Revelation by Rose Cowen

I just heard...we know the end of the story...... 

Revelation 21 Amplified Bible (AMP) 


21 Then I saw a new [a]sky (heaven) and a new earth, for 
the former sky and the former earth had passed away
(vanished), and there no longer existed any sea.
2 And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, descending
out of heaven from God, all arrayed like a bride
beautified and adorned for her husband;
3 Then I heard a mighty voice from the throne and I
perceived its distinct words, saying, See! The abode of
God is with men, and He will live (encamp, tent) among
them; and they shall be His people, and God shall
personally be with them and be their God.
4 God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and
death shall be no more, neither shall there be anguish
(sorrow and mourning) nor grief nor pain any more, for
the old conditions and the former order of things have
passed away.
5 And He Who is seated on the throne said, See! I make
all things new. Also He said, Record this, for these
sayings are faithful (accurate, incorruptible, and
trustworthy) and true (genuine).
6 And He [further] said to me, It is done! I am the Alpha
and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty
I [Myself] will give water without price from the
fountain (springs) of the water of Life.
7 He who is victorious shall inherit all these things,
and I will be God to him and he shall be My son.
8 But as for the cowards and the ignoble and the
contemptible and the cravenly lacking in courage and the
cowardly submissive, and as for the unbelieving and
faithless, and as for the depraved and defiled with
abominations, and as for murderers and the lewd and
adulterous and the practicers of magic arts and the
idolaters (those who give supreme devotion to anyone or
anything other than God) and all liars (those who
knowingly convey untruth by word or deed)—[all of these
shall have] their part in the lake that blazes with fire
and brimstone. This is the second death.
9 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls
filled with the seven final plagues (afflictions,
calamities) came and spoke to me. He said, Come with me!
I will show you the bride, the Lamb’s wife.
10 Then in the Spirit He conveyed me away to a vast and
lofty mountain and exhibited to me the holy (hallowed,
consecrated) city of Jerusalem descending out of heaven
from God,
11 Clothed in God’s glory [in all its splendor and
radiance]. The luster of it resembled a rare and most
precious jewel, like jasper, shining clear as crystal.
12 It had a massive and high wall with twelve [large]
gates, and at the gates [there were stationed] twelve
angels, and [on the gates] the names of the twelve tribes
of the sons of Israel were written:
13 On the east side three gates, on the north side three
gates, on the south side three gates, and on the west
side three gates.
14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundation
[stones], and on them the twelve names of the twelve
apostles of the Lamb.
15 And he who spoke to me had a golden measuring reed
(rod) to measure the city and its gates and its wall.
16 The city lies in a square, its length being the same
as its width. And he measured the city with his reed—
12,000 stadia (about 1,500 miles); its length and width
and height are the same.
17 He measured its wall also—144 cubits (about 72 yards)
by a man’s measure [[c]of a cubit from his elbow to his
third fingertip], which is [the measure] of the angel.
18 The wall was built of jasper, while the city [itself
was of] pure gold, clear and transparent like glass.
19 The foundation [stones] of the wall of the city were
ornamented with all of the precious stones. The first
foundation [stone] was jasper, the second sapphire, the
third chalcedony (or white agate), the fourth emerald,
20 The fifth onyx, the sixth sardius, the seventh
chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth
chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst.
21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, each separate
gate being built of one solid pearl. And the main street
(the broadway) of the city was of gold as pure and
translucent as glass.
22 I saw no temple in the city, for the Lord God
Omnipotent [Himself] and the Lamb [Himself] are its
temple.
23 And the city has no need of the sun nor of the moon to
give light to it, for the splendor and radiance (glory)
of God illuminate it, and the Lamb is its lamp.
24 The nations shall walk by its light and the rulers and
leaders of the earth shall bring into it their glory.
25 And its gates shall never be closed by day, and there
shall be no night there.
26 They shall bring the glory (the splendor and majesty)
and the honor of the nations into it.
27 But nothing that defiles or profanes or is [d]unwashed
shall ever enter it, nor anyone who commits abominations
(unclean, detestable, morally repugnant things) or
practices falsehood, but only those whose names are
recorded in the Lamb’s Book of Life.