New Heaven and New Earth

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Christian theological concept biblical eschatological concept doctrinal belief

New Heaven and New Earth is a biblical eschatological concept describing the renewed, perfected creation that God will establish at the end of time following Christ’s return.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Holy City, New Jerusalem 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian theological concept ⓘ
biblical eschatological concept ⓘ
doctrinal belief ⓘ
associatedWith Christian eschatology ⓘ
Second Coming of Christ ⓘ
end times ⓘ
centralTheme God dwelling with His people ⓘ
cosmic renewal ⓘ
removal of death ⓘ
removal of pain ⓘ
removal of sin ⓘ
removal of suffering ⓘ
restoration of creation ⓘ
characterizedAs eternal dwelling of God with redeemed humanity ⓘ
perfected creation ⓘ
renewed creation ⓘ
contrastedWith first heaven and first earth ⓘ
present fallen creation ⓘ
describedIn Bible ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ
Bible ⓘ
surface form: Old Testament
followsEvent final judgment ⓘ
passing away of first heaven and first earth ⓘ
return of Christ ⓘ
hasConceptualAspect renewal rather than annihilation (in many interpretations) ⓘ
transformation of the cosmos ⓘ
hasSourceText Second Epistle of Peter ⓘ
surface form: 2 Peter 3:13

Isaiah 65:17 ⓘ
Isaiah 66:22 ⓘ
Book of Revelation ⓘ
surface form: Revelation 21–22
includesElement New Earth ⓘ
Heaven ⓘ
surface form: New Heaven
interpretedWithin amillennial eschatology ⓘ
postmillennial eschatology ⓘ
premillennial eschatology ⓘ
linguisticOrigin Christian English theological terminology ⓘ
mediatedThrough Jesus Christ ⓘ
promisedBy God ⓘ
relatedDoctrine consummation of all things in Christ ⓘ
final judgment ⓘ
Kingdom of God ⓘ
surface form: kingdom of God

resurrection of the dead ⓘ
symbolizedBy New Heaven and New Earth self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Holy City, New Jerusalem
temporalScope eternal state ⓘ
viewedAs completion of creation ⓘ
fulfillment of God’s redemptive plan ⓘ
fulfillment of prophetic promises in Isaiah ⓘ

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Second Coming of Christ → associatedWith → New Heaven and New Earth ⓘ
Book of Revelation → subject → New Heaven and New Earth ⓘ
New Heaven and New Earth → symbolizedBy → New Heaven and New Earth self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holy City, New Jerusalem