Section 1

“The Holy Jerusalem descending from the Deity having the Glory of the Deity”.

“And I John saw the Holy City, New Jerusalem, descending from the Deity out of the heaven, having been prepared as a Bride who had been adorned for her husband”.

The sea referred to in this oracle is that Apocalyptic confluence of “many waters,” or “peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and ton­gues,” a restless, troubled sea, whose waters cast up mire and dirt (Isa.

‘And I saw a New Heaven and a New Earth, and the Sea is no

more

EXPOSITION

1. The Former Heaven and Earth

“The Former Heaven and the Former Earth had passed

away

“And I saw a Great White Throne, and him sitting upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven had fled away; and place had not been found for them”.

“But the Rest of the Dead Ones lived not again until the thou­sand years had been finished”.

‘Blessed and holy is he who hath part in the First Resurrec­tion.

“Having the Key of the Abyss, and a Great Chain upon his hand”.

“And I saw an angel descending from the heaven”.