THE NEW
HEAVENS AND THE NEW EARTH
Isaiah 65:17-21
Thus says the LORD:
Lo, I am about to create new heavens
and a new earth;
The things of the past shall not be remembered
or come to mind.
Instead, there shall always be rejoicing and happiness
in what I create;
For I create Jerusalem to be a joy
and its people to be a delight;
I will rejoice in Jerusalem
and exult in my people.
No longer shall the sound of weeping be heard there,
or the sound of crying;
No longer shall there be in it
an infant who lives but a few days,
or an old man who does not round out his full lifetime;
He dies a mere youth who reaches but a hundred years,
and he who fails of a hundred shall be thought accursed.
They shall live in the houses they build,
and eat the fruit of the vineyards they plant.
“My daughter, what is not enjoyed today, will be enjoyed
tomorrow; what now seems darkness because it finds blind minds, will turn into
Sun tomorrow for those who have eyes. How much good they will do. So, let's
keep doing what we've done. Let's do what is needed from our side so that
nothing may be missing of help, light, good and surprising truth to make my
Will known and to make It reign. I will use every means of love, grace and
chastisement. I will touch all sides of creatures in order to have my Will
reign. When it will seem that the true
good is about to die, then, it will rise again more beautiful and
majestic." Book of Heaven, Vol. 36, Sept. 18, 1938
“The acts done in my Will, carrying the
Creative Power within themselves, will be the new salvation of man; and
descending from Heaven, they will bring all goods upon earth. They
will bring the New Era, and the triumph over human iniquity.” Book
of Heaven, Volume 12 - April 26, 1921
“The world is exactly at the same point as when
I was about to come upon earth. All were awaiting a great event, a new
era, as indeed occurred. The same now; since the great event, the new era in which the Will of God may
be done on earth as It is in Heaven, is coming – everyone is awaiting this
new era, tired of the present one, but
without knowing what this new thing, this change is about, just as they did not
know it when I came upon earth.” Book
of Heaven, Volume 15 - July 14, 1923
“The glorious reign of
Christ will be above all established in hearts and souls.” “The glorious reign of Christ will correspond
to a general flowering of holiness and purity, of love and justice, of joy and
peace. For the hearts of men will be
transformed by the powerful force of the Holy Spirit…” “The glorious reign of Christ will be
established after the complete defeat of satan and all the spirits of
evil and the destruction of satans diabolical power. “The glorious reign of Christ will
coincide with the triumph of the Eucharistic reign of Jesus…” “Your heavenly Mother is leading you on
toward these new heavens and this new earth, the Mother who is gathering
you today from every part of the world to prepare you to receive the Lord who
is coming.” MMP, #505, Nov. 21, 1993
“The new era, which I announce
to you, coincides with the complete fulfillment of the Divine Will, so
that at last there is coming about that which Jesus taught you to ask for from
the Heavenly Father: ‘Your Will be done on earth as it is in heaven.’” From the perfect fulfillment of the Divine
Will, the whole world is becoming renewed because God finds there, as it
were, His new garden of Eden where He can dwell in loving companionship
with His creatures.” MMP, #453, Aug. 15, 1991
“Sufferings never before
experienced are awaiting you, because the moment of a universal renewal is
drawing close. Satan will be defeated;
the power of evil will be destroyed; Jesus will restore His glorious reign
among you, and in this way the new heavens and the new earth will be
formed. Without an extraordinary
intervention of my motherly love, you would not be able to support the pain of
the great trial which has now come for all.” MMP #536, Jan. 1, 1995
CCC #671 Though already present in his Church,
Christ's reign is nevertheless yet to be
fulfilled "with power and great glory" by the King's return to earth.
This reign is still under attack by the evil powers, even though they have been
defeated definitively by Christ's Passover. Until everything is subject to him,
"until there be realized new heavens
and a new earth in which justice dwells, the pilgrim Church, in her sacraments
and institutions, which belong to this present age, carries the mark of this
world which will pass, and she herself takes her place among the creatures
which groan and travail yet and await the revelation of the sons of God." That
is why Christians pray, above all in the Eucharist, to hasten Christ's return
by saying to him: Marana
tha! "Our Lord, come!"
Isaiah 46:9-11 Remember the former things long past,
for I am God, and there is no other, I am God, and there is no one like me:
Declaring the end from the beginning and
from ancient times the things which have not been done, saying: My purpose will
be established, and I will accomplish all My good pleasure.”
And I John saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. Revelations 21:2 |
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And he that sat
on the throne, said: Behold, I make
all things new. And he said to me: Write, for these words are most
faithful and true. Revelations 21:5
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L. Bauer, Feb. 2016
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