The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in Revelation 21:5-7,
"He who was seated on the throne said, 'I am making everything new!' Then he said, 'Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.' He said to me: 'It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life. Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children...'"
God himself speaks to John to declare "It is done." What exactly "is done"?
God's grand agenda of the redemption of mankind, borne of his unfathomable love to create a people for himself comes to an end and "a new heaven and a new earth" arises from the ashes of lost and fallen humanity existing in estrangement to God. Through the payment of sins by Jesus Christ, God's one and only Son, for all mankind, bringing a righteous standing before himself of all who chose to embrace him in faith, a new existence for all of God's people begins!
Resurrected from physical death, God's people enter into an eternal life within the presence of God himself! Eternal pleasures at his right hand (Psalm 16:11)! God wipes away all tears, no more death, no more mourning, no more crying, no more pain! This present world, with its order of things, passes away! God proclaims, "I am making everything new!"
The "it" that is done in this passage, is, as I say, God's grand agenda of redemption, and here he proclaims is successful completion. Today, there are those who participate with God to bring his plan of redemption to its successful completion, and there are those who oppose it.
Which team to you play on? When it comes to the successful completion of God's agenda, will you be one of the ones who participated with God, or one of those who opposed his successful completion of it?
A blog with my ruminations over the years can be found here: http://worshipfortoday.blogspot.com/
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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"He who was seated on the throne said, 'I am making everything new!' Then he said, 'Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.' He said to me: 'It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life. Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children...'"
God himself speaks to John to declare "It is done." What exactly "is done"?
God's grand agenda of the redemption of mankind, borne of his unfathomable love to create a people for himself comes to an end and "a new heaven and a new earth" arises from the ashes of lost and fallen humanity existing in estrangement to God. Through the payment of sins by Jesus Christ, God's one and only Son, for all mankind, bringing a righteous standing before himself of all who chose to embrace him in faith, a new existence for all of God's people begins!
Resurrected from physical death, God's people enter into an eternal life within the presence of God himself! Eternal pleasures at his right hand (Psalm 16:11)! God wipes away all tears, no more death, no more mourning, no more crying, no more pain! This present world, with its order of things, passes away! God proclaims, "I am making everything new!"
The "it" that is done in this passage, is, as I say, God's grand agenda of redemption, and here he proclaims is successful completion. Today, there are those who participate with God to bring his plan of redemption to its successful completion, and there are those who oppose it.
Which team to you play on? When it comes to the successful completion of God's agenda, will you be one of the ones who participated with God, or one of those who opposed his successful completion of it?
A blog with my ruminations over the years can be found here: http://worshipfortoday.blogspot.com/
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just respond and let me know.
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