EXODUS CHAPTER 29 ----------------- Verses 1-35, The consecration of Aaron and his sons. There is almost a parallel account in Lev 8. In Lev 8 we see the execution of what was purposed whereas in Exodus we see what was purposed for Aaron and his sons. There are SEVEN things that were done for Aaron and his sons. Remember that we are believer-priests unto God and Christ is our great High Priest. 1) They were TAKEN "from among the children of Israel" (vs 1) Pink says that this plainly points to God's elect being elected out of Adam's race. Either that or it points to the church being elected out of God's children. The "elect within the elect." But that may lead to the priesthood of the church doctrine. 2) They were BROUGHT unto the door of the tabernacle (vs 4) Are not God's children, the believer-priests brought by Christ unto God? 1Pe 3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: 3) They were WASHED (vs 4) This would point to the believer's regeneration and sanctification by the Holy Spirit. Joh 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and [of] the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. Tit 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; Eph 5:26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, 4) They were CLOTHED with official vestments (vs 4-9) So the believer is clothed with the righteousness of Christ. The believer puts on Christ. Ro 13:14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to [fulfil] the lusts [thereof]. Ga 3:27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. Isa 61:10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh [himself] with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth [herself] with her jewels. Php 3:9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: 5) They were ANOINTED (vs 21) Oil usually is symbolic of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is given to each believer. 2Co 1:21 Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, [is] God; 22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. 1Jo 2:27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. 6) Their HANDS WERE FILLED (vs 24) 1Jo 1:1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our HANDS HAVE HANDLED, of the Word of life; 2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen [it], and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;) 3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship [is] with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. Ac 5:12 And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch. 7) They were SANCTIFIED (vs 44) This would point to the believer-priest's being set apart unto God. 1Co 1:2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called [to be] saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours: 1Co 6:9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are SANCTIFIED, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. There is a sense in which we ARE sanctified. Heb 10:14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. There is a sense in which were are BEING sanctified. 1Th 4:3 For this is the will of God, [even] your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: Heb 13:20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, 21 Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, WORKING IN YOU that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom [be] glory for ever and ever. Amen. In these SEVEN things Aaron and his sons were passive in the hands of another (Moses), who stood in God's stead. it was by Moses that they were chosen and brought forth. It was by the hands of Moses that they were washed, clothed and anointed. It was Moses that brought the offering. It was Moses that applied the blood to the several parts of their bodies (vs 20). It was Moses who arranged the wave-offering (vs 22). It was Moses who filled their hands -- he gave and they received (vs 24). Then it was Moses who received back from their hands and gave to God what they had been given (vs 25). There were however FOUR exceptions. There were three times they were to put their hands upon the offerings. 1st, Upon the head of the bullock (vs 10) Thus they identified themselves with the victim that was to be slain. The believer identifies himself with his substitute. 2nd, Upon the head of the ram (vs 15) 3rd, Upon the head of the ram of consecration (vs 19) 4th, They were to eat the flesh of the ram and the shewbread (vs 32-33) Of course this shows us that Christ is food for His people. Joh 6:51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. 52 The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us [his] flesh to eat? 53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. 54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. 55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. 56 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. 57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. 