As we talk about the New Heaven and what it means to live in what is already here, many are still waiting for what has already come. The New Heaven is not a future promise but a present reality. It arrived with a new representative, Jesus Christ.
The first man, Adam, fell through disobedience, but the second Adam, Jesus, walked in perfect obedience. Through Him, we have been redeemed, restored, and made new. He accomplished what no man before Him could.
The Levitical priests once entered the holy of holies with God, but now there is a greater High Priest who tore the veil and ended the old system forever. That covenant, once corrupted by human ambition and control, came to its conclusion just as Jesus said it would. The old heaven, the former order between God and His imperfect representatives, passed away within that generation. Through His blood, a new covenant was born. We now live under a new heaven, where Christ Himself stands as our mediator, our representative, our advocate, and our redeemer. This is not a hope for someday; it is the reality of today. The new has come, and in Him, heaven has already begun.
All Scripture is taken from the NASB1995