CHAPTER 7

ON THE NEW HEAVEN AND THE NEW EARTH, AS WELL AS THE NEW JERUSALEM, THE ETERNAL CITY OF GOD, AND THE RETURN OF ALL CREATURES AFTER THE PERIODS OF ETERNITY TO THE ETERNALLY GENTLE AND QUIET DIVINE PEACE AND GLORY OF THE BLESSED, WHEN ALL ACCURSED THINGS SHALL DISAPPEAR (REVELATION 22:3)

PART 1

We noted earlier that no concept of time is implied in the omnipresence of God, since there was nothing before him and will be nothing after him. This is why he calls himself “he who is” when he speaks with Moses in Exodus 3, verse 14. Therefore, time only exists in respect to the beginning and end of the cyclical movement of our solar system, that is, as long as the and follow the command of God in Genesis 1, verses 16 to 18 and fulfill their appointed purpose. We discussed in volume 2, chapter 6, part 5 how this system would be transformed at the Last Judgment with respect to the , and . In volumes 1 and 2 we also described how at the Last Judgment the devil and all the damned will be cast down into the fiery pit to suffer indescribable torture. But how long will it be after damnation has ended before the New Heaven and the New Earth will be brought forth by Christ, the King of Kings, from this our solar system? We say “from this our solar system” because its other worlds did not share in the ruin of our world, as we noted in part 37 of chapter 4 above on astrology. (See also Revelation 21, verse 1, “Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had vanished.” See also Paul's letter to the Hebrews 1, verse 12, “Thou shalt fold them up like a cloak; they shall be changed like any garment.” This should be understood in the context of our solar system). After the last enemy is conquered (the devil and his kingdom) it will all be made new through the Fiat, the eternal Word (see First Corinthians 15, verse 26), as mentioned in volume 2, chapter 7, part 69 of this book. However, if the reader is not able to reconcile what we have said here and in the preceding part with the Systema Magna found in volume 2, the following comments will cause him more confusion than enlightenment.

PART 2

We described earlier in great detail how Lucifer fell and how his magnificent world was transformed into a desolate place because of his rejection of the divine light of joy, and then how Elohim created our solar system from this dark, desolate mixture. When the times of renewal before the countenance of the Lord arrive (see Acts 3, verse 17) and all ruined and damned creatures have passed through the judgment of divine justice and are made perfect, Christ the King of honor and glory will return the entire solar system back into its original glorious form, as it was before the fall of Lucifer. At the same time he will bring forth from this earth a New Earth on which the New Jerusalem will be founded, the magnificent City of God, as distinct from the original City of God and New Jerusalem above the vault of the heavens. And over the New Earth he will bring forth a New Heaven above the New Earth.

PART 3

We can conclude how magnificent this New Heaven is from the description of the glorious City of God in Revelation 21. Although the archetypical City of God is described from verse 10 to the end of that chapter, we can conclude from this description that the New Heaven and the New Earth will both be made quite glorious and awe-inspiring. We can also conclude this from the words uttered by the voice from heaven that speaks to John in verse 3 of Revelation 21, “Now God has his dwelling among men! He will dwell among them and they shall be his people, and God himself will be with them.” Under the New Heaven and on the New Earth there will no longer be day and night, because the elements and the principia secundaria themselves no longer exist as such, but have been reunited with their first light, as it was before the creation of the current solar system. There will no longer be a night, since the planets, as well as the sun, will become clear bodies, illuminated with the clarity of God, in contrast to the archetypical City of God described in Revelation 21, verse 23. In verse 4 of that same chapter Saint John hears the loud voice from heaven say, “He will wipe every tear from their eyes; there shall be an end to death…” (namely the second death, for the first or bodily death was already eliminated at the Last Judgment) “…and to mourning and crying and pain…” (which are all things related to elemental existence) “…for the old order has passed away. Then he who sat on the throne said, ‘Behold! I make all things new!’” Thus, the principles (the elements) that cause pain, suffering, affliction, misery, and tribulation will be completely transformed, made new and returned to light.

PART 4

After Christ Jesus has renewed all of Creation, what Saint John relates in Revelation 22, verse 3 will be fulfilled, “Every accursed thing shall disappear,” that is, neither death, damnation, sorrow, mourning, nor pain. Rather, God will wipe every tear from their eyes and will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. What First Corinthians 10 describes will also be fulfilled, “After that the end will come…” (that is, the end of time) “…when he will turn his kingdom over to God, the Father” (after he, Christ, has renewed all of Creation). “And he will abolish all authority and power” (this refers in particular to the authority, might and power of death and of Satan, as the following verses will clarity). Verse 25, “For he must reign until all his enemies lie under his feet.” Verse 6, “The last enemy, however, that will be abolished, is death” (namely the death of damnation). Verse 28, “After everything has been made subject to him, the Son will then be made subject to him who rules over all things, until God is everything in all things.” And in Zachariah 14, verse 9 we read, “Then the Lord shall become king over all the earth; on that day the Lord shall be one Lord and his name the one name.” Deuteronomy 6, verse 4 notes, “Hear, 0 Israel, the Lord is our God, one Lord.” We should look at these words more closely. In doing so we will awaken an entire army of worldly voices against us, and be accused of being heretical. For that reason, we will leave these citations from Scripture for the seeker of truth to reflect upon on his own with the help of the Holy Spirit, especially the words, “The Lord is one Lord and his name is one.” In the meantime we declare before God that we reject and are repulsed by all Arian and Socinian principles, as our entire book will show. Nevertheless, there are passages in Scripture that few scholars have explained according to the true sense of the spirit, among them Deuteronomy 6, verse 4; Zechariah 14; and First Corinthians 15, verse 24. How can it be otherwise, since Almighty God is not taught and explained to us according to nature, in which he reveals himself, or from the unadulterated words of Scripture, but rather through empty theological terminology invented by men? These terms, which should represent the highest expression of our concept of God are used instead even today in continuous bitter arguments of a truly heretical and blasphemous nature, such that the incomprehensible godhead, Father, Son and Holy Spirit must endure being subject to the description of thoroughly corrupted human reason.

PART 5

After Christ Jesus, the only begotten Son of God, the Alpha (beginning) and Omega (end) of all things (see First Corinthians 15, verse 28) made all things new and returned them to their original perfection, so that there were no more accursed things, that is, no more hell and death (for as long as these exist there will be accursed things and the final enemy, the second death, will still reign), then the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the majestic City of God, and his servants will minister to him. Verse 4, “And they will see his countenance,” of which David says in Psalm 16, verse 11, “In thy presence is the fullness of joy, in thy right hand pleasures for evermore.” The highest and most unfathomable pleasure will be this: to see the countenance of God's majestic glory. And his name will be written on the foreheads of the blessed. Verse 5, “And there will be no more night and yet you will not need a candle or the light of the sun. For the Lord God will illuminate them and they will rule for all eternity.”

PART 6

“For they will rule for all eternity”: these words suggest the blessed pleasure of pleasures, so long as the Lord God remains God, that is, without end. It would be impossible to describe before we have experienced it ourselves, for it is written that such joy has never existed in the human heart. And so we will conclude with the words of Revelation 22, verses 20 and 21, “He who gives this testimony speaks: ‘Yes, I am coming soon!’ Come, Lord Jesus! The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.”