“And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.”Revelation 21:4
Revelation 21 is an encouraging chapter because it describes our future life which is literally heaven on earth. The human material world is invaded by the heaven's spiritual world. It is a good practice to regularly meditate on these truths because it builds hope in the midst of a time when the spiritual atmosphere of hell is seeking to invade our human material world. The Lord has sovereignly allowed this for a short time so that the Elect and non-Elect can be separated. The non-Elect will gladly accept the devil's rule so they can have all the benefits of that world. The Elect will make the right choice to separate from this fallen world at great cost to their life of comfort. It has ever been this way for the people of God, rejected by the world but accepted by God. Hebrews 11 gives a partial list of the heroes of the faith living in different times and different cultures and different lives but all had a similar mindset and confession. They "confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For those who say such things declare plainly that they seek a homeland.” (Heb 11:13-14 ) Revelation 21 describes that homeland that they were sojourning towards as are all the Elect of God. May we fix our hearts on our heavenly home today that we may finish this last, and most difficult leg of our journey.
Revelation 21 is an encouraging chapter because it describes our future life which is literally heaven on earth. The human material world is invaded by the heaven's spiritual world. It is a good practice to regularly meditate on these truths because it builds hope in the midst of a time when the spiritual atmosphere of hell is seeking to invade our human material world. The Lord has sovereignly allowed this for a short time so that the Elect and non-Elect can be separated. The non-Elect will gladly accept the devil's rule so they can have all the benefits of that world. The Elect will make the right choice to separate from this fallen world at great cost to their life of comfort. It has ever been this way for the people of God, rejected by the world but accepted by God. Hebrews 11 gives a partial list of the heroes of the faith living in different times and different cultures and different lives but all had a similar mindset and confession. They "confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For those who say such things declare plainly that they seek a homeland.” (Heb 11:13-14 ) Revelation 21 describes that homeland that they were sojourning towards as are all the Elect of God. May we fix our hearts on our heavenly home today that we may finish this last, and most difficult leg of our journey.