Thursday, November 6: Revelation 21- All things new.

I am making everything new! (5)

The end of evil has come. God’s reign has come in fullness and perfection. The old is gone. God is making everything new!

What an incredible thought.

I sat on a beautiful fall morning, thinking about these words. The sky was brightening as the sun rose. Tree leaves remaining were a mix of various colors. Mums were blooming rust/red and yellow on our deck but summer flowers were no more. The air was crisp but not yet cold.

I love this time of year. Regarding “that” day God said about that day, I am making everything new! No death, no mourning, no crying, no pain… no sin! The earth will no longer groan in waiting the consummation of our God. People will treat people with dignity and the Fruit of the Spirit will be in full bloom.

I tried to imagine this.

Oh, there will be no sun or moon… they are not needed.  God himself is our light and the Lamb, our lamp.

In our day when the sun is up, whether I can see it or it is buried behind clouds, it rules the day. Its presence is omnipresent… everywhere it gives life to everything directly or indirectly. Flowers grow because of the sun’s light. I can see the earth’s beauty because of the sun’s light. And so on. Yet in this new day God will be as omnipresent as the sun is in our day. He will directly be our source and provision.

What a day… and everlasting day that will be.

Oh, the wonder of that day.

Thanks be to God for the grace and atonement of Jesus. Thanks be to God for the gift of belief. Thanks be to God for the book of life and names written there in! Thanks be to God. Alleluia. Amen.

 

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