“’God Will
Wipe Away
Every Tear From Their
Eyes’”
After this I looked, and
there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every
nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the
Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their
hands. And they cried out
in a loud voice: “Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne,
and to the Lamb.”
All the angels were standing around
the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They fell down
on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, saying: “Amen! Praise and glory
and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength be
to our God for ever and ever. Amen!”
Then one of the elders asked me, “These in white robes —who
are they, and where did they come from?”
I answered,
“Sir, you know.”
And he said, “These are
they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and
made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore, “they are before the throne of God and serve
him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will shelter
them with his presence. ‘Never again will they
hunger; never again will they thirst. The sun will not
beat down on them,’ nor any scorching
heat. For the Lamb at the center of the
throne will be their shepherd; ‘he will lead them to springs of
living water.’ ‘And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”
Revelation
7:9-17
As we grieve the death
of those we love, we cling to Jesus’ promise of life beyond the grave.
The passing of every
believer in Christ foreshadows the day when we will join them with the Lord. In
our sadness today, we are hopeful as we know one day we will all be gathered
together again.
Our Daily Bread –