The Consummation of the Covenant

Revelation 21:3-4
"The Consummation of the Covenant"

Covenant Theology—the God-given hermeneutic

Did God leave all mankind to perish in the estate of sin and misery? God having, out of his mere good pleasure, from all eternity, elected some to everlasting life, did enter into a covenant of grace, to deliver them out of the estate of sin and misery, and to bring them into an estate of salvation by a Redeemer.

I. An Incomprehensible Glory (4)

o The Negatives—no 1st heaven, 1st earth, sea, death, mourning, crying, pain.

o Thinking in personal terms about this promise

II. Consummation of the Covenant (3)

o An Ancient pledge fulfilled (Lev. 26:11-12; Jn. 1:14)

o What it means for you then and now (Eph. 4:24; 1 Jn. 3:1-3; 2 Pet. 3:11-14)