“I Am Making Everything New!”
I saw a
new heaven and a new earth. The first heaven and the first earth were
completely gone. There was no longer any sea.
I saw the
I heard a loud
voice from the throne. It said, "Now God makes his home with people. He
will live with them. They will be his people. And God himself will be with them
and be their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. There will be
no more death or sadness. There will be no more crying or pain. Things are no
longer the way they used to be."
He who was sitting on
the throne said, "I am making everything new!" Then he said,
"Write this down. You can trust these words. They are true."
He said to me, "It
is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last. I am the
Beginning and the End. Anyone who is thirsty may drink from the spring of the
water of life. It doesn't cost anything! Anyone who overcomes will receive all
this from me. I will be his God, and he will be my child.
"But others will
have their place in the lake of fire that burns with sulfur. Those who are
afraid and those who do not believe will be there. Murderers and those who
pollute themselves will join them. Those who commit sexual sins and those who
practice witchcraft will go there. Those who worship statues of gods and all
who tell lies will be there too. It is the second death."
Revelation
21:1-8
What is heaven? It is
possible it is something different for all of us. It is possible that when
people refer to “heaven on earth,” we are already there. We cannot explain a
world without end, or without beginning. It is too much for us.
The important thing is
to trust. God not only will, but already has prepared a place for us.
The greatest
pleasures of earth
cannot be compared to
the joys of heaven.
Our Daily Bread –