A new city will come down from heaven. It will be beautiful. This city is for the nation that has endured difficulty and yet stayed faithful. It is for those who overcome. As Jesus tells us in Isaiah, a nation is not birthed in one day. How long does it take to birth a nation? Jesus announces who he is, the Alpha and Omega, and says that he will give anyone who thirsts living water. We see the martyrs have a special position in the temple of the Father and all tears will be wiped away. We will look at some things the first century church understood, which will broaden our perspective on this eight thousandth year.
When we come to the time of the new Jerusalem, we are in the eight thousandth year. What is the time frame of the creation in the Book of Genesis? The creation was completed in six days and the seventh day was a day of rest. Just as Genesis gives us a pattern for creation, it parallels our time on the earth before the new heaven and the new earth. Today, the Jewish year is 5778; however as we have discussed previously there have been 243 years eliminated from the Bible so as to make it appear as if there were several other people that could have been the Messiah. If we add those 243 years back into the Jewish calendar, then we are roughly in the year 6021 or so. Enoch and Barnabas help us understand our years and ages.
The Secrets of Enoch http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/fbe/fbe140.htm
Enoch 33:1 AND I appointed the eighth day also, that the eighth day should be the first-created after my work, and that the first seven revolve in the form of the seventh thousand, and that at the beginning of the eighth thousand there should be a time of not-counting, endless, with neither years nor months nor weeks nor days nor hours.
When we reach the eight thousandth year, there is no more counting. Today, we count in anticipation of the next age, but once we have come to the new heaven and earth, we are done with counting days, weeks, months, and years. We won’t even count hours. Barnabas is the guy who gives us the parallels according to the old covenant.
The General Epistle Of Barnabas http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/lbob/lbob17.htm#fn_726
13:1 FURTHERMORE it is written concerning the sabbath, in the Ten Commandments, which God spake in the Mount Sinai to Moses, face to face; Sanctify the sabbath of the Lord with pure hands, and with a clean heart.
2 And elsewhere he saith; If thy children shall keep my sabbaths, then will I put my mercy upon them.
3 And even in the beginning of the creation he makes mention of the sabbath. And God made in six days the works of his hands; and he finished them on the seventh day, and he rested the seventh day, and sanctified it.
Barnabas is the type of person that understands deeper meanings in scripture related to symbolism. He is a deep thinker. Barnabas compares our time as a parallel to the creation. He then asks the reader to consider what this signifies.
Barnabas 13:4 Consider, my children, what that signifies, he finished them in six days. The meaning of it is this; that in six thousand years the Lord God will bring all things to an end.
5 For with him one day is a thousand years; as himself testifieth, saying, Behold this day shall be as a thousand years. Therefore, children, in six days, that is, in six thousand years, shall all things be accomplished.
All things will be accomplished in the sixth day or six thousandth year. We are now in the six thousandth year. In the seven thousandth year we will have a time of rest with Jesus as King over all the kings, and Lord over all the lords. That will be our time of Jesus’ Millennial Kingdom.
Barnabas 13:6 And what is that he saith, And he rested the seventh day: he meaneth this; that when his Son shall come, and abolish the season of the Wicked One, and judge the ungodly; and shall change the sun and the moon, and the stars; then he shall gloriously rest in that seventh day.
Jesus abolishes the season of the satan and judges the wicked of the earth. Then we see one thousand years of rest until the satan is loosed. After that we see another judgment for all the dead.
Barnabas 13:7 He adds lastly; Thou shalt sanctify it with clean hands and a pure heart. Wherefore we are greatly deceived if we imagine that any one can now sanctify that day which God has made holy, without having a heart pure in all things.
8 Behold therefore he will then truly sanctify it with blessed rest, when we (having received the righteous promise, when iniquity shall be no more, all things being renewed by the Lord) shall be able to sanctify it, being ourselves first made holy.
9 Lastly, he saith unto them: Your new moons and you: sabbaths I cannot bear them. Consider what he means by it; the sabbaths, says he, which ye now keep are not acceptable unto me, but those which I have made; when resting from all things I shall begin the eighth day, that is, the beginning of the other world.
10 For which cause we observe the eighth day with gladness, in which Jesus rose from the dead; and having manifested himself to his disciples, ascended into heaven.
The Lord will renew all things, and one thousand years of rest will start. The righteous will put on incorruption and immortality and become holy. That is how we sanctify the seventh day (or age).
After the seventh day, the eighth day is the beginning of the other world. We attribute the resurrection and the ascension to the seventh and eighth day. Jesus died accomplishing his time on earth. Not only did he turn the satan’s kingdom upside down while on the earth, he took back the keys to hell and death and set the captives free. This is the sixth day. Jesus then rose from the dead and resided with the disciples as a seventh day rest. He had a new body, ate, drank, walked through walls, and appeared and disappeared. Jesus then ascended into the heavens and is seated at the right had of the Father. This is the eighth day. It is Barnabas’ explanation and comparison. The eight thousandth year is the time of not counting. Yet we know that one day in the heavens is like one thousand years to us.
