With all due respect, I do wonder if you're missing not only what Amillennialists say about this text,
Yes I do. You say there is a sea on the new earth, no matter that the Scripture says, so that you can make this earth the new earth, and so say there is no thousand year reign of Jesus Christ on this earth, before it becomes the new earth.
I now know all about it from Millennium unbelievers, by what is posted on this site.
but what the bible itself is saying.
The 'sea' is often used to portray,
When plainly spoken words of Scripture are made only symbols, in order to change the normal meaning of Scripture, then the Bible is made into just another book of fables of men.
For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
There's no harm in trying to spiritualize any Scripture we want, but not at the cost of it's plain natural meaning.
If a child can understand something, such as there will be no sea on the new earth, then so must the adults.
We can perhaps ask why not, but we must not contradict it and say, yes there will be a sea on the new earth, no matter what God says.
In part, I personally believe there will be no sea on the new earth, just so God can say so, and see if unbelievers in His Millennium will go so far as to reject His plainly spoken word, about there being no sea on His new earth.
Or symbolize it away as a fable only.
image wise, chaos, especially throughout the OT. If you do a search for terms like 'sea monster', 'Leviathan', 'Rahab', 'dragon'...all these terms are often used, and in conjunction with the sea, to represent chaos, rebellion against God.
True. Sometimes we don't have to spiritualize nor symbolize Scripture into something else, because normal sense tells us, when words of Scripture are symbols with spiritual teaching.
But not the case with the Red Sea waves parting, nor there being no sea on the new earth.
If there being no sea on the new earth is only a symbol, then the new earth itself is nothing but a fable as well.
So...if we consider the imagery given to us from scripture itself...and I hope you concede that doing this is not "spiritualizing", it's being biblically faithful,
True. In the Scriptures you quoted.
then it's not far-fetched to suggest that Revelation is not telling us that there will be "no sea" in the new heavens and earth.
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
No, it's not far fetched. Just plainly false.
The problem is when we adults, get too smart for our own good, just so we can keep hold of our favorite traditions about the things of God.
I would never tell a child reading Revelation 21, that there really is a sea on the new earth, and make a fable out of Scripture, so that little child then begins to wonder what other parts of the Bible are just symbolic fables.
It is actually telling us that there will be no rebellion and no chaos in the new order. Which, I hope, we should expect and long for.
True.
The same on this earth in Jesus' millennial reign.
At least not on a national level, though He will withhold rain from any nation, that comes not to keep the feast of tabernacles with Him.