The New Heaven and New Earth and the New Jerusalem
Revelation 21:1-27
1And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.2And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.3And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Behold, the dwelling of God is with humanity, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them."4And he will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more; neither mourning nor crying nor pain shall be any more, for the former things have passed away.5And the one seated on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new." And he said, "Write, for these words are trustworthy and true."6And he said to me, "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment."7The one who conquers will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be my son.8But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, the murderers, the sexually immoral, the sorcerers, the idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.9Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and spoke with me, saying, "Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb."10And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God.11It had the glory of God, its radiance like a most precious jewel, like jasper, clear as crystal.12It had a great, high wall with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel were inscribed on the gates.13On the east three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates.14And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.15And the one who spoke with me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city and its gates and its wall.16The city lies foursquare, its length the same as its width. He measured the city with the rod: twelve thousand stadia; its length and width and height are equal.17He also measured its wall: one hundred forty-four cubits by human measurement, which is also angelic.18The wall was built of jasper, while the city was pure gold, like clear glass.19The foundations of the city wall were adorned with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald.20The fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst.21And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, each of the gates made of a single pearl, and the street of the city was pure gold, transparent as glass.22And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb.23And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.24The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it.25Its gates will never be shut by day—and there will be no night there.26They will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations.27But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices abomination or falsehood, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.