Come and study the Holy Scriptures with us as Father Stephen DeYoung teaches verse by verse on the podcast, The Whole Council of God.

Father Stephen holds a Ph.D. in biblical studies, and it's an Orthodox priest serving at Archangel Gabriel Orthodox Church in Lafayette, Louisiana.

Chapter 21.

Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth

for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away.

Also, there was no more sea.

Sorry, beach goers.

No, that's not what it's talking.

So when did the old heaven of the old earth pass away?

Remember, they ran away.

They ran away from God on the throne.

He sort of scampered off.

Right.

So that is a new one.

So what is it talking about?

Is it talking about like the physical earth?

Well, then it would have to be

talking about the physical heaven. So no. It's talking about the order of the creation. Right? That's

why it's using heaven and earth. So where does Genesis?

We'll get there in a couple weeks.

Where does Genesis 1 start?

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

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