21:4
“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”. There is a complete transformation. And this includes dealing with all the pain and mourning that there is in the world. It is hard for us to comprehend the extent of this, for a world of pain is the only world that we know of. Whatever it is that we might be going through we can be sure that there is a day when it will come to an end. And this is no temporary reprieve, but a permanent end to it.
21:5
God now speaks directly, “I am making all things new”. Our God is a God of transformation. Isaiah 42:9 and 43:19 speak of God doing a new thing. God changes things! We probably all have some experience of this in our lives, but here we are looking at a time when everything is made new. This is the complete transformation of the world. It is difficult to envisage such a massive change, but the words of God are “trustworthy and true”, and John is to write them down.
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