Might get crowded with no death...

[tutstar]

It will be a ‘new’ heaven and earth, and there are things we aren’t meant to know now.

[Ancient Drive]

good point. but God did give us imagination... and hope.

[circlecity]

"If there is no death, will there still be reproduction?"

Probably not since Jesus said there will be no marriage in Heaven.

[SnakeDoctor]

Who knows? The details of prophecy are often less relevant than many seem to think. What will be will be.

Just ask Him when you get there.

SnakeDoc

[aruanan]

I believe reproduction is part of the plan. once we are purified and fill the earth according to God’s plan, we may have to populate other planets. There are billions of star systems out there.

I think you have about as much of a chance of figuring out the praxis of the new heavens (so much for those billions of star systems out there now) and new earth as a day old zygote does of predicting the pleasures of Port Salut cheese, symphonic music, and building a multinational business.

[353FMG]

“...once we are purified and fill the earth according to God’s plan, we may have to populate other planets.”

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The offsprings will all be purified at birth? Then Jesus as Saviour will be superfluous. I don’t think so.

[howlinhound]

“does this mean the sea will no longer exist? how would the climate change if the entire earth were just rivers and lakes with no seas? would it be a giant rain forest?”

Like many of the illustrations in Revelations, symbolism is involved. The “sea” is symbolic of peoples and nations of people.

[Talisker]

I think you have about as much of a chance of figuring out the praxis of the new heavens (so much for those billions of star systems out there now) and new earth as a day old zygote does of predicting the pleasures of Port Salut cheese, symphonic music, and building a multinational business.

Erudite Dissent Medal of the Day (with Gastronomic Cluster).

[dartuser]

I would like to stay here and pitch for the Cleveland Indians.

[stuartcr]

OK, thanks

[stuartcr]

Didn’t people reproduce before there were marriages?

[tx_eggman]

I think you have about as much of a chance of figuring out the praxis of the new heavens (so much for those billions of star systems out there now) and new earth as a day old zygote does of predicting the pleasures of Port Salut cheese, symphonic music, and building a multinational business.

Agreed. The word picture I was given was:

It would be like trying to explain Quantum Physics to an earthworm.

[circlecity]

"Didn’t people reproduce before there were marriages?"

No. The first child ever (Cain) came after the marriage of Adam and Eve. Thus no reproduction ever occured prior to the institution of marriage. Also, sex outside marriage is a sin and there will be no sin in Heaven. Thus, since we know there is no marriage in Heaven there would have to be a whole new method of reproduction introduced for there to be reproduction in Heaven.

[tx_eggman]

how would the climate change if the entire earth were just rivers and lakes with no seas? would it be a giant rain forest?”

Like many of the illustrations in Revelations, symbolism is involved. The “sea” is symbolic of peoples and nations of people.

Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

The sea is symbolic of chaos ... and it will be done away with.