Revelation 21:2-9 (KJV)
2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Revelation 21:2 G2532 And G3588 the G4172 [2city G3588 G39 1holy], G* new Jerusalem, G2537 G1492 I saw G2597 coming down G575 from G3588 G2316 God G1537 out of G3588 the G3772 heaven, G2090 being prepared G5613 as G3565 a bride G2885 being adorned G3588 for G435 her husband. G1473
2597 LSJ Gloss:καταβαίνω to step down, go
Dodson:καταβαίνω I go down, come down I go down, come down, either from the sky or from higher land, descend.
Thayer:
1) to go down, come down, descend
1a) the place from which one has come down from
1b) to come down
1b1) as from the temple at Jerusalem, from the city of Jerusalem
1b2) of celestial beings coming down to earth
1c) to be cast down
2) of things
2a) to come (i.e. be sent) down
2b) to come (i.e. fall) down
2b1) from the upper regions of the air
3) metaph. to (go i.e.) be cast down to the lowest state of wretchedness and shame
καταβαίνω
katabainō kat-ab-ah'ee-no From G2596 and the base of G939; to descend (literally or figuratively) KJV Usage: come (get, go, step) down, descend, fall (down).
3565 LSJ Gloss:νύμφη a young wife, bride
Dodson:νύμφη a bride, daughter-in-law
(a) a bride, young wife, young woman, (b) a daughter-in-law.
Thayer:
1) a betrothed woman, a bride
2) a recently married woman, young wife
3) a young woman
4) a daughter-in-law
νύμφη
numphē noom-fay' From a primary but obsolete verb νύπτω nuptō (to veil as a bride; compare the Latin “nupto ” , to marry); a young married woman (as veiled), including a betrothed girl; by implication, a son's wife KJV Usage: bride, daughter in law.
2885 LSJ Gloss:κοσμέω to order, arrange
Dodson:κοσμέω I put into order, adornI put into order; I decorate, deck, adorn.
Thayer:
1) to put in order, arrange, make ready, prepare
2) to ornament, adore
3) metaph. to embellish with honour, gain honour
κοσμέω
kosmeō kos-meh'-o From G2889; to put in proper order, that is, decorate (literally or figuratively); specifically to snuff (a wick) KJV Usage: adorn, garnish, trim.
John sees this new Jerusalem coming down out of heaven. It looks beautiful. It is adorned or decorated or embellished as a bride. A bride looks beautiful on her wedding day. The new Jerusalem is not going to look formless, void, and dark, tōhû bōhû. As we read in Genesis, it took six days to make the earth habitable, with vegetation and animals. Here the new city will already be decorated. In the beginning, the Holy Spirit worked alongside the Lord, preparing the world, Proverbs 8. With the new Jerusalem, it is already done. If we remember the garden of Eden, the adam was brought into the garden; it seems those who are the overcomers are going to be brought into this new city. There will be people who are overcomers who are pillars in the temple of the Father.
Revelation 3:12 (KJV)
12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
The Philadelphia church is promised that those who say they are Jews but instead are from the synagogue of satan, will worship at the the Philadelphians’ feet. Philadelphia is the missionary church, those who have put their lives on the line for the mission of spreading the good news so that others may live. Jesus also tells them that they would not go through the tribulation. He then tells them that they will be pillars in the temple of the Father, they will be high priests; not just any priests but high priests in the Father’s temple.
Revelation 21:3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
Revelation 21:3 G2532 And G191 I heard G5456 [2voice G3173 1a great] G1537 from out of G3588 the G3772 heaven, G3004 saying, G2400 Behold, G3588 the G4633 tent G3588 G2316 of God G3326 is with G3588 the G444 men, G2532 and G4637 he shall pitch a tent G3326 with G1473 them, G2532 and G1473 they G2992 [2his people G1473 G1510.8.6 1will be], G2532 and G1473 God himself G3588 G2316 G1510.8.3 will be G3326 with G1473 them.
4633 LSJ Gloss:σκηνή a covered place, a tent
Dodson:σκηνή a tent, tabernacle a tent, booth, tabernacle, abode, dwelling, mansion, habitation.
Thayer:
1) tent, tabernacle, (made of green boughs, or skins or other materials)
2) of that well known movable temple of God after the pattern of which the temple at Jerusalem was built
σκηνή
skēnē skay-nay' Apparently akin to G4632 and G4639; a tent or cloth hut (literally or figuratively) KJV Usage: habitation, tabernacle.
4637LSJ Gloss:σκηνόω to pitch tents, encamp
Dodson:σκηνόω I dwell as in a tent, encamp I dwell as in a tent, encamp, have my tabernacle.
Thayer:
1) to fix one's tabernacle, have one's tabernacle, abide (or live) in a tabernacle (or tent), tabernacle
2) to dwell
σκηνόω
skēnoō skay-no'-o From G4636; to tent or encamp, that is, (figuratively) to occupy (as a mansion) or (specifically) to reside (as God did in the Tabernacle of old, a symbol fo protection and communion) KJV Usage: dwell.
