Revelation 21:1-4
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”
Comments
Christians often operate as though their ultimate destination is heaven, but this is not what the Bible teaches. Certainly, at death we go to be with God, but that is not the end.
Jesus will return one day as the king of kings, and the kingdom of heaven will come to a new and restored earth in the culmination of all history. On that great and glorious day, we will be given our resurrected bodies and there will be no more tears, no more suffering, no more death.
In the meantime, as we wait for God’s kingdom to come in its fullness, we celebrate those times when God’s kingdom breaks into our world even now.
Reflections
Are you waiting for God to take you away from this world or are you looking to see God break into it daily with healing and other outpourings of grace?
Prayer
Help us, Lord, to catch glimpses of your kingdom day by day as we follow where you lead us.
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