The New Jerusalem (An Engineering Feasibility Study)

Perhaps there is no more ocean....But, another way to think of it is like this:
If the sea is not an ocean and it is actually kingdoms.  The bride is new Jerusalem and as a great mountain, it will destroy the image of silver, brass, gold, iron and clay and cover the whole earth.  This mountain is God's kingdom on earth.  It will be the only everlasting kingdom and that is why there will be no more sea/kingdoms.  The easiest example I will give you is in Matthew and Daniel. In Matthew,

The sea beings kingdoms of the world where good and bad fish live. 
In Daniel, Daniel has 4 beasts that come out of the sea.  These 4 beast's are also described as kingdoms.

Boymaker and venge,

I find it hard to believe that there won’t be literal nations or even a literal ocean on the New Earth. Revelation 21:24 says, “The nations will walk in its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it.” (HCSB). This verse seems to suggest that there will be literal nations on the New Earth and even literal kings of those nations. On the topic of oceans on the New Earth, author Randy Alcorn writes on his blog, “When we read about no more seas, we think of God’s doing away with the oceans that cover most of his beloved Earth. We think there will be no more surfing, tide pools, snorkeling, and fun on the beach, and there will be no more wonderful sea creatures. From Spurgeon’s viewpoint, and most of us would feel the same way, that sounds like bad news. While Spurgeon’s meditation from Morning and Evening is very brief, in tribute to him I’d like to further develop from Scripture the issue he raised, making a case I think he might have appreciated. When Revelation 21:1 says that “the sea was no more,” we must try to understand sea in exactly the way the writer and his readers of the book of Revelation would have understood it. To the great majority of them, the sea was devoid of the romantic properties many of us associate with it. Rather, the sea consisted of those vast, icy, treacherous, stormy waters that separated families, destroyed ships, and drowned loved ones. It posed a constant threat, with its great creatures that swallowed up seafarers and its salt waters that poisoned people on the open sea who craved freshwater. With that understanding, “no more sea” was a re­assuring prospect! But let’s look at a larger picture. Of course, it was God who created the seas (Genesis 1:9-10). Like everything else he made, they were very good (Genesis 1:31). But the Curse had a devastating effect on creation, including the ocean waters. Even if Revelation 21:1 is a literal promise of ‘no more ocean,’ this doesn’t necessarily mean the absence of large bodies of water. Revelation tells us a great river flows right through the capital city (22:1-2). How much more water will there be outside the city? Flowing rivers go somewhere. Some of the world’s lakes are huge and sealike, so theoretically the New Earth could have even larger lakes. Huge lakes could, in effect, be freshwater oceans. Ezekiel 47 speaks of the water flowing from the Temple, which parallels the water flowing from the Messiah’s throne on the New Earth (Revelation 22). Ezekiel says, “I saw a great number of trees on each side of the river” (47:7, NIV). Then he is told, ‘This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah, where it enters the Dead Sea. When it empties into the sea, the salty water there becomes fresh. Swarms of living creatures will live wherever the river flows. There will be large numbers of fish, because this water flows there and makes the salt water fresh; so where the river flows everything will live’ (Ezekiel 47:8-9, NIV). Ezekiel 47 goes on to say, ‘Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing’ (verse 12). This promise is applied directly to the New Earth in Revelation 22:2. Since this is clearly a New Earth passage, it appears that the reference to “no more sea” in Revelation 21 may simply mean ‘no more sea as we now know it.’” So, those are my thoughts as well as some thoughts from Scripture and a reputable Christian author. Sorry this is a long post, but I just wanted y’all to see that it is possible that there could be nations and an ocean on the New Earth. 

It kind of does, venge, but I kind of think that kingdoms are the same as nations. I’m guessing that is just a mistake on my part, thinking that kingdoms are the same as nations.

Gotcha. Like I mentioned in the Alcorn quote, it’s possible that the “oceans” on the New Earth could be large freshwater lakes. Also, the nations are going to bring their glory into the New Jerusalem. It’s possible that they could bring their cultural treasures into the New Jerusalem as either tribute to King Jesus or as gifts to people of other nations. Honestly, I can’t wait to live in the New Jerusalem on the New Earth. I know it’ll come soon enough, but with just the utter darkness and craziness of the world, my patience for the New Earth coming gets smaller and smaller. I just have to trust God’s promise that it will come soon enough.

I know, but as a young man with special needs, and being 18 years old and being in a generation that what I feel like is an abomination to God, I can’t wait until the New Earth. I hope that the Lord considers my life to be faithful and enduring to the end, despite my many sins. I just hope that my Lord and Savior considers me worthy to help in His Kingdom or be a king in His Kingdom of a nation. Not to be selfish, but I hope that I get some sort of a leadership position in His Kingdom according to my faithfulness to Him.