2992 LSJ Gloss:λαός the people
Dodson:λαός a people, the crowd (a) a people, characteristically of God's chosen people, first the Jews, then the Christians, (b) sometimes, but rarely, the people, the crowd.
Thayer:
1) a people, people group, tribe, nation, all those who are of the same stock and language
2) of a great part of the population gathered together anywhere
For Synonyms see entry G5832
λαός
laos lah-os' Apparently a primary word; a people (in general; thus differing from G1218, which denotes one’s own populace) KJV Usage: people.
The tabernacle of God will dwell or encamp among the people, the laity. Remember how Yahweh visited the adam in the cool of the day? Instead of simply visiting once per day, Yahweh will live among the people.
Revelation 21:4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
Revelation 21:4 G2532 And G1813 he shall wipe away G3588 G2316 G3956 every G1144 tear G575 from G3588 G3788 their eyes,…
1813 LSJ Gloss:ἐξαλείφω to plaster
Dodson:ἐξαλείφω I wipe away, obliterate I plaster, wash over; I wipe off, wipe out, obliterate.
Thayer:
1) to anoint or wash in every part
1a) to besmear: i.e. cover with lime (to whitewash or plaster)
2) to wipe off, wipe away
2a) to obliterate, erase, wipe out, blot out
ἐξαλείφω
exaleiphō ex-al-i'-fo From G1537 and G218; to smear out, that is, obliterate (erase tears, figuratively pardon sin) KJV Usage: blot out, wipe away.
1144 LSJ Gloss:δάκρυ a tear
Dodson:δάκρυον a tear.
Thayer:
1) a tear
δάκρυ, δάκρυον
dakru dakruon dak'-roo, dak'-roo-on Of uncertain affinity; a tear KJV Usage: tear.
3788 LSJ Gloss:ὀφθαλμός the eye
Dodson:ὀφθαλμός the eye the eye; fig: the mind's eye.
Thayer:
1) the eye
2) metaph. the eyes of the mind, the faculty of knowing
ὀφθαλμός
ophthalmos of-thal-mos' From G3700; the eye (literally or figuratively); by implication vision; figuratively envy (from the jealous side glance) KJV Usage: eye, sight.
He will blot out tears from people’s eyes. Isaiah tells us this as well.
Isaiah 25:8 (KJV)
8 He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.
The tears of the martyrs will be blotted out as well.
Revelation 7:17 (KJV)
17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
There will be nothing to make us sad, there will be nothing to make us cry.
Revelation 21:4...G1473 G2532 and G3588 G2288 death G3756 will not be G1510.8.3 G2089 any more, G3777 nor G3997 mourning, G3777 nor G2906 crying, G3777 nor G4192 misery -- G3756 it shall not be G1510.8.3 G2089 any more, G3754 for G3588 the G4413 first things G565 departed.
2288 LSJ Gloss:θάνατος death
Dodson:θάνατος death death, physical or spiritual.
Thayer:
1) the death of the body
1a) that separation (whether natural or violent) of the soul and the body by which the life on earth is ended
1b) with the implied idea of future misery in hell
1b1) the power of death
1c) since the nether world, the abode of the dead, was conceived as being very dark, it is equivalent to the region of thickest darkness i.e. figuratively, a region enveloped in the darkness of ignorance and sin
2) metaph., the loss of that life which alone is worthy of the name,
2a) the misery of the soul arising from sin, which begins on earth but lasts and increases after the death of the body in hell
3) the miserable state of the wicked dead in hell
4) in the widest sense, death comprising all the miseries arising from sin, as well physical death as the loss of a life consecrated to God and blessed in him on earth, to be followed by wretchedness in hell
θάνατος
thanatos than'-at-os From G2348; (properly an adjective used as a noun) death (literally or figuratively) KJV Usage: X deadly, (be . . .) death.
3997 LSJ Gloss:πένθος grief, sadness, sorrow
Dodson:πένθος mourning, sorrow mourning, sorrow, sadness, grief.
Thayer:
1) mourning
πένθος
penthos pen'-thos Strengthened from the alternate of G3958; grief KJV Usage: mourning, sorrow.
2906 LSJ Gloss:κραυγή a crying, screaming, shrieking, shouting
Dodson:κραυγή a shout, clamor, outcry (a) a shout, cry, clamor, (b) outcry, clamoring against another.
Thayer:
1) a crying, outcry, clamour
κραυγή
kraugē krow-gay' From G2896; an outcry (in notification, tumult or grief) KJV Usage: clamour, cry (-ing).
4192 LSJ Gloss:πόνος work
Dodson:πόνος labor, pain (a) labor, toil, (b) pain, anguish, distress, suffering.
Thayer:
1) great trouble, intense desire
2) pain
For Synonyms see entry G5860
πόνος
ponos pon'-os From the base of G3993; toil, that is, (by implication) anguish KJV Usage: pain.
