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Let's jump in to today's episode. Welcome back.
We are on, I believe this is week 12, maybe,
of rethinking the end times. We are coming to
an end to this. And just a reminder for... all
of my listeners that once this series ends in
the month of July and August we are going to
take a break. That will give me a couple months
to do some recording and stuff and kind of play
a catch -up game to where I can be ahead on future
things and hopefully not have to take any more
months off but can just continue on with uploads
of... whatever I feel Holy Spirit lay on my heart
and how to move forward with that. So again,
I know we're good this week. I know at least
have one more week in this and I gotta go looking
forward at my notes to see what else is here.
But I know for certain July and August, there
will be no more new episodes for those two months.
And like I said, hopefully that'd be the last
time we do that kind of break. We'll just transition
seasons. as we go moving forward. But this week
I'm excited. We get to talk about the new heaven
and the new earth idea. This whole thing has
been fun for me to teach. Again, there's so much.
You can go so deep inside of this and I hope
if this interests you and you want to learn more,
you know, go study for yourself. Go sit with
Holy Spirit. Look at some different material.
Go study some of these ideas for yourself. I've
studied this to a point enough to where um This
is what I believe as far as end times are concerned.
I do not believe that we're in the last days
I don't believe in a rapture. I don't believe
in a single Antichrist rising up and Doing all
this I don't believe the 666 theory. I believe
every lot of this stuff is symbolism And when
you have what I hope my teaching has done is
given you hope for a brighter future, a brighter
tomorrow and not look to doom and gloom. Again,
one of my concerns in the church realm that I've
grown up in is we seem to use darkness as an
indication that the end is near. And my point
of view, I think I said this early on is if There
is darkness that simply means the light has not
been turned on and my friend you and I are that
light plain and simple So I want you to understand
today that the new heaven and earth in revelation
is not about god destroying creation But renewing
it bringing restoration healing in god's presence
fully Among his people and as i've done in some
of the previous episodes. I want you to just
take a minute and think that when you think about
the end of the world what comes to your mind
what emotions begin to rise up inside of you
um a lot of people talk about destruction chaos
fear judgment that kind of thing um and many
people assume the bible ends with destruction
or something but revelation does not end with
destruction it ends with restoration so i want
us to really consider what does the new heaven
and new earth mean and so i want to read to you
from revelation chapter 21 and i'm going to read
out of the passion and the mirror because i think
it's important and in the passion translation
it says then in a vision i saw a new heaven and
new earth the first heaven and earth had passed
away and the sea no longer existed now I want
you to remember in previous seasons what we talked
about sea representing. Go back and listen to
some of this. That's important for you to just
grab hold of. So when you hear this, this is
not saying the oceans that we have no longer
existed. Go back and listen. What did the sea
represent? I don't want to just give you answers
all the time. I want to make you go do the legwork,
go study to show yourself approved. Habakkuk
is a really important verse to me. It says, my
people perish for lack of knowledge. What you
don't understand, well, you can misuse. It can
hurt you. It can harm you. So I really encourage
people to do their own research, go do your own
studying. I want to break this kind of man of
God idea that you just come running to a pastor
or someone like me, whatever, for all of your
answers. Are they there to help you and to guide
you and to give you wisdom? Certainly, but they're
not God Okay, and I want to number one I want
to help pastors and leaders understand and take
that that burden off of them That you as a child
of God can hear from heaven on your own What
we should be doing is simply confirming that
what you're hearing. So again go look up if you
don't remember what the sea is go look it up
what did it symbolize what did it mean and then
out of the mirror translation it says then i
saw a new heaven and a new earth for the age
of the previous heaven and earth had passed away
also the sea was no longer present now i want
to go from there and now i want to go back to
reading isaiah chapter 65 because this is isaiah
65 talks about the new heaven and new earth hang
with me for a little bit because we're gonna
go from about verse 17 to verse 25 so just hang
with me and it says look I am creating entirely
new heavens and a new earth they will be so wonderful
that no one will even think about the old ones
anymore as you wait for the reality of what I
am creating be filled with joy and an ending
gladness look I am ready to create Jerusalem
as a source of sheer joy and her people in absolute
delight I will rejoice in this new Jerusalem
and find great delight in my people. You will
no longer hear the sound of weeping or cries
of distress. No baby will die in infancy there
and everyone will live out their full lifespan.
Now catch this because this means this is not
like heaven, eternal heaven, because they're
still dying here. For when centurions die, centurions
a hundred years old, they will be considered
youngsters. and anyone who dies earlier will
be considered of no account. People will build
their own houses to live in and they will not
be taken over by someone else. They will plant
their own vineyards to enjoy and they will not
be confiscated by someone else. They will live
long lives like age -old trees and my chosen
ones will enjoy to the fullest the work of their
hands throughout their lives. So the implication
of these two verses is that foreign invaders
will not overtake the land. and go back and just
just let's think about this don't shake your
brain at the door what are foreign invaders this
is not people from foreign countries this is
not muslims this is not uh democrats this is
not what that means at all what are the foreign
invaders for you and i could it be things such
as sickness disease cancer diabetes heart issues
could it be shame guilt, anxiety, depression.
