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He who sits on the throne said, "Behold, I make all things new." He said, "Write, for these words are faithful and true."
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God's Ultimate Renewal
Commentators identify the speaker as God himself, seated on the throne. His declaration, "Behold, I make all things new," is a powerful promise of complete re-creation, not just restoration. As one scholar notes, this presents God as the great "Regenerator," whose work of making things new is as glorious as His original act of creation. This is the ultimate fulfillment of His redemptive plan.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And He that sat upon the throne said. Probably the Messiah, the dispenser of the rewards of heaven. See the notes on Revelation 20:11.
Behold, I make all things new (Ιδου καινα ποιω παντα). The first time since 1:8 that God has been represented as speaking directly…
19th Century
Anglican
THE SECOND VOICE.—The voice of Him who sits on the Throne (Revelation 21:5–8).
And he who sat upon the throne . . .
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Baptist
Once, the Lord might have said, "Behold, I make all things;" but now he says, "Behold, I make all things new." Glory be to the great Creat…
For the second time in the book, God himself speaks (cf. 1:8). From his throne comes the assurance that the One who created the first heaven and ea…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he that sat upon the throne said By whom is meant, either God the Father, who is often represented in this book as sitting…
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The new heaven and the new earth will not be separate from each other; the earth of the saints, their glorified bodies, will be heavenly. The old w…
