a new heaven
as antecedent to, or coincident with, the appearance of the New Jerusalem,—that is, the state of glory, and the resurrection to life everlasting. The old earth and its heaven had passed away from the face of Him on the throne, at the moment that it gave up the dead.
Rev
. xx.-xxi.
Ib. pp. 174-5.
But the word of the Lord endureth for ever.
And with respect to those learned men that apply the text to God, I remember not that this abiding for ever is used to express God's eternity in himself.
No; nor is it here used for that purpose; but yet I cannot doubt but that either the Word,
, or the Divine promises in and through the incarnate Word, with the gracious influences proceeding from him, are here meant—and not the written