Could it be those things are foreign invaders
for us as sons and daughters of the king? It's
important for us to grab hold of. So it's saying,
again, the implications Dr. Simmons put in here,
these two verses is that foreign invaders will
not overtake the land. Anxiety is not going to
overtake the land. Sickness is not going to overtake
the land. It's good news if you hear it right.
Moving on to verse 23, they will neither work
in vain for someone else nor will their children
face disaster, for they will be children and
grandchildren who are blessed by Yahweh. Before
they even call out to me, I will answer them.
Before they finish telling me what they need,
I will have already heard. The wolf now catch
this the wolf and the lamb will graze side by
side And the lion will eat straw like the ox
and the serpent's food will be dust There will
be neither violence nor murder or money on my
entire holy mountain of Zion says Yahweh now
if you take a wolf and a lamb Grazing side by
side which one of the two had to change Think
about this. It's important to understand Now
I want to go back And look at the definition
and the meaning of the word new Because in the
Greek you have two words for new you have neos
and you have Kinos Kinos is the word that's being
used in this this intersection And so let me
talk about that for just a minute because new
does not always mean brand new replacement It
often means renewed restored or made fresh think
of a renovated house as the same structure, just
restore beauty. So it's important for us to understand
that God does not abandon creation, he restores
it, just like humanity. He didn't abandon humanity,
no, he restored us to the original design. And
he actually completed that when he hung on the
cross and he declared it is finished. And that's
a very important shift for us to make. So let's
look at Kinos, this is new in quality, nature,
kind, or character. It is something that is renewed,
transformed, or unprecedented. It is different
than Neos. Neos would mean something different.
Neos would be the idea of a new car replacing
an old car. Kinos would be a car completely transformed
into something that it never was before. And
that's just important for us to grab hold of
those two definitions. Again, neo -sincanos if
you want to learn more go study some of these
words for yourself and understand how our we've
translated the two different words into the same
english word but they mean two different things
so you have to do your own study and your own
research So having understood the word new, we
can understand why many scholars argue that John
in Revelation 21 is not describing God throwing
away creation and starting over, but it's creation
being renewed, transformed, and brought into
its intended fullness. Remember, Romans 8 -22.
The Earth is groaning and travailing for the
manifestation of the sons and daughters of Yahweh.
So what is the Earth asking for it? The Earth
is asking for you and I, I'm wearing this shirt,
I don't know if you can see it, Creation Groans,
for those that's watching the YouTube channel,
which I've got to do a lot of work on that. But
I'm wearing the shirt that says Creation Groans.
but Romans 8 22 tells you what the earth is growing
for and the earth is waiting for you and i to
figure out who we are inside of christ and begin
to speak and declare back to creation who she
is to release her from the futility of the fall
of man john does not use neo's heaven and earth
he uses kynos heaven and earth So the emphasis
isn't on replacement, but transformation. God
is not abandoning his creation, he is renewing
it. So the story of scripture ends not with evacuation,
but it ends with restoration. All right, so let's
look at a couple ways that this word is used
in other places, this kinos word. You can find
it in 2 Corinthians 5 .17 says, now if anyone
is enfolded into Christ, He has become an entirely
new person. That's the word kinos again. All
that is related to the old order has vanished.
Behold, everything is fresh and new. Dr. Simmons
puts it in here. This would include our old identity,
our life of sin, and the power of Satan, the
religious works of trying to please God, our
old relationship with the world, and our old
mindsets. We are not reformed or simply refurbished.
We are made completely new by our union with
Christ in the indwelling of the Holy Spirit That's
important for us to get together I'm gonna read
the same verse out of the mirror says now in
the light of your co -inclusion in his death
and resurrection Whoever you thought you were
before in Christ You are a brand new person the
old ways of seeing yourself and everyone else
are over acquaint yourself with the new. And
François de Troyes helps us understand that the
if here in 2nd Corinthians 517 some verses say
therefore if anyone is in Christ, it's not a
conditional statement. This is the conclusion
of the revelation of the gospel. Mankind is in
Christ all by God's doing. By using the therefore
if immediately includes verses 14 through 16.
If God's faith sees everyone in Christ and His
death, then they were certainly also in Christ
and His resurrection. Again, just important stuff
for us to grab hold of, not just intellectually,
but experientially. Don't just get this into
your minds. Allow this to become true. inside
the deepest parts of who you are. Because Jesus
did not reveal just a potential you, no, he revealed
the truth about you so that you may know the
truth about yourself and be free. Because the
truth is, you are free. Christ has made you free.