58 This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever. Joh 6:33 For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. These ceremonies and the cleansing of the altar were to be repeated and kept up for SEVEN days (vs 35 & 37). Seven is the number of COMPLETION, which shows that the believer-priest is COMPLETELY consecrated in Christ Jesus. Col 2:10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: And of course our altar (Christ) is a complete and perfect one. Verse 1, hallow = sanctify (was translated sanctify 108 times) Young bullock = (young = son or child) some say 2 years old points to the strength of Christ Christ was the Son of God two rams without blemish: point to the perfections of Christ Verse 2, All three were made with wheaten flour. The unleavened bread was, according to Gill, loaves (see vs 23) and were the same as eaten during Passover time. The cakes were made from wheaten flour mixed with olive oil and were a thinner sort of bread that the loaves. The wafers were an unleavened bread thinner yet, and were anointed with oil after the baking of them. anointed = to smear, anoint, spread a liquid Verse 3, The basket may be a emblem of the Gospel, in which Christ, the bread of life, is carried to the people of God. Verse 4, Moses washed Aaron and his son out of the laver (says Gill) which is first mentioned in chapter 30. The laver is mentioned in Lev 8, which is the execution of Ex 29. Verses 5-6, The priestly garments mentioned in previous chapters. Verse 7, The anointing oil was made of myrrh, cinnamon, calamus, cassia and olive oil. Ex 30:23 Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred [shekels], and of sweet cinnamon half so much, [even] two hundred and fifty [shekels], and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty [shekels], 24 And of cassia five hundred [shekels], after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin: 25 And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil. a) myrrh 1a) an Arabian gum from the bark of a tree, used in sacred oil and in perfume b) cinnamon 1a) fragrant bark used as spice c) calamus (aromatic reed) d) cassia -- a spice e) a hin is about 5 quarts Christ was anointed of God: Isa 61:1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD [is] upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to [them that are] bound; { anoint: to consecrate } Verses 8-9, Aaron sons were brought to where he was and the garments mentioned in Chapter 28 verse 40. The priests office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: That is it shall be to Aaron and his sons and their sons after them, Aaron's family from generation to generation until Messiah would come who would be high priest after another order. consecrate: from two words. To be full and the hand (which is symbolic of strength). Gill says to fill the hand of them with sacrifices to offer for themselves and others. Verse 10, The same young bullock mentioned in verse 1. They laid their hands upon the bullock, thus identifying themselves with the vicarious sacrifice, and also symbolically imputing their sins to the offering. Le 16:21 And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send [him] away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: Of Christ: Isa 53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. Verses 11-14, Moses killed the bullock (as priest), since Aaron and his sons were not yet completely invested with that office. In the court by the door that leads to the holy place. Verse 12, Some have said that the horns of the altar were used to secure the sacrifice to the altar. Ps 118:27 God [is] the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, [even] unto the horns of the altar. People in times of distress fled to the altar and laid hold on it for refuge. 1Ki 2:28 Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. Christ with His shed blood is our refuge: 2Sa 22:3 The God of my rock; in him will I trust: [he is] my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence. Verse 13-14, Certain parts were burned on the altar, while the rest was taken outside the camp and burned with fire. Notice it was a sin offering. Flesh is many times used in the scripture to point to sinful desires. Dung is but refuse which is worthless and to be discarded. A pile of trash, to be burned away from God's holy place. This is the shame that Christ took upon Himself, when he bare our sins upon himself. The fire points to the wrath of God, who is a consuming fire. Heb 13:10 We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle. 11 For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp. 12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered WITHOUT THE GATE. 13 Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his REPROACH. Verse 15, One of the two rams mentioned in verse 1. Aaron and his sons again identifying themselves with the ram, and again transferring their guilt (symbolically) to the ram. Verses 16-18, This same ram was a burnt offering. This is not the same continual burnt offering mentioned in verses 36-43, but is still part of the consecration of Aaron and his sons to the office of priesthood. As we have seen from verses 36-43 that the burnt offering was the highest type of sacrifice in the scripture. Again, one of the first references to it is in Gen 22:2. Ge 22:2 And he said, Take now THY SON, thine ONLY [son] Isaac, whom thou LOVEST, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. In this event we see the Father's love for his only son and the son's devotedness to his father. The very first reference to it that I could find was in Gen 8:20. Ge 8:20 And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. 21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart [is] evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. The Hebrew word for sweet in verse 18 of Ex 29 and also Gen 8:21 is "nichowach" {nee-kho'-akh}. It means "soothing, quieting, tranquillising" We had just witnessed at that time the greatest display of the wrath of God, and here we see a "sweet savour" or a "smell of rest" that reached the heart of God. It was the sweet smell of rest that calmed the storm. So, Christ the Son, was a "sweet savour" unto our God. Eph 5:2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour. So Christ has taken the wrath that was our due and suffered outside the camp in our stead and now is a sweetsmelling savour unto the God whose wrath was kindled. It is Christ who calms the storm: Mr 4:39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. Lu 8:24 And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm. Christ is God's rest and He is our rest. Verse 19, The other of the two rams mentioned in verse 1. Aaron and his sons shall do as they did to the other ram, with their hands. (See notes on verse 15). Verse 20, The right ear: The ear is what needs opening that it might hear the word of God. The blood sanctified the ear. Also the ear was bored through denoting ownership. Ps 40:6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. 