Chapter 21

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth. For the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and the sea is no more.

And I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband.

And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Behold the dwelling of God with men, and he will dwell with them. And they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.

And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. And death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain any more, For the former things have passed away." The Promise

And he who was sitting on the throne said, "Behold, I make all things new!" And he said, "Write, for these words are trustworthy and true."

And he said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To him who thirsts I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely.

He who overcomes shall possess these things, and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

But as for the cowardly and unbelieving, and abominable and murderers, and fornicators and sorcerers, and idolaters and all liars, Their portion shall be in the pool that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death." The Heavenly Jerusalem

And there came one of the seven angels who had the bowls full of the seven last plagues; and he spoke with me, saying, "Come, I will show thee the bride, the spouse of the Lamb."

And he took me up in spirit to a mountain, great and high, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,

having the glory of God. Its light was like to a precious stone, as it were a jasper-stone, clear as crystal.

And it had a wall great and high with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel.

On the east are three gates, and on the north three gates, and on the south three gates, and on the west three gates.

And the wall of the city has twelve foundation stones, and on them twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

And he who spoke with me had a measure, a golden reed, to measure the city and the gates thereof and the wall.

And the city stands foursquare, and its length is as great as its breadth; and he measured the city with the reed, to twelve thousand stadia: the length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.

And he measured its wall, of a hundred and forty-four cubits, man's measure, that is, angel's measure.

And the material of its wall was jasper; but the city itself was pure gold, like pure glass.

And the foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every precious stone. The first foundation, jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, agate; the fourth, emerald;

the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst.

And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; that is, each gate was of a single pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass. God and the Lamb Give It Light

And I saw no temple therein. For the Lord God almighty and the Lamb are the temple thereof.

And the city has no need of the sun or the moon to shine upon it. For the glory of God lights it up, and the Lamb is the lamp thereof.

And the nations shall walk by the light thereof; and the kings of the earth shall bring their glory and honor into it.

And its gates shall not be shut by day; for there shall be no night there.

And they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it.

And there shall not enter into it anything undefiled, nor he who practises abomination and falsehood, but those only who are written in the book of life of the Lamb.