In the death and resurrection of Jesus, God did
not redeem a compromised replica of you, no,
he rescued the original blueprint you created
in his radiant mirror image just like it was
in Genesis. We are reconnected with our original
Genesis through the resurrection of Jesus from
the dead. The new birth, this new birth endorses
and celebrates the hope of the ages. God's eternal
love dream concludes inside of life. Man, this
is good if we grab hold of it. Then we have 2nd
Corinthians chapter 3 verse 6 as he alone makes
us adequate ministers who are focused on an entirely
new Kynos covenant. Our ministry is not based
on the letter of the law but through the power
of the Spirit. The letter of the law kills but
the Spirit pours out life. I want you to know
this was fascinating to me because I don't think
you've ever heard this before but to illustrate
this on the day of Moses On the day the law of
Moses was given, 3 ,000 were killed. But on the
day that the Spirit was poured out on Pentecost,
3 ,000 people received new life. But the important
thing for us to note here is that it's not simply
a recent covenant order, but a covenant of a
different quality and order. So, let's see where
we're at. All right, so let's look. Let's consider
this. Let's consider that God dwells with humanity.
Revelation 21 3 says and I heard a thunderous
voice from the throne saying look God's Tabernacle
is with human beings and from now on he will
Tabernacle with them as their God now God himself
will have his home with them God with them will
be their God So I want you to go back to Genesis.
In the beginning, God walked with humanity in
the garden. What was this? It was close. It was
relational. It was intimate, which tells you
it was a nearness. And this is what sin disrupted.
It did not disrupt God's love. No, it disrupted
our awareness. Again, we have the responsibility
to ask the question, who changed at the fall?
God returns to dwell with humanity. Consider
John chapter one, that the word became flesh
and dwelt among us. Not far away, not unreachable,
no, he's near, he's personal, he's intimate,
he's present right here, right now. The gospel,
my friend, is about God moving toward humanity,
not away from it. And then we consider this as
we talk about new heaven and new earth. Revelation
21 for says he will wipe away every tear from
their eyes and eliminate death entirely No one
will mourn or weep any longer the pain of wounds
will no longer exist for the old order has ceased
now What does it mean? There's no more death.
There's no more mourning. There's no more pain
Why because creation has been and is being healed
Imagine my friend a world where grief ends not
because we leave and do some kind of escape thing
But because healing finally comes because we
as sons and daughters Begin to rise up and let
our light shine and release the kingdom within
us to the world around us God's final act is
not destruction. It's healing It's healing my
friend. Look at the life of Jesus. Look at the
person of Jesus. It's like Bill Johnson I believe
Damon Thompson quotes it a lot But be careful
of anything that you believe about God that you
cannot find in the person of Jesus So what is
Revelation describing it's describing a city
not ruins not emptiness but a vibrant place why
a city ask yourself why a city what does a city
represent city would represent community culture
life relationship not isolation inside the city
that's where the tree of life returns water of
life flows healing of nations occurs everything
is restored The final picture of scripture is
not escaping. No, it's flourishing life. It goes
back to Romans 822. The entire universe standing
on tiptoe yearning to see the unveiling of God's
glory or sons and daughters. And it's interesting
to note that the Greek word used for unveiling
here is the same word for the full title of Revelation.
The created universe is but the backdrop for
the dramatic appearing of God's sons and daughters
unveiled with the glory of Jesus Christ upon
them, according to Dr. Simmons. He goes on to
say the verb tense in the Greek text is clear
that this unveiling is imminent, soon to happen,
and destined to take place. Christ's glory will
come to us, enter us, fill us, envelop us, and
then be revealed. through us as partakers of
the glory and i love this although god will not
share his glory with any other we are no longer
another for we are one with the father son and
holy spirit through faith in christ you can look
at john 17 21 through 23 on that one but why
does revelation say there's no temple because
god himself is present my friend you are the
temple now He's not coming to dwell in buildings.
No, he's coming to dwell inside of you and I
That's why it's important to go back to previous
lessons on this and understand that the temple
was destroyed in 70 AD God is not limited to
buildings. His presence feels everything no temple
is needed No temple is needed When God dwells
fully with his people no temple was needed he
goes where you go That's good news. If you let
it if you hear it, right? So our hope is not
escape our hope is renewal restoration and healing
and my friend I believe and declared that it's
happening now What kind of future does God promise
it's not fear it's not destruction no it is life
The future belongs to restoration not ruin So
I want you to think about these God is not abandoning
creation. He's restoring it The story ends with
healing not chaos God dwells with humanity forever
The story of scripture does not end in destruction
no it ends in restoration It does not end in
fear, it ends in healing. It does not end with
God leaving humanity, but with God dwelling fully
among his people. The future, my friend, is not
darkness. No, the future is renewal. My friend,
I hope this helps you. I hope this has given
you a better outlook on life, a better outlook
on the future, given you hope for tomorrow. Keep
diving in keep pressing in don't be afraid to
challenge the status quo of the religious System
we have today Don't be afraid to think for yourself.
Don't be afraid to ask questions Take them to
the Holy Spirit Allow the Holy Spirit to teach
you to guide you and to lead you into all truth
Until next time my friend be blessed Thanks for
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