God hasn’t put angels in charge of the world that’s going to come, which we’ve been talking about.
But in keeping with God’s promise, we’re looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness lives.
The seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven. They said, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will rule for ever and ever.”
and tasting the good things of God’s word and the powers of the coming age,
This good news of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a witness to all nations, and then the end will come.
We don’t have a lasting city here. Instead, we’re looking for the city that’s going to come.