Revelation 21:3-5, “And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, 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. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.”
I love this promise from the Word of God. Every saint is promised that after the 1,000 year Millennial reign of Christ as King over the earth, God the Father will descend His throne upon the earth, and dwell with men, and be their God. What a blessed truth!
We are promised in Revelation 21:4 that God shall wipe away all tears. What a comforting promise to those who have shed so many tears hear on earth. I don't know about you, but I have shed my share of tears in life. I have wept uncontrollably more times than I can remember because of inexplicable pain in my soul, incalculable loss and loneliness. Very few people know what it really means to suffer. I don't mean for days, weeks, months or even years, but for decades, for an entire lifetime! Only then can you truly fathom the depth of God's grace. If it weren't for God's Holy Spirit Who comforts my grieving soul, I wouldn't have made it through the raging storms and dark valleys of life.
God promises in Revelation 21:4 that there will be no more death. I don't know about you, but I hare when people and animals die. I have had many dear pets during my lifetime. I know that they are just animals, but I loved them dearly. My cat Colby was my best buddy as a child, but he died. And then my cats Cucumber, and Porkchop, and Sammy, and NumYum and my dog Snooky all died. Darn them animals! They just keep dying on me! I am being silly of course. But they all died and made me sad. Thankfully, they all gave me great joy while they were alive. I don't like death.
It hurts even more when our parents die. Both of my parents are in Heaven. I rejoice that they were both saved, and died in the Lord (Revelation 14:13). My younger sister died in 2016 of a drug overdose in Chicago. I am sad that my loved ones are dying, but death is a part of life (Hebrews 9:27). My life has been full of pain, turmoil and loneliness. When things go wrong in life, sometimes we don't know how to respond properly to things, and we make foolish decisions which cause more pain. I hate that about life. But we all eventually must die. The important thing is to make sure that we are ready to die. Do you have eternal life friend. God offers eternal life freely as a gift to anyone who desires it. What saith the Scripture? John 6:47, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.”
The Bible promises us in Revelation 21:4 that there will be no more death, neither physical death nor the second death in Hell. There will be no more sorrow nor pain. What a day that will be! There will be no more crying! That is an amazing promise. I cannot even imagine a life without crying, sorrow or pain, but I welcome it. The reason why we won't cry anymore is because there won't be any reason to be sad anymore. God will make ALL THINGS NEW according to Revelation 21:5. That sounds good to me.
I just moved last month from Guam to Pensacola, Florida. Everything is new for me. But it doesn't matter whether you live on Guam, in Florida, Colorado, California, Europe, Asia or anywhere on earth, most things are still the same. Moving here on earth may change our circumstances, weather, laws and cultural changes, but people are still people. You cannot escape the world. When the Bible says that God will make ALL THINGS NEW, you can be assured that things will be so new that we won't be able to imagine it now. I cannot imagine a world without night, death, sorrow, pain, crime, tears and misery. But God will take away all these things when he makes ALL THINGS NEW!!! I cannot wait, but I have to...lol.
The Lord Himself told the Apostle John to write these promises down, saying that they are TRUE and FAITHFUL. When God says something, you can count on it. I am just a man. The words that I speak are mortal, flawed and uninspired. I always tell my web visitors to verify everything I teach with the Scriptures. If more people would do this, these con artist televangelists like Pat Robertson, Oral Roberts, Joseph Prince, Benny Hinn, Joyce Meyer, Joel Osteen and Rick Warren would go out of business. They all preach heresy! Thankfully, in eternity God will get rid of all false prophets! If there is to be no sorrow, pain, sickness or tears, then TV preachers must disappear!
Dear saint of God, we have a bright future. For now we must endure weeping for the night, but joy cometh in the morning. For now we must endure the burdens of this hard life, but the Bible promises in Romans 8:28 that ALL THINGS will work together for good. For now we must swim upstream, but one day we'll be able to swim downstream. God is more than good!
I learned something helpful several years ago. When I feel sorrow, pain and grief in this life, I think about God's promise in Revelation 21:4. Since I know that one day the former things shall pass away, and God will make all things new, why should I fret and worry now? I already know that the timer is ticking. I already know that every day on earth brings me one day closer to God's promises in Revelation 21:3-5. That helps me not to worry. May we live today like we have eternal life. I won't one day have eternal life, I already possess eternal life. John 10:28, “And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.” In order that a believer never perish, that can only mean that we already have everlasting life now. Our days of suffering are numbered oh Christian!
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