As this study moves from cleansing toward dwelling, another comparison from my earlier notes comes into view: Jesus’ words about heaven and earth passing away.
We have followed cities falling, opposition being removed, and a land requiring cleansing. Those passages describe substantial change. Yet change does not mean that what God has spoken becomes uncertain.
Until All Is Accomplished
In Matthew 5:17–18, Jesus connects His coming with fulfilling the Law and the Prophets. His statement preserves both heaven and earth passing away and the accomplishment of what is written.
Even the smallest written detail receives attention.
That matters to how I study. A detail I have not yet understood is not necessarily an unnecessary detail. It may belong to a connection I have not followed far enough.
At the same time, my interpretation of that detail remains something I must examine. Confidence in God’s words does not make every conclusion I reach equally certain.
The Words That Do Not Pass Away
Jesus states:
“Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.”
Matthew 24:35
The contrast is direct. What appears enduring can pass, while His words remain.
This gives me a place to return when a study contains unresolved timing or overlapping scenes. I do not have to settle every connection before recognizing the reliability of the One speaking.
The questions can remain open without making His words uncertain.
Testimony Reaches Its Completion
This also brings the two witnesses back into view. In Revelation 11:7–12, the beast’s attack follows the completion of their testimony. Their death is then followed by life from God, their standing, and their ascent.
The order matters: the testimony is completed before the attack described there.
I see a comparison with the accomplishment language in Matthew. Opposition does not overturn the stated completion of their witness. Their suffering remains real, but it does not become proof that what God entrusted to them failed.
Newness and Dwelling
Revelation 21:1–5 describes a new heaven and earth, the holy city descending, and God dwelling among people. Death, mourning, crying, and pain belong to what passes away. The declaration of newness is accompanied by assurance that the words are faithful and true.
This gives our dwelling comparison a fuller setting. The account reaches beyond the removal of an enemy to the changed condition of those among whom God dwells.
Later, the city is illuminated by God’s Glory, with the Lamb as its lamp. Revelation 21:22–23
I place this beside the dwelling theme we have followed through Tishri and Ezekiel. The connection invites further study without supplying an unstated calendar date or reducing heaven and earth to a single institution.
What draws these passages together for me is the relationship between what God promises and what He brings to completion.
Threads to Follow
Fulfillment and the smallest details of what is written.
The witnesses’ completed testimony and the opposition that follows.
Heaven and earth passing away while Christ’s words remain.
Newness, Glory, and God dwelling among His people.
The books were opened…
🌿 By Maria Emilia
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