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New Testament · Revelation

Revelation 21:1–5

New heaven, new earth, and holy city

TEXT
Explicit

The final vision presents renewed creation, the holy city, divine presence, and the end of death and mourning.

I saw a new heaven and a new earth... Behold, I make all things new.

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Immediate context and meaning

The vision follows final judgment and continues into the river, tree of life, and divine presence of chapter 22.

Historical setting

  • Jewish new-creation hopes and Christian readings converge and differ over continuity, transformation, and symbolism.

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Renewal and transformation

The vision combines discontinuity with strong reuse of creation and restoration imagery.

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  1. Primary textRevelation

    Locator: Revelation 21:1–5

    Primary apocalyptic source for seals, trumpets, bowls, beasts, Armageddon, millennium, judgment, and new creation. Relevant locator for this record: Revelation 21:1–5.

  2. Locator: Revelation 21:1–5

    Provides a standard critical Greek text and apparatus for New Testament textual study. Relevant locator for this record: Revelation 21:1–5.

  3. Primary textIsaiah

    Locator: Revelation 21:1–5

    Supplies Day-of-the-Lord, cosmic-collapse, resurrection, and new-creation imagery. Relevant locator for this record: Revelation 21:1–5.

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Revelation

primary text

Coverage class: Primary text

Relevant text: Revelation 1–22

What it supports: Primary apocalyptic source for seals, trumpets, bowls, beasts, Armageddon, millennium, judgment, and new creation.

Limitations: Genre, structure, chronology, dating, and symbolic referents remain disputed.

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Novum Testamentum Graece, 28th revised edition

critical text edition

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: Nestle-Aland / Institute for New Testament Textual Research

Relevant text: Novum Testamentum Graece, 28th revised edition: edition description and selective critical apparatus

Publication date: 28th revised edition

What it supports: Provides a standard critical Greek text and apparatus for New Testament textual study.

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Isaiah

primary text

Coverage class: Primary text

Relevant text: Isaiah 2; 11; 13; 24–27; 65–66

What it supports: Supplies Day-of-the-Lord, cosmic-collapse, resurrection, and new-creation imagery.

Limitations: Symbolic and literal readings remain debated.

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  • CCX-RPT-13The Great Tribulation: Biblical Origins and Interpretations
  • CCX-RPT-14The Abomination of Desolation — Daniel, Jesus, and Historical Fulfillments
  • CCX-RPT-15Signs in the Sun, Moon, Stars, and Heavens in Biblical Prophecy
  • CCX-RPT-42Islamic Eschatology, al-Masīḥ, and the End of the Age: A Comparative and Missiological Analysis
  • CCX-RPT-43Jewish Eschatology and Exegetical Traditions: A Comprehensive Analysis of Biblical and Interpretive Frameworks
  • CCX-RPT-48Interfaith UX Principles for Neutrality in Disputed Beliefs
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