7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book [it is] written of me, Ex 21:5 And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free: 6 Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever. So Christ became the eternal servant out of Love for the children that were given to him. "upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot": The feet and hands are instruments of action, and therefore need to be set apart for service. So the anti-type of Aaron was perfectly holy in His walk and actions, and His saints are set apart to walk in holiness. 2Co 6:17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean [thing]; and I will receive you, Verse 21, The garments were made holy in a ceremonial sense. They were set apart for special use. Verse 22, What is done with the parts is later described in this chapter. Verses 23-24, All were put into the hands of Aaron and his sons. Thus their hands were full (consecrate) as was mentioned in verse 9. Verse 25, They gave back what they had received. That which was burned was not that which was later boiled and eaten. It was the fat with the loaf, cake and wafer. It was a burnt offering for a sweet savour before the LORD. The sweet savour was not for them but for the Lord. The same Hebrew word for sweet as before mentioned (smell of rest). Again, pointing to Christ who is the bread of life and a sweetsmelling savour unto God. Verse 26, This part of the sacrifice normally belonged to the priest, so it was Moses' part, as he was officiating as priest. Le 7:31 And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'. So when the Lord says, "it shall be thy part," He means that it belonged to Moses. Verse 27, sanctify the breast: Set the breast apart for the use of the priest in all succeeding ages. Gill says that the breast was waved from hand-to-hand, but the shoulder was heaved up and then caught. heave offering = contribution, offering It appears that these two parts were for the priest in all succeeding ages. Lev 7:32 And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest [for] an heave offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings. 33 He among the sons of Aaron, that offereth the blood of the peace offerings, and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for [his] part. 34 For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the children of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a statute for ever from among the children of Israel. Verse 28, The shoulder in particular, but also the breast in the future, for the breast at this time was for Moses. But according to Lev 7:34, the wave offering also was for Aaron and his sons. Verse 29, That is the garments of the high priest were to be passed on to Aaron's eldest son. Nu 20:26 And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered [unto his people], and shall die there. 27 And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. 28 And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount. The high priest was to be annointed and consecrated while wearing them. Verse 30, He had to be a son of Aaron who was of the tribe of Levi. But being a Levite was not enough. He had to be a descendent of Aaron. He was to wear the high priestly garments for 7 days running when performing duties of priest. Verse 31, That is, the one taken in verse 19 and called the "ram of consecration" in verse 22. It was boiled in the court of the tabernacle. The holy place here is the court and not the part of the tabernacle that is called the holy place which was before the holy of holies or most holy place. There was no provision for boiling inside the tabernacle. Verse 32, Aaron and his sons (who were priest as the believer is also a priest) were to eat the flesh that was boiled and also the bread that was in the basket which was by the door of the tabernacle or else they were to eat these both by the door. Christ said that His flesh was meat or food indeed. Joh 6:55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. Christ also said that He was the bread of life. Joh 6:51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. Verse 33, That is atonement for Aaron and his sons, who were sinners also and had infirmity as Hebrews 7:28 declares. Heb 7:28 For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, [maketh] the Son, who is consecrated for evermore. Here, Christ, their antitype, excelled them, for He had no infirmity at all. "but a stranger shall not eat [thereof], because they [are] holy": Gill says, "a stranger" meaning another even of the nation of Israel. That is only Aaron and his sons who were priests were allowed to eat. We who are believers in Christ are also priests and we eat of Christ. Heb 13:10 We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle. Verse 34, If any of the flesh or bread that was not eaten by the priest was left over, then it was to be burned with fire, because its use had been for something holy. It was not to be thrown to the dogs or even eaten by Aaron and his sons the next day as common food. It pointed to Christ, so it could not be treated as anything common. The same thing was done with the Passover. Ex 12:10 And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire. Verse 35, "And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons": What has been mentioned in the previous verses. Their consecration, washing, clothing, annointing, sprinkling