Revelation 21.3 – “I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, ‘Now the dwelling of God is with men, and 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 mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.’”
I must admit that I don’t watch the news very often. I find it depressing. It is filled with tales of kidnapped and abused children, drug busts, robberies, rapes, murders, corrupt government officials, war, disease, and death. We live in a fallen world. The evening news is simply a daily reminder of that. The creation itself groans as it awaits its liberation from bondage to decay (Romans 8.21). We also groan as we wait.
The day is coming, though. One day God will dwell with us. He will be our God and we will be His people. He will wipe away every tear. If there was an “evening news” in heaven, all it would consist of would be the ongoing report that God’s people are worshiping Him in the splendor of His holiness. There will be no more death, or mourning, or crying, or pain. God will make all things new. The “old order,” the world corrupted by sin and death, will have passed away.
God’s love letter to us closes with the greatest promise and hope we can be given. That hope is that we will live with God. We will live in His presence forever worshiping Him and basking in His light. Living here on earth, it is hard to imagine a world with no tears, pain, suffering, or death. Yet, it is true and it is coming. We long for and look forward to that day. “He who overcomes will inherit all this” (Revelation 21.7a). All pain and suffering will be gone. There will be only joy and peace. What an eternity it will be when there are no more tears!
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