Chapter fifteen begins with a similar statement to Ezekiel 14:14-20. A decade earlier God told Ezekiel that the combined righteousness of Noah, Daniel, and Job could not save a nation God had decided to destroy. Here he told Jeremiah that the combined prayers of Moses and Samuel could not save Judah either (Jeremiah 15:1-4). Specifically […]
Chapter twenty-one introduces the culmination of all things. After all of the saints have been resurrected and all unbelievers have been banished in punishment, Heaven and Earth will be destroyed and re-created (Revelation 21:1-2). It is in this eternal state that the promise of no tears, sickness, death, etc. will finally be realized (Revelation 21:4).
Chapter nineteen picks up the chronology again with worship in heaven that approximates chapter Revelation 5:11-14, the enormous multitude in chapter 7, and the seventh trumpet. A new detail is that this celebration is called “the wedding celebration of the Lamb” (Revelation 19:7) and “the banquet at the wedding celebration of the Lamb” (Revelation 19:9).
