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A new heaven and a new earth (ouranon kainon kai gēn kainēn). This new vision (eidon) is the picture of the bliss of the saints.
The first heaven and the first earth (ho prōtos ouranos kai hē prōtē gē) are passed away (apēlthan, went away, second aorist active indicative of aperchomai). “Fled away” (ephugen) in Rev 20:11.
And the sea is no more (kai hē thalassa ouk estin eti). The sea had given up its dead (Rev 20:13). There were great risks on the sea (Rev 18:17.). The old physical world is gone in this vision. It is not a picture of renovation of this earth, but of the disappearance of this earth and sky (not heaven where God dwells). It is a glorious picture here in Rev 21:1-8 in sharp contrast to the lake of fire in Rev 20:11-15. The symbolism in neither case is to be pressed too literally, but a stern and a glorious reality exists behind it all.