![]() Still others take this symbolically as representing the nations and peoples of the Gentiles. So why wouldn’t Jesus renovate these huge bodies of water and their inhabitants? Some commentators take John’s words to mean the oceans are done away with, not fresh bodies of water. Many of God’s creatures reside in the sea or rely on it for life. John may be saying that just as the old heaven and earth have passed away, so has the old sea, which covers most of our planet. It’s curious that John notes there is no longer any sea (Rev. 21:1 – Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea no longer existed. ![]() Previously: A new heaven and a new earth – Revelation 21:1-8 The scripture
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