The Bible begins with a formless and void earth (Gen 1:2) and ends with the destruction of the present earth (Rev 21:1). It begins with a water covered earth (Gen 1:2) and ends with a new earth with no sea (Rev 21:1). It begins with the Holy Spirit hovering over the earth in the glory cloud.(Gen 1:2). When the inner reality of the glory cloud is revealed, we see God in his heaven (Ezek 1:5-28). What corresponds in the New Testament to the glory cloud is the New Jerusalem, the abode of God, which will come down to the new earth so that for all eternity God will dwell among his people (Rev 21:1-3; 21:9-11).
The Glory Cloud/New Jerusalem Hovering and Finally Coming Down to Earth
About the Author: Mike Rusten
Mike Rusten grew up in Plymouth, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. God drew him to himself at a Billy Graham crusade when Mike was a junior high boy, and life was never to be the same. He graduated from Princeton University where he was president of the Princeton Evangelical Fellowship. Read More ...
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