That topic has recently come up in another thread and it really is its own thread.
When we read these passages - is this the literal earth and literal heaven......or does it mean something else:
I believe it is a Covenantle change.
Under the OC Law of Moses it was death, grave and hades.
Under the NC of Jesus it is grace, life, heaven.
Jesus literally came to a land of the hopeless "
walking dead", as shown in these passages.......
The OC Temple and Priesthood/Heaven and Land were just not cutting it.
That was resolved at the Cross then in 70AD
Mat 4:16
The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light,
And upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death
Light has dawned.”
Luk 1:79
To give light to those who sit in darkness and the
shadow of death,
To guide our feet into the way of peace.”
Ezekiel 37:10 And I prophecy as He instructed and the spirit/breath is coming in them and they are living and are standing on their feet, an army/host, great, exceedingly-exceedingly. 11 And He is saying to me "Son of Adam! these bones are the whole house of Yisra'el they behold! ones saying ' bones of us dry, our hope perishes, we are severed to ourselves'. [Luke 2:34/ Revelaton 11:11]
Mat 8:22
But Jesus said to him, “Follow Me, and let
the dead bury their own dead.”
Luk 9:60
Jesus said to him, “Let
the dead bury their own dead, but you go and preach
the kingdom of God.”
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I am trying to do a study of the Greek word for "pass away". Seems there are a few different renderings of the root word "G2064"
3928. parerchomai from 3844 and 2064; to come near or aside, i.e. to approach (arrive), go by (or away), (figuratively) perish or neglect, (causative) avert:--come (forth), go, pass (away, by, over), past, transgress.
Matthew 5:18 ~ For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away<3928>, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
Matthew 24, Mark 13 and Luke's Temple/Jerusalem Discourses harmonized- Poll Thread
Mat 24:34
“Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place.
Mat 24:35
“Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.
Mar 13:30
“Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place.
Mar 13:31
“Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.
Luk 21:32
“Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all things take place.
Luk 21:33
“Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.
2Pe 3:10
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.[fn]
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Used in 1 verse of Revelation [although it appears some versions use G565
Rev 21:1
Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away<3928>. Also there was no more sea.
Rev 21:4 and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the former/first things[OC Law, death/hades] have passed G565 away.” G565
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Another form of G2064
565. aperchomai from 575 and 2064; to go off (i.e. depart), aside (i.e. apart) or behind (i.e. follow), literally or figuratively:--come, depart, go (aside, away, back, out, ... ways), pass away, be past.
G565>
Rev 9:12
The first woe is past;
G565 behold, two woes are still coming after these things.
Rev 10:9
So I went
G565 to the angel, telling him to give me the little book. And he *said to me, “Take it and eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.”
Rev 11:14
The second woe is past;
G565 behold, the third woe is coming quickly.
Rev 12:17
So the dragon was enraged with the woman, and went
G565 off
G565 to make war with the rest of her [fn]children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus.
Rev 16:2
So the first
angel went
G565 and poured out his bowl [fn]on the earth; and it became a loathsome and malignant sore on the [fn]people who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image.
Rev 18:14
“The fruit
G565 from you, and all things that were luxurious and splendid have passed away from you and
men will no longer find them.
Rev 21:4
and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the former things[death and hades] have passed G565 away.” G565
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