Relevant Verses: Isaia 65:17-18; 66:22-23; Rev. 21:1-5

Leading Question: Our title suggests a clean slate. But is that actually possible? Can we actually understand salvation if we have no memory of what we have been saved from.

Comment: Many things about the transition from old to new we cannot understand. What stands outmost vividly in the OT view is the continuance of death. There will still be death – but no premature death. And we should note that the new heaven and new earth is viewed as something that happens on earth. Three passages are particularly important, two from the OT (Isaiah ...