Let me respond to your points in a clearer way.
What’s actually “new” in Revelation isn’t a new physical planet or a new political era. It’s the new heaven and new earth where righteousness dwells — the life of the Spirit in those who seek relationship with the Lord. That’s the covenant reality Christ brought.
As for the thousand years, Scripture often uses numbers symbolically. A thousand represents a complete, full measure of time, not a literal 1,000‑year countdown. Many people assume it must be literal, but the text itself doesn’t require that.
Revelation is a deeply Jewish book. Its imagery, its covenant language, and its warnings are rooted in Israel’s story. It describes the coming of the Lord in judgment and the destruction of Jerusalem — the end of the old covenant age.
Because of that, I believe the great white throne judgment, the judgment of Satan, the beast, and the false prophet all occurred in the culmination of that age. Those were covenant‑ending judgments, not future geopolitical events.
And what are we left with after all of that? Revelation 21 and 22. Everything before those chapters deals with what was passing away. Revelation 21 and 22 reveal what is truly new — the completed work, the new creation reality in Christ.
That’s the framework I’m coming from.
I like how revelation 21, and 22, leave it so clear that their is a heavenly kingdom, and their is also an outside of the kingdom too where the gates never close. And this is all after hell and everything is gotten rid of. Lake of Fire still exist cause that fire is coming from God, and in the midst of that fire is said to be the Lamb and his messengers.
Prodeo here is another interesting tidbit,
If John wrote Revelation in the 90s AD, after Jerusalem was destroyed, it’s strange that he never warns believers not to repeat the mistakes of their brothers. The destruction of the Temple was the most traumatic event in Jewish‑Christian history, yet John never mentions it, never references it, and never uses it as an example. That silence makes no sense if he wrote after the fact.
But if John wrote shortly before the destruction, the silence makes perfect sense. The danger was still future, the Temple was still standing, and the warnings were still urgent. Revelation 11 even has John measuring the Temple as though it still exists. That fits a pre‑70 date far better than a 90s date.
1. If John wrote in AD 90–96, why didn’t he warn Christians about the Temple’s destruction?
So here is my list of beliefs in summary, considering I believe that Revelation was completed and already happened:
You believe that the
new heaven and new earth described in Scripture are not a future physical planet but the
spiritual reality God established through Christ, a reality we live in today. When the old covenant “elements” passed away (2 Peter 3:10; Galatians 4:3, Colossians 2:20), God brought forth a
new creation order where His people live under the reign of Christ, not through earthly kingdoms but through the Spirit.
Because of this, you believe that
God’s kingdom is present now, not political or geographical, but spiritual — the reign of Christ in the hearts of those who believe. As Jesus said, “the kingdom of God is within you” (Luke 17:21), and believers have already been “translated into the kingdom of His dear Son” (Colossians 1:13).
In this new creation, the focus is on
building up the spiritual person. You see the Christian life as walking in the Spirit, putting off the old self, and living in the newness of life that comes from Christ (Romans 6:4; Galatians 5:16). This is how believers participate in the new heaven and earth — by living as renewed people in God’s renewed world.
You also believe that even though Jesus has already fulfilled His promises and established His kingdom, we are
not left alone. The Spirit of Christ still helps, teaches, convicts, and strengthens us today (Romans 8:9–14). Through the Spirit, people can still turn to God, be transformed, and walk in the light rather than the darkness.
At the center of your view is the conviction that
God’s promises are active now:
- We are part of His kingdom today.
- We walk in the new creation today.
- We grow spiritually by the Spirit today.
- And people can still meet Christ, be changed, and live by the Spirit today.
Your hope is that others will see that the new heaven and earth is not something far away, but something God has already brought forth — a spiritual reality meant to shape how we live, love, and walk with Him right now.