4413 Dodson:πρῶτος first, before first, before, principal, most important.
Thayer:
1) first in time or place
1a) in any succession of things or persons
2) first in rank
2a) influence, honour
2b) chief
2c) principal
3) first, at the first
πρῶτος
prōtos pro'-tos Contracted superlative of G4253; foremost (in time, place, order or importance) KJV Usage: before, beginning, best, chief (-est), first (of all), former.
565 LSJ Gloss:ἀπέρχομαι to go away, depart from
Dodson:ἀπέρχομαι I come or go away from, depart, return
I come or go away from, depart, return, arrive, go after, follow.
Thayer:
1) to go away, depart
1a) to go away in order to follow any one, go after him, to follow his party, follow him as a leader
2) to go away
2a) of departing evils and sufferings
2b) of good things taken away from one
2c) of an evanescent state of things
ἀπέρχομαι
aperchomai ap-erkh'-om-ahee From G575 and G2064; to go off (that is, depart), aside (that is, apart) or behind (that is, follow), literally or figuratively KJV Usage: come, depart, go (aside, away, back, out, . . . ways), pass away, be past.
There will be no more death. There will be no more grief. There will be no more crying. There will be no more anguish. Why? Because the things that came first in place and time have gone away. The six thousandth year is over, the seven thousandth year is over. We are in another age.
This is the day of the changing of our hearts’. We may have a hard time understanding a world where these things don’t exist, but at this time our hearts will be changed and we will not know death, grief, crying, or anguish.
Solomon told us that man was created to be immortal. Righteousness and justice are immortal, God did not create death.
Wisdom of Solomon 1:12-13 (DRV)
12 Seek not death in the error of your life, neither procure ye destruction by the works of your hands.
13 For God made not death, neither hath he pleasure in the destruction of the living.
Wisdom of Solomon 2:23-24 (DRV)
23 For God created man incorruptible, and to the image of his own likeness he made him.
24 But by the envy of the devil, death came into the world: And they follow him that are of his side.
Yahweh did not create death, death came to us with the satan. There will be death in the Millennial Kingdom, but people will live longer than they do in this age. Then the New Jerusalem will be a city without death. That means that every form of death has to be weeded out first.
Revelation 21:5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
Revelation 21:5 G2532 And G2036 said G3588 the one G2521 sitting G1909 upon G3588 the G2362 throne, G2400 Behold, G2537 [3new G4160 1I make G3956 2all things]. G2532 And G3004 he says G1473 to me, G1125 Write! G3754 for G3778 these G3588 G3056 words G228 [2true G2532 3and G4103 4trustworthy G1510.2.6 1are].
2537 LSJ Gloss:καινός new, fresh
Dodson:καινός fresh, new fresh, new, unused, novel.
Thayer:
1) new
1a) as respects form
1a1) recently made, fresh, recent, unused, unworn
1b) as respects substance
1b1) of a new kind, unprecedented, novel, uncommon, unheard of
For Synonyms see entry G5852
καινός
kainos kahee-nos' Of uncertain affinity; new (especially in freshness; while G3501 is properly so with respect to age) KJV Usage: new.
228 LSJ Gloss:ἀληθινός agreeable to truth
Dodson:ἀληθινός true, real, genuine true (lit: made of truth), real, genuine.
Thayer:
1) that which has not only the name and resemblance, but the real nature corresponding to the name, in every respect corresponding to the idea signified by the name, real, true genuine
1a) opposite to what is fictitious, counterfeit, imaginary, simulated or pretended
1b) it contrasts realities with their semblances
1c) opposite to what is imperfect defective, frail, uncertain
2) true, veracious, sincere
ἀληθινός
alēthinos al-ay-thee-nos' From G227; truthful KJV Usage: true.
4103 LSJ Gloss:πιστός liquid medicines to be trusted
Dodson:πιστός trustworthy, faithful, believing.
Thayer:
1) trusty, faithful
1a) of persons who show themselves faithful in the transaction of business, the execution of commands, or the discharge of official duties
1b) one who kept his plighted faith, worthy of trust
1c) that can be relied on
2) easily persuaded
2a) believing, confiding, trusting
2b) in the NT one who trusts in God's promises
2b1) one who is convinced that Jesus has been raised from the dead
2b2) one who has become convinced that Jesus is the Messiah and author of salvation
πιστός
pistos pis-tos' From G3982; objectively trustworthy; subjectively trustful KJV Usage: believe (-ing, -r), faithful (-ly), sure, true.
Everything will be made new. These words are genuinely true and trustworthy. Enoch understood it, Barnabas understood it, and the first century church understood it. This is something we should know in our heart because the Holy Spirit resides within us.
The Holy Spirit makes all things new now. She (see below reference from Wisdom Of Solomon, spirit of Wisdom referred to as “she”) enters into holy souls from all the ages and makes them friends of God and prophets. Today we are made new with the Holy Spirit dwelling in us. Although there is still sorrow and tears today, the Holy Spirit can ease our burdens through this age.
