<p>20:11- see on Heb. 2:3.</p><p><i>And I saw a great white throne and him that sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away, and there was found no place for them</i>- 20:11 is amplified / repeated in 21:1. This is about the judgment at the second coming, not the end of the 'Millennium'. Earth and heaven fleeing away (cp. 6:14) refers to the passing of the old human system. &quot;There was no place found for them&quot; alludes to Dan. 2:35 about the beast system being destroyed at Christ's second coming, not the end of the 'Millennium'. This is surely the new heaven and earth of 21:1; that of Is. 65:17 and 2 Pet. 3:13, which will be established at Christ's return.</p><p>The fleeing away refers to how along with the beast's remnants, the rejected believers will slink away from the Lord's presence (1 Jn. 2:24 Gk.). The whole heaven and earth of this present world will likewise flee away from the face of the enthroned Christ (Rev. 20:11; Is. 2:21). Fleeing away is a characteristic of both the unworthy and also the world which they loved. In some sense the world will come before the judgment seat of Christ to be rejected (Dan. 7:9-14).</p><p>The great white throne judgment must refer to a judgment at the end of the 1,000 years if we follow the classical Millennial reign view. But Harry Whittaker points out some of the serious problems with this:</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; 1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The earlier visions in this set of seven certainly concern events at the beginning of the Millennium. It would be strange if this series is so broken up that a gap of a thousand years is to be read between the fulfilment of some and of the rest.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 20:11: &ldquo;I saw ... him that sat on the throne, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away.&rdquo; The heaven and earth, which flee away, must be the old human order (compare Revelation 6:14). Is there much point in such a description if this judgement takes place a thousand years after the earth and heaven fled away?<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &ldquo;&hellip;and there was no place found for them&rdquo; is a phrase quarried out of Nebuchadnezzar&rsquo;s dream (Daniel 2:35). Again the words suggest the work of Messiah in destroying the kingdoms of men. There is little relevance to the end of Messiah&rsquo;s kingdom.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 21:1: &ldquo;And I saw a new heaven and a new earth.&rdquo; Isaiah 65:17and 2 Peter 3:13 are equally emphatic that this is the setting up of the kingdom of Christ.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The allusions in ch. 21: 2, 9 to &ldquo;the bride, the Lamb&rsquo;s wife&rdquo; are difficult to harmonize with a time when all are redeemed. It is impossible to believe that the Bride waits a thousand years for union with her Lord. This new Jerusalem is &ldquo;prepared as a bride adorned for her husband&rdquo;. The symbolism requires reference to &ldquo;the marriage supper of the Lamb&rdquo; at the time of his coming. The context of Revelation 19:7-9 puts this conclusion beyond argument.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 20:12: &ldquo;and the books were opened: and another book ... which is the book of life.&rdquo; These are unmistakable allusions to Daniel 7:10 and 12:1. Would anyone argue for an application of these passages to the end of the Millennium?<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 21:3: &ldquo;Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.&rdquo; This is a very slightly modified quotation of Ezekiel 37:26b, 27, the time of reference of which is again unmistakable.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The description of the New Jerusalem includes this: &ldquo;the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour unto it ... they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it&rdquo; (21: 24, 26). Will there be &ldquo;nations&rdquo; and &ldquo;kings of the earth&rdquo; when Christ&rsquo;s reign has been concluded?<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The same passage has a long series of undeniable allusions to Isaiah 60: &ldquo;The city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it ... And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there&rdquo; - these are two examples but the whole of ch. 21 :22-27 should be studied. Again, the question has an easy answer: What epoch does Isaiah&rsquo;s prophecy describe? Then what does Revelation 21: 22-27 refer to?<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 10.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A similar argument can be based on Isaiah 65. Without direct quotation, no less than eight points of contact can be traced between the second half of that chapter and the first eight verses of Revelation 21. So it is reasonable to assume that the two Scriptures are about the same thing. What is Isaiah 65 about?<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 11.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ch. 22:2: &ldquo;And the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.&rdquo; So at the time spoken of there will be nations to be healed</p>