Revelation 21:1-22:21

Goodspeed(i) 1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. 2 And I saw the new Jerusalem, the holy city, come down out of heaven from God, like a bride dressed and ready to meet her husband. 3 I heard a loud voice from the throne say, "See! God's dwelling is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people and God himself will be with them, 4 and he will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no death any longer, nor any grief or crying or pain. The old order has passed away." 5 Then he who sat upon the throne said, "See! I am making everything new! Write this," he said, "for these words are trustworthy and true. 6 It is all over!" he told me, "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end I will give anyone who is thirsty water without cost from the spring of the water of life. 7 He who is victorious will possess all this, and I will be his God and he will be my son. 8 But the cowardly, unfaithful, and polluted—murderers, immoral people, those who practice magic or idolatry, and all liars will find themselves in the burning lake of fire and brimstone. This is the second death." 9 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and spoke to me. "Come," he said, "I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb." 10 He carried me away in a trance to a great, high mountain, and showed me Jerusalem, the holy city, coming down out of heaven from God, 11 in all the glory of God. It shone with a radiance like that of some very precious stone, like jasper, clear as crystal. 12 It had a great, high wall with twelve gates, and twelve angels at the gates, which had carved upon them the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel. 13 There were three gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three gates on the west. 14 The wall of the city had twelve foundation stones, and on them were the twelve names of the Lamb's twelve apostles. 15 The angel who talked with me had a gold measuring rod, with which to measure the city and its gates and wall. 16 The city was a square, its length the same as its breadth. He measured the city with his rod, and it was 12,000 furlongs. Its length, breadth, and height were the same. 17 He measured the wall and it was about 144 cubits (216 feet), as men measure, for that was the way the angel measured. 18 The material of the wall was jasper, but the city was pure gold, as transparent as glass. 19 The foundation stones of the wall of the city were ornamented with all kinds of precious stones. The first foundation stone was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, 20 the fifth sardonyx, the sixth sardius, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst. 21 The twelve gates were twelve pearls; each gate made of a single pearl. The principal street of the city was pure gold, as transparent as glass. 22 I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. 23 The city does not need the sun nor the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God lighted it, and the Lamb is its lamp. 24 The heathen will walk by its light. The kings of the earth will bring their splendor to it. 25 Its gates will never be shut by day—for there will be no night there 26 and they will bring the splendor and the wealth of the heathen into it. 27 Nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who indulges in abominable practices and falsehoods, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life. 22 1 Then he showed me a river of living water, clear as crystal, which issued from the throne of God and of the Lamb, 2 and ran through the middle of the principal street of the city. On both sides of the river grew the tree of life. It bore twelve kinds of fruit, yielding a different kind each month, and its leaves were a cure for the heathen. 3 There will no longer be anything that is accursed. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his slaves will worship him; 4 they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 5 There will no longer be any night and they will have no need of lamplight or sunlight, for the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever. 6 "These words are trustworthy and true," he said to me; "For the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent his angel to show his slaves what must happen very soon. 7 See! I am coming very soon! Blessed is he who heeds the words of prophecy that are in this book." 8 It was I, John, who heard and saw these things. When I heard and saw them, I fell at the feet of the angel who showed them to me, to worship him. 9 But he said to me, "You must not do that. I am only a fellow-slave of yours and of your brothers the prophets and the men who heed the words of this book. Worship God! 10 "Do not seal up the words of prophecy that are in this book," he said to me, "for the time of their fulfilment is very near. 11 Let the evil-doer do worse and worse, let the base grow baser and baser, let the upright man be more and more upright, and the man who is holy be more and more holy." 12 "See! I am coming very soon, bringing with me my rewards, to repay everyone for what he has done. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end. 14 Blessed are those who wash their robes, so as to have the right to approach the tree of life and to enter the gates of the city. 15 The dogs, those who practice magic or immorality, murderers, idolaters, and anyone who loves falsehood or tells lies will be shut out of it. 16 "I, Jesus, sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am of the line and family of David, I am the bright morning star." 17 "Come," say the Spirit and the bride. Let everyone who hears this say, "Come!" Let everyone who is thirsty come. Let anyone who wants it come and take without cost living water. 18 I warn everyone who hears the message of prophecy in this book read, that if anyone adds anything to it, God will inflict upon him the plagues that are described in this book; 19 and if anyone removes from this book any of the prophetic messages it contains, God will remove from him his share in the tree of life and the holy city which are described in this book. 20 He who testifies to all this says, "It is true! I am coming very soon!" Amen! Come, Lord Jesus! 21 The blessing of the Lord Jesus Christ be with his people.