Will we be able to explore the new earth? Or will we be stuck in the city?

[Harley.]

As the question asks, will we be able to leave the city?

Revelation 22:14 Seems to say we will.

Blessed are those who wash their robes,c so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.

To enter that means we would have to be outside the city. But idk.

 

[d taylor]

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Not everyone will live in the new Jerusalem.

 

[Harley.]

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Not everyone will live in the new Jerusalem.

Where does it say that? And how is that decided?

 

[RileyG]

It's highly symbolic language. I know, at the end of time, we will be given new glorified bodies so I assume we will be able to explore the new "earth" so to speak.

 

[d taylor]

Where does it say that? And how is that decided?

Below is a link to quite a few articles on the topic, if you want you can read a free grace perspective.om the subject

Search Results for “New jerusalem” – Grace Evangelical Society

 

[Harley.]

It's highly symbolic language. I know, at the end of time, we will be given new glorified bodies so I assume we will be able to explore the new "earth" so to speak.

I agree that Revelation is symbolic, (as such I tend to not take much of my theology from it) but the new earth is mentioned in multiple books of the bible so I would say, that if anything is literal, its the new earth.

 

[YeshuaFollower]

As the question asks, will we be able to leave the city?

Revelation 22:14 Seems to say we will.

Blessed are those who wash their robes,c so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.

To enter that means we would have to be outside the city. But idk.

I really like your question. Personally, I believe in the book revelations. yes there are a lot of symbols but they are the same as found in other texts of the bible sometimes the meaning was explained in other books, do search fross references in revelations amazing. I firmly believe there will be a new earth and a new Jerusalem, I calculated the size of the city and it will be absolutely HUGE! will not fit on the current earth!

GOD will inhabit the city why would you leave from there? but yes I do believe we will be able to. It is not known what man's role will be then but the universe is without end is it not? is not man made in GOD's image are we not called in the bible sons and daughters of GOD? read JOHN 17: 21-24 very enlightening;
Joh 17:21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

Joh 17:22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:

Joh 17:23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.

Joh 17:24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

Many people think revelations it is very symbolic, some maybe but most of it is not. Did you know pure gold without any impurity can have a transparent crystalline form? this is new to physics. then how did the person who wrote (JOHN) this know that science fact? It was a direct revelation of JESUS SON OF GOD, of this I have no doubt!

Rev 21:21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.

Glorious things ahead for the believers who to the will of the father! The kingdom of GOD is coming, prepare!

Blessings everyone!

JFF

 

[BobRyan]

As the question asks, will we be able to leave the city?

Revelation 22:14 Seems to say we will.

Blessed are those who wash their robes,c so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.

To enter that means we would have to be outside the city. But idk.

Someone put it this way --

"There, immortal minds will contemplate with never-failing delight the wonders of creative power, the mysteries of redeeming love. There will be no cruel, deceiving foe to tempt to forgetfulness of God. Every faculty will be developed, every capacity increased. The acquirement of knowledge will not weary the mind or exhaust the energies. There the grandest enterprises may be carried forward, the loftiest aspirations reached, the highest ambitions realized; and still there will arise new heights to surmount, new wonders to admire, new truths to comprehend, fresh objects to call forth the powers of mind and soul and body.

" All the treasures of the universe will be open to the study of God’s redeemed. Unfettered by mortality, they wing their tireless flight to worlds afar—worlds that thrilled with sorrow at the spectacle of human woe and rang with songs of gladness at the tidings of a ransomed soul. With unutterable delight the children of earth enter into the joy and the wisdom of unfallen beings. They share the treasures of knowledge and understanding gained through ages upon ages in contemplation of God’s handiwork. With undimmed vision they gaze upon the glory of creation—suns and stars and systems, all in their appointed order circling the throne of Deity. Upon all things, from the least to the greatest, the Creator’s name is written, and in all are the riches of His power displayed.

" And the years of eternity, as they roll, will bring richer and still more glorious revelations of God and of Christ. As knowledge is progressive, so will love, reverence, and happiness increase. The more men learn of God, the greater will be their admiration of His character. As Jesus opens before them the riches of redemption and the amazing achievements in the great controversy with Satan, the hearts of the ransomed thrill with more fervent devotion, and with more rapturous joy they sweep the harps of gold; and ten thousand times ten thousand and thousands of thousands of voices unite to swell the mighty chorus of praise

 

[Blade]

As the question asks, will we be able to leave the city?

Revelation 22:14 Seems to say we will.

Blessed are those who wash their robes,c so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.

To enter that means we would have to be outside the city. But idk.

When we see Him we will be like He is. Now how did Christ show up to the 12 after He rose? From what I gather we can walk run or just think were we want to be or get this even fly.

 

[Jonaitis]

As the question asks, will we be able to leave the city?

Revelation 22:14 Seems to say we will.

Blessed are those who wash their robes,c so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.

To enter that means we would have to be outside the city. But idk.

It is possible that the city is synonymous with the kingdom on the new earth, but I could be wrong.

 

[ViaCrucis]

As the question asks, will we be able to leave the city?

Revelation 22:14 Seems to say we will.

Blessed are those who wash their robes,c so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.

To enter that means we would have to be outside the city. But idk.

The New Jerusalem isn't (and almost certainly isn't) a literal city. Consider the language St. John employs speaking of it as the Lamb's bride. Bridal language is, biblically, applied to God's people, to the Church. In the Old Testament God describes Himself as Israel's husband, and in the New Testament the Church is spoken as being a bride to Christ.

The descent of the New Jerusalem is the union of heaven and earth, the people of God with God in new creation forever, "They will be His people and He will be their God".

-CryptoLutheran

 

[All Becomes New]

As the question asks, will we be able to leave the city?

Revelation 22:14 Seems to say we will.

Blessed are those who wash their robes,c so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.

To enter that means we would have to be outside the city. But idk.

I recently had something of a vision where I was in the NHNE and in a pasture by myself. There was one animal with me, but besides that, I felt at peace being alone there in that serene place.

In heaven, there is only peace and well-being. There is nothing you can consider to be suffering there. It is not necessarily glee but peace knowing all things are well.

 

[Spiritual Jew]

As the question asks, will we be able to leave the city?

Revelation 22:14 Seems to say we will.

Blessed are those who wash their robes,c so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.

To enter that means we would have to be outside the city. But idk.

That isn't meant to be taken literally. We will inherit the entire new earth, not just part of it. The holy city, new Jerusalem, is said to be "the bride, the wife of the Lamb" (Revelation 21:9). How could a literal, physical city be the bride of Christ? It couldn't be. No, it's a figurative representation of Christ's church.

 

[Harley.]

I recently had something of a vision where I was in the NHNE and in a pasture by myself. There was one animal with me, but besides that, I felt at peace being alone there in that serene place.

In heaven, there is only peace and well-being. There is nothing you can consider to be suffering there. It is not necessarily glee but peace knowing all things are well.

I dont want to sound argumentative, but I dont think that this was a legitimate vision, as it doesnt line up with the bible. Heaven is always shown in descriptions of fellowship and joy, not exile. Exile sounds more in accordance with hell.