New Heaven and New Earth: Revelation 21:1–5
Revelation 21:1–5 pictures God's future not as an escape from creation but as its renewal: a new heaven and new earth, a city coming down, and God dwelling with his people. The end of death and tears is God's own act, and it is held out as future hope.
Revelation 21:1–5: God Dwells With His People
Christian hope is not escape from the world but God coming to live with his people in a renewed creation. Revelation 21:1–5 grounds that hope in the words of the one on the throne.