And (1) I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
(1) Now follows the second part of the history prophetic of the future estate of the Church in heaven after the last judgment, to (Revelation 21:2; Revelation 22:5). In this are two things briefly declared. The station, seat, or place of it, (Revelation 21:1). Then her state and condition, in the verses following. Before the state of the Church described, is set down the state of the whole world, that there shall be a new heaven, and a new earth; (Isaiah 65:17; Isaiah 66:22; 2 Peter 3:13) and this is the seat or place of the Church, in which righteousness shall dwell.