Revelation 21 Footnotes

21:1-6 The new heaven and earth, while like the present creation in some ways, will also be very different. For example, whereas water currently covers the majority of the globe, there will be no sea on the new earth. The bride of the Lamb, introduced in 19:7-9, is now pictured as the holy city coming down out of heaven. All things will be new then, not just the Christian’s new spiritual life (2Co 5:17). God’s presence will do away with tears, pain, and death. The water of life will always be available without cost, an image of the free grace that offers life to us even now.