Wisdom of Solomon 7:24-28 (KJVApocrypha)
24 For wisdom is more moving than any motion: she passeth and goeth through all things by reason of her pureness.
25 For she is the breath of the power of God, and a pure influence flowing from the glory of the Almighty: therefore can no defiled thing fall into her.
26 For she is the brightness of the everlasting light, the unspotted mirror of the power of God, and the image of his goodness.
27 And being but one, she can do all things: and remaining in herself, she maketh all things new: and in all ages entering into holy souls, she maketh them friends of God, and prophets.
28 For God loveth none but him that dwelleth with wisdom.
Remember the phrase “friends of God and prophets”. The only way one can be a friend of God or a prophet is to have the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, therefore if one denies Jesus today, that one does not have the Holy Spirit and that one is not a friend of God or a prophet. The person who denies Jesus in this age, the age we live in today, does not have the Holy Spirit residing within, and cannot be a prophet. The only atonement for sin is Jesus, as there is no temple to make sacrifices for atonement. Therefore, a person whose sin has not been atoned for is not a friend of God nor a prophet, because that one is unholy. The unholy individual may not be spared in the second death. This new Jerusalem is not for the unholy, whose works are not enough to survive the second death. If someone wants eternal life, a life with no death, or sorrow, or grief, then confessing Jesus as Lord today will ensure that one will have life everlasting.
Revelation 21:6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
Revelation 21:6 G2532 And G2036 he said G1473 to me, G1096 It has taken place -- G3588 the G1 alpha G2532 and G3588 the G5598 omega, G3588 the G746 beginning G2532 and G5056 end….
1096 Dodson:γίνομαι I come into being, am born I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.
Thayer:
1) to become, i.e. to come into existence, begin to be, receive being
2) to become, i.e. to come to pass, happen
2a) of events
3) to arise, appear in history, come upon the stage
3a) of men appearing in public
4) to be made, finished
4a) of miracles, to be performed, wrought
5) to become, be made
γίνομαι
ginomai ghin'-om-ahee A prolonged and middle form of a primary verb; to cause to be (“gen” -erate), that is, (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literally, figuratively, intensively, etc.) KJV Usage: arise be assembled, be (come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, be done, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
G1Dodson:ἄλφα the first letter of the Greek alphabet alpha; the first letter of the Greek alphabet.
Thayer:
Α, α, ἄλφα, τό, the first letter of the Greek alphabet, opening the series which the letter ω closes. Hence the expression ἐγώ εἰμι τὸ Α [L T Tr WH ἄλφα] καὶ τὸ Ω [Ὦ L WH] Rev. i. 8, 11 Rec., which is explained by the appended words ἡ ἀρχὴ καὶ τὸ τέλος, xxi. 6, and by the further addition ὁ πρῶτος καὶ ὁ ἔσχατος, xxii. 13. On the meaning of the phrase cf. Rev. xi. 17; Is. xli. 4; xliv. 6; xlviii. 12; [esp. B. D. Am. ed. p. 73].
Α, when preficed to words as an inseparable syllable, is
1. privative (στερητικόν), like the Lat. in-, the Eng. un-, giving a negative sense to the word to which it is preficed, as ἀβαρής; or signifying what is contrary to it as ἄτιμος, ἀτιμόω; before vowels generally ἀν-, as ἀναίτιος.
2. copulative (ἀθροιστικόν), akin to the particle ἅμα [cf. Curtis § 598], indicating community and fellowship, as in ἀδελφός, ἀκόλουθος. Hence it is
3. intensive (ἐπιτατικόν), strengthening the force of terms, like the Lat. con in composition; as ἀτενίζω fr. ἀτενής [yet cf. W. 100 (95)]. This use, however, is doubted or denied now by many [e. g. Lob. Path. Element. i. 34 sq.]. Cf. Kühner i. 741, § 339 Anm. 5; [Jelf § 342 δ]; Bttm. Gram. § 120 Anm. 11; [Donaldson, Gram. p. 344; New Crat. §§ 185, 213; L. and S. s. v.].*
1) first letter of Greek alphabet
2) Christ is the Alpha to indicate that he is the beginning and the end
Α
A al'-fah Of Hebrew origin; the first letter of the alphabet: figuratively only (from its use as a numeral) the first . Often used (usually “an”, before a vowel) also in composition (as a contraction from G427) in the sense of privation; so in many words beginning with this letter; occasionally in the sense of union (as a contraction of G260) KJV Usage: Alpha.
5598 LSJ Gloss:Ω great
Dodson:Ὦ omega omega, the last letter of the Greek alphabet.
Thayer:
1) the last letter in the Greek alphabet
2) the last
Ω
Ō o'-meg-ah The last letter of the Greek alphabet, that is, (figuratively) the finality KJV Usage: Omega.
746 LSJ Gloss:ἀρχή a beginning, origin, first cause
Dodson:ἀρχή ruler, beginning (a) rule (kingly or magisterial), (b) plur: in a quasi-personal sense, almost: rulers, magistrates, (c) beginning.
