1. With the close of chapter 20, the present heaven and earth have passed away and satan and all the
unsaved have been judged and cast into the lake of fire. All sin and sinners have been banished to their own place forever.
2. The new heaven and new earth appear — see 2 Peter 3:10-13. On the earth there is no sea – no need
for the sea. The sea is God’s “Brine-barrel.”
3. God’s City, the New Jerusalem, comes down from heaven to the new earth – V-2.
4. God will come down FROM heaven and DWELL. The new earth will be our eternal home – not heaven as many suppose.
5. God Himself will banish the things mentioned in V-4.
6. All things be new on the new earth, new earth, new things, new creatures in Christ. This is the end of God’s work of restoration – Vs 5-6.
7. The things we now receive on the new earth will be by inheritance, not reward – V-7. All will be equal in our new home.
8. The kind of people who will NOT be there – V-8.