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John Gill's Exposition on Revelation 21:5
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And he that sat upon the throne said, etc.] By whom is meant, either God the Father, who is often represented in this book as sitting on the throne, and as distinguished from Christ the Lamb; (see <660402>Revelation 4:2) (<660513>Revelation 5:13 6:16 7:10) and who may seem the more to be intended, since he is by adopting grace the God and Father of his people, and they are his sons and daughters; or rather Christ, who not only is set down on the same throne with his Father, but has a throne of his own, called the throne of the Lamb, and was seen upon one by John in the preceding vision, (<662011>Revelation 20:11) which though in order of time will be after this, yet in the order of the visions was seen before; and especially since the person on the throne speaking, calls himself the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, as Christ does in (<660108>Revelation 1:8) and seeing he it is that gives to thirsty souls of the water of life, (<430737>John 7:37,38) and makes promises to the overcomer so largely and frequently in (<660207>Revelation 2:7,11,17,26 3:5,12,21). He addresses John, and delivers the following things to him, behold, I make all things new; which is to be understood not of the renovation of persons at conversion, when a new heart and spirit are given, and men are made wholly new creatures; for this is the work of the Spirit, and which is done daily, and is not peculiar to any particular period of time; nor of the renewing of the church state at the beginning of the Gospel, when the Jewish church state and ordinances waxed old, and vanished away, and a new covenant took place, a new and living way was opened, and new ordinances appointed, since all this was before John had this vision; nor was there any need of it to represent it to him; but of the making of the new heaven, and the new earth, which Christ ascribes to himself and of his forming his church anew, making it a new Jerusalem, bestowing new glories upon his people, both in soul and body, and so presenting them to himself a glorious church; and of the new administration of his kingdom in a very singular and glorious manner; so that it respects a new people, a new habitation, and a new manner of ruling over them; all which is his own doing, and is marvellous; and because it is a matter of great importance, and is wonderful and certain, therefore a “behold” is prefixed to it; (see <234319>Isaiah 43:19). The Jews say f458, that the holy blessed God will make ten things new in the future state, or world to come; the first is, he will enlighten the world; ((see <662111>Revelation 21:11,23)) the second is, he will bring living water out of Jerusalem; ((see <662106>Revelation 21:6)) the third is, he will make trees to bring forth their fruit every month; ((see <662202>Revelation 22:2)) and the fourth is, all the waste places shall be built, even Sodom and Gomorrha; the fifth is, Jerusalem shall be built with sapphire stone; ((see <662119>Revelation 21:19)) the sixth is, the cow and the bear shall feed; the seventh is, a covenant shall be made between Israel, and the beasts, fowls, and creeping things; the eighth is, there shall be no more weeping and howling in the world; the ninth is, there shall be no more death in the world; the tenth is, there shall no more be sighing, and groaning, and sorrow in the world; (see <662104>Revelation 21:4). And he said unto me, write; what John had seen, and Christ had said, and was about to say; and particularly what concerned the…
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