Revelation: City of God
14: Revelation 21-22: The City of God The final visions in Revelation seem to move away from the immediate impact of images that could be applied to the Christians under Rome. Images of the City of God seem much more clearly apocalyptic, just as parts of Jesus' message in Matthew 24 applied to the immediate future and the fall of Jerusalem, while others were purely apocalyptic. Peter takes up the message of a new creation in 2 Peter 3 . 12waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set ablaze and dissolved, and the elements will melt with fire? 13But, in accordance with his promise, we wait for new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness is at home. 1. The New Jerusalem ( Revelation 21:1-8 ) 1 Sea… implies separation, and is also representative of a source of evil (as in the beast from the sea). 2 City includes culture and life as well as bricks and mortar. 2 Jerusalem… represents peace and the presence of God. The word its...