blood on them and their garments, and offering sacrifices for them. This took place over seven days, and Gill says that some Jewish writers say so that a sabbath would pass over them. Verse 36, Every day of the seven days of consecration (see verse 37). Seven is the number of completion, so pointing to the complete atonement made by Christ. Though the altar had no guilt, yet it was used by sinners and sin offerings laid upon it, so in a cerimonial sense it had to be cleansed. Verse 37, Atonement was made for the altar that it might be holy in the cerimonial sense. The altar points to Christ, who is our altar. Whatever gift or sacrifice was laid on the altar was sanctified by it, therefore the altar was greater than the gift which laid upon it. Mt 23:19 [Ye] fools and blind: for whether [is] greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? THE CONTINUAL BURNT OFFERING ---------------------------- Verses 36-43, The continual burnt offering Ex 29:38 Now this [is that] which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually. 39 The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even: In verse 42 we learn that this offering was called "a continual burnt offering." Pink says that the "burnt offering" was the highest type of sacrifice in Scripture. One of the first references to it is in Gen 22:2 Ge 22:2 And he said, Take now THY SON, thine ONLY [son] Isaac, whom thou LOVEST, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. In this event we see the Father's love for his only son and the son's devotedness to his father. The Hebrew word for burnt-offering literally means, that which "goes up." It could be called the "ascending offering." The whole of it is consumed upon the altar and ascends to heaven as a sweet savor. We see here that it was two lambs that were offered rather than a bullock of ram. A bullock or ram would picture Christ in His strength but a lamb points to gentleness and a yielding to the will of God. This was God's beloved Son who obeyed Him unto death. Gen 22:7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here [am] I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where [is] the lamb for a burnt offering? 8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together. 9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. 10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. Notice there was no struggle from Isaac, No questions about what his father was doing. He trusted in his father that his father loved him and was doing what was right. He trusted that his father was doing the will of God. The continual offering or perpetual nature of it pointed not to a continual sacrifice of Christ (the book of Hebrews tells us that the offering of Christ was once) but to the continual presence of Christ before His Father in our behalf. He is forever a sweet fragrance to His Father. Christ in all His acceptability is ever before the eyes of His father on behalf of His own. 1Jo 4:17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he IS, so are we in this world. tenth deal of flour: meal offering. Pointed to holy and perfect humanity of the Lord Jesus Christ. mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil: The Holy Spirit's part in the supernatural virgin birth of Christ. fourth part of an hin of wine [for] a drink offering: One of The meanings of the use of wine is JOY. Ps 104:15 And wine [that] maketh glad the heart of man, [and] oil to make [his] face to shine, and bread [which] strengtheneth man's heart. Jud 9:13 And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? This could point to the joy that the Father had in His Son. "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." (Mat 3:17). Or since the drink offering was offered by the Lord's people perhaps it points to their communion with the JOY of God in the perfections and devotion of His Son. The joy that we have in what Christ has done; in His devotedness to His Father; in His obedience to His Father; is the same joy that the Father has in His Son. Gloominess in the Christian is not glorifying unto God. "... And truly our fellowship [is] with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ." (1 John 1:3) Listen to these Scriptures: Ro 5:11 And not only [so], but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement. Ro 14:17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. Ro 15:13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. 2Co 8:1 Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia; 2 How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality. Ga 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 1Th 1:6 And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost: James 1:2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; 3 Knowing [this], that the trying of your faith worketh patience. { temptations = trials } 1Pe 4:12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: 13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. When Christ was hanging on the cross - he had joy: Heb 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of [our] faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. Verses 45-46 Ex 29:45 And I will DWELL among the children of Israel, and will be their God. 46 And they shall know that I [am] the LORD their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I [am] the LORD their God. 1) This is why Jehovah delivered Israel, to dwell with them. 2) He could not dwell with them while they were in Egypt. 3) Pink says that He never dwelt with Adam nor Abraham. 4) He could only dwell with a redeemed people. Read the "Song of Redemption" Ex 15:17 See also Ex 25:8 5) Through Christ, God will dwell with His people always. 6) Prophetic to Israel's restoration. See Zech 2:10 7) Still prophetic to the New Earth See Rev 21:3