Thayer:
1) beginning, origin
2) the person or thing that commences, the first person or thing in a series, the leader
3) that by which anything begins to be, the origin, the active cause
4) the extremity of a thing
4a) of the corners of a sail
5) the first place, principality, rule, magistracy
5a) of angels and demons
ἀρχή
archē ar-khay' From G756; (properly abstract) a commencement, or (concrete) chief (in various applications of order, time, place or rank) KJV Usage: beginning, corner, (at the, the) first (estate), magistrate, power, principality, principle, rule.
5056 LSJ Gloss:τέλος the fulfilment
Dodson:τέλος an end, purpose, tax (a) an end, (b) event or issue, (c) the principal end, aim, purpose, (d) a tax.
Thayer:
1) end
1a) termination, the limit at which a thing ceases to be (always of the end of some act or state, but not of the end of a period of time)
1b) the end
1b1) the last in any succession or series
1b2) eternal
1c) that by which a thing is finished, its close, issue
1d) the end to which all things relate, the aim, purpose
2) toll, custom (i.e. indirect tax on goods)
τέλος
telos tel'-os From a primary word τέλλω tellō (to set out for a definite point or goal); properly the point aimed at as a limit, that is, (by implication) the conclusion of an act or state (termination [literally, figuratively or indefinitely], result [immediate, ultimate or prophetic], purpose); specifically an impost or levy (as paid) KJV Usage: + continual, custom, end (-ing), finally, uttermost.
The one sitting on the throne says ‘it is birthed’. The new age is birthed in the eight thousandth year. The next phrase may seem strange to us, but to every Jewish person, they would have understood these letters. They may have regarded them as treasonous as the Jews did not believe Jesus as the Messiah. Yet Jesus tells us he is the A and the Z, the Alpha and Omega, or the Aleph and the Tav. In the Paleo Hebrew, the Aleph Tav denote a strong man and a cross. It is used over 11,000 times, throughout the old covenant and is the Hebrew Strong’s number 853. It is the Greek Strong’s number 3588. While we do not have time to go into detail with this study, the short answer is that Jesus declared himself to be the marker that exists in the text of the Bible which is usually untranslated in English or randomly translated as “the”.
Jesus declares that he is the one Isaiah is talking about.
Isaiah 41:4 (AMP)
4 Who has prepared and done this, calling forth and guiding the destinies of the generations [of the nations] from the beginning? I, the Lord—the first [existing before history began] and with the last [an ever-present, unchanging God]—I am He.
Jesus is the one from the beginning, and is Israel’s redeemer.
Isaiah 44:6 (AMP)
6 Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts: I am the First and I am the Last; besides Me there is no God.
Jesus says he is the Lord of Hosts, Lord of the angel armies.
Isaiah 48:12 (AMP)
12 Listen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel, My called [ones]: I am He; I am the First, I also am the Last.
Jesus then tells us this as John wrote to us in the beginning of Revelation. This was to be written and sent to the seven churches.
Revelation 1:11 (AMP)
11 Saying, I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last. Write promptly what you see (your vision) in a book and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia—to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.
John, seeing his beloved friend, falls at his feet. Jesus declares himself again.
Revelation 1:17 (AMP)
17 When I saw Him, I fell at His feet as if dead. But He laid His right hand on me and said, Do not be afraid! I am the First and the Last,
To the church at Smyrna he has John write that He was dead and is alive.
Revelation 2:8 (AMP)
8 And to the angel (messenger) of the assembly (church) in Smyrna write: These are the words of the First and the Last, Who died and came to life again:
This is to a church where, like Philadelphia, there were people who called themselves Jews, but were not Jews, but were in fact from the synagogue of satan. The people in the church were being imprisoned and martyred. They were not going to be hurt in the second death. So Jesus is reminding them that he was dead and is now alive, and if they would be faithful even in death they may die but they would live.
One last time, Jesus reminds us who he is. He is the fulfillment of the Aleph Tav, 11,000 times scribed in the old covenant. The strong man on the cross. He is the marker. He is the first, before all, and the last, the end of all.
Revelation 22:13 (AMP)
13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last (the Before all and the End of all).
If we only read one half of this book we will not understand how Jesus can call himself the Alpha and Omega. This book however is one book. If we disregard half of it, we will not understand the other half. The Holy Spirit moved holy men, the friends of God and the prophets, to write this book. This is why we have to reference other usages of these subjects. The end explains the beginning, and the beginning explains the end, just like a good mystery novel.
Revelation 21:6… G1473 I G3588 [2to the one G1372 3thirsting G1325 1will give] G1537 from out of G3588 the G4077 spring G3588 of the G5204 water G3588 G2222 of life G1431 without charge.
1372 LSJ Gloss:διψάω to thirst
Dodson:διψάω I thirst for, desire earnestly.
Thayer:
1) to suffer thirst, suffer from thirst
1a) figuratively, those who are said to thirst who painfully feel their want of, and eagerly long for, those things by which the soul is refreshed, supported, strengthened
διψάω
dipsaō dip-sah'-o From a variation of G1373; to thirst for (literally or figuratively) KJV Usage: (be, be a-) thirst (-y).
4077 LSJ Gloss:πηγή running waters, streams
Dodson:πηγή a fountain, spring, well a fountain, spring, well, issue, flow.
Thayer:
1) fountain, spring
2) a well fed by a spring
πηγή
pēgē pay-gay' Probably from G4078 (through the idea of gushing plumply); a fount (literally or figuratively), that is, source or supply (of water, blood, enjoyment), (not necessarily the original spring) KJV Usage: fountain, well.
5204 LSJ Gloss:ὕδωρ water
Dodson:ὕδωρ water.
Thayer:
1) water
1a) of water in rivers, in fountains, in pools
1b) of the water of the deluge
1c) of water in any of the earth's repositories
1d) of water as the primary element, out of and through which the world that was before the deluge, arose and was compacted
1e) of the waves of the sea
1f) fig. used of many peoples
ὕδωρ, ὕδατος
hudōr hudatos hoo'-dor, hoo'-dat-os, etc . From the base of G5205; water (as if rainy) literally or figuratively KJV Usage: water.
2222 LSJ Gloss:ζωή a living
Dodson:ζωή life life, both of physical (present) and of spiritual (particularly future) existence.
Thayer:
1) life
1a) the state of one who is possessed of vitality or is animate
1b) every living soul
2) life
2a) of the absolute fulness of life, both essential and ethical, which belongs to God, and through him both to the hypostatic "logos" and to Christ in whom the "logos" put on human nature
2b) life real and genuine, a life active and vigorous, devoted to God, blessed, in the portion even in this world of those who put their trust in Christ, but after the resurrection to be consummated by new accessions (among them a more perfect body), and to last for ever.
For Synonyms see entry G5821
ζωή
zōē dzo-ay' From G2198; life (literally or figuratively) KJV Usage: life (-time).
1413 LSJ Gloss:δωρεά a gift, present
Dodson:δωρεά a free gift a (free) gift, a gift (without repayment).
Thayer:
1) a gift
For Synonyms see entry G5839
δωρεά
dōrea do-reh-ah' From G1435; a gratuity KJV Usage: gift.
The idea of thirsting here is really desiring earnestly or eagerly longing for. We all thirst for Jesus. What Jesus gives is living water. There is such a thing as dead water; I would point you to Masaru Emoto’s water crystal studies. This water has life, zōē, and it is a gift. Who is the fountain of living waters?
Jeremiah 2:13 (AMP)
13 For My people have committed two evils: they have forsaken Me, the Fountain of living waters, and they have hewn for themselves cisterns, broken cisterns which cannot hold water.
Yahweh, Jesus. Those who depart from Yahweh will be erased.
Jeremiah 17:13 (AMP)
13 O Lord, the Hope of Israel, all who forsake You shall be put to shame. They who depart from You and me [Your prophet] shall [disappear like] writing upon the ground, because they have forsaken the Lord, the Fountain of living waters.
When Jesus was in Samaria speaking with the woman at the well, he tells her that he would have given her living water. Whoever drinks of his water will never thirst again.
John 4:10-14 (AMP)
10 Jesus answered her, If you had only known and had recognized God's gift and Who this is that is saying to you, Give Me a drink, you would have asked Him [instead] and He would have given you living water.
11 She said to Him, Sir, You have nothing to draw with [no drawing bucket] and the well is deep; how then can You provide living water? [Where do You get Your living water?]
12 Are You greater than and superior to our ancestor Jacob, who gave us this well and who used to drink from it himself, and his sons and his cattle also?
13 Jesus answered her, All who drink of this water will be thirsty again.
14 But whoever takes a drink of the water that I will give him shall never, no never, be thirsty any more. But the water that I will give him shall become a spring of water welling up (flowing, bubbling) [continually] within him unto (into, for) eternal life.
Jesus’ water will quench all thirst. Jesus’ water will spring up within the one who drinks for eternal life.
This is a little different as we read about Moses and Aaron. They are praying for the people to receive living water. This prayer is immensely important, but has been deleted from the Masoretic Text and consequently from many translations. Here are two translations that include this prayer, Douay Rheims, and Wycliffe.
Numbers 20:6 (DRV)
6 And Moses and Aaron leaving the multitude, went into the tabernacle of the covenant, and fell flat upon the ground, and cried to the Lord, and said: O Lord God, hear the cry of this people, and open to them thy treasure, a fountain of living water, that being satisfied, they may cease to murmur. And the glory of the Lord appeared over them.
All other translations make it seem as if Moses and Aaron simply go into the tabernacle and magically the glory of the Lord appears. No, they prayed first; ‘open a treasure, a fountain of living water’.
Numbers 20:6-12 Wycliffe Bible (WYC)
6 And when the multitude was left, Moses and Aaron entered into the tabernacle of [the] bond of peace, and they fell down low upon the earth, and they cried to God, and said, Lord God, hear the cry of this people, and open to them thy treasure, a well of quick water, that when they be filled, the grouching of them cease. And the glory of the Lord appeared upon them; (And they left the multitude, and Moses and Aaron entered into the Tabernacle of the Covenant, and they fell down on the ground, and they cried out to God, and said, Lord God, hear the cry of these people, and open thy treasure to them, yea, a well of fresh water, so that when they be filled, their grumbling shall cease. And the glory of the Lord appeared above them;) https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers+20%3A6-12&version=WYC
Open a well of fresh water. The people were thirsty. The glory of the Lord appeared above Moses and Aaron when they were asking for water. It may be that they were not only praying for water, but living water, spiritual water, so they will see Him and not grumble and complain. If the people truly trusted in Him they would not be upset, they would patiently wait for water without asking.
In our day it is similar to going to the emergency room and waiting patiently for medical help. As people wait for a doctor to see them, emotionally, they get more and more anxious. That is probably the way Israel felt being in a desert. Moses and Aaron prayed for regular water, but really living water to open their spiritual eyes to see Yahweh. If we remember the rest of the story, Moses got crabby with the people, and hit the rock twice. Moses was then told that he would not lead them into the promised land. Moses got annoyed with these people who wished they were back in Egypt, but Yahweh understood their fear and their needs.
Revelation 21:7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
Revelation 21:7 G3588 The one G3528 overcoming G2816 shall inherit G3956 all, G2532 and G1510.8.1 I will be G1473 to him G2316 God, G2532 and G1473 he G1510.8.3 will be G1473 to me G5207 a son.
3528 LSJ Gloss:νικάω to conquer, prevail, vanquish
Dodson:νικάω I conquer, overcome I conquer, am victorious, overcome, prevail, subdue.
Thayer:
1) to conquer
1a) to carry off the victory, come off victorious
1a1) of Christ, victorious over all His foes
1a2) of Christians, that hold fast their faith even unto death against the power of their foes, and temptations and persecutions
1a3) when one is arraigned or goes to law, to win the case, maintain one's cause
νικάω
nikaō nik-ah'-o From G3529; to subdue (literally or figuratively) KJV Usage: conquer, overcome, prevail, get the victory.
2816 LSJ Gloss:κληρονομέω to receive a share of an inheritance, to inherit a portion
Dodson:κληρονομέωI inherit, obtain I inherit, obtain (possess) by inheritance, acquire.
Thayer:
1) to receive a lot, receive by lot
1a) esp. to receive a part of an inheritance, receive as an inheritance, obtain by right of inheritance
1b) to be an heir, to inherit
2) to receive the portion assigned to one, receive an allotted portion, receive as one's own or as a possession
3) to become partaker of, to obtain
κληρονομέω
klēronomeō klay-ron-om-eh'-o From G2818; to be an heir to (literally or figuratively) KJV Usage: be heir, (obtain by) inherit (-ance).
5207 LSJ Gloss:υἱός A son
Dodson:υἱός a son, descendent.
Thayer:
1) a son
1a) rarely used for the young of animals
1b) generally used of the offspring of men
1c) in a restricted sense, the male offspring (one born by a father and of a mother)
1d) in a wider sense, a descendant, one of the posterity of any one,
1d1) the
υἱός
uihos hwee-os' Apparently a primary word; a “son” (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figurative kinship KJV Usage: child, foal, son.
The overcomer becomes an heir. A child who will become an heir is birthed over the course of nine months, from conception to delivery. Then the child who will become an heir has to learn and grow. It takes time to birth a nation as the Lord says in Isaiah.
Isaiah 66:6 A voice of a cry from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the Lord rendering recompence to his adversaries. 7 Before she that travailed brought forth, before the travail-pain came on, she escaped it and brought forth a male. 8 Who has heard such a thing? and who has seen after this manner? Has the earth travailed in one day? or has even a nation been born at once, that Sion has travailed, and brought forth her children? 9 But I have raised this expectation, yet thou hast not remembered me, saith the Lord: behold, have not I made the bearing and barren woman? saith thy God. http://ecmarsh.com/lxx/Esaias/index.htm
Zion is bringing forth children, the Lord is bringing forth children. The Lord has been waiting to birth this nation, but they, the people, forgot about him. Overcoming is a process, it is not something we do once and then we are finished. It is something we do over and over until we die. That is how a nation is birthed, that is how a child is born.
The overcoming takes place in the six thousand years before the year of rest. Then again it takes place during the seven thousandth year of rest. Once all the overcomers have been birthed, a new age emerges, the eight thousandth year. This is a true and trustworthy saying, it is something we can count on, just as Yahweh brought forth a nation out of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob’s loins. Jesus/Yahweh is the beginning and the ending, and just as he came to earth, died, rose, and ascended, he will gather all overcomers to himself, and join them in the adorned new